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Danielle & Jon Engagement Session – Borderland State Park

Krista Guenin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:03:45 +0000

Since I’ve been so slack on blogging lately, I’m going to try posting a few shoots with fewer words… Words take me much longer to write ;) On that note, here are a few favorites from my engagement session with Danielle & Jon down at Borderland State Park!

We actually started at Jon’s family home nearby before going to the park…

Oh wow, look how pretty Autumn was…

I love how they make each other laugh :)

trees!

Danielle & Jon – thanks again for a fun afternoon, long ago though it may be! I’m super glad I had the chance to hang out and get to know you both a bit!!

Faith & Ryan’s Rockport Engagement Session

Krista Guenin — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:09:45 +0000

I’ve known Faith since she joined my small group at our church in Chicago, back in 2004! We became good friends, and I was sad to see her go when she moved to Boston a year or so later. As it turned out, God had plans for me in Boston as well, and I moved her just a year after Faith. And wouldn’t you know it? My first roommate here hosted a small group at our house on Friday nights and who was in it, but Faith?! It’s funny how things work out that way :)

Flash forward a few years, and here I am in Rockport, photographing Faith and her fiance Ryan for their engagement session! I’m so happy that Faith has found the love of her life, and I cannot wait to shoot their wedding in a couple of weeks!!! Until then though, here are a few of my favorites from their engagement session…

It was a chilly day, but they were brave and climbed out on the rocks for me!

Rockport is such a cute town!

Faith & Ryan are pretty cute too ;)

And just as we were leaving, a storm came along… talk about great timing!

Faith & Ryan – I’m so excited for you two! I can’t wait to celebrate with you in just a couple weeks!!! :D

Lindsey’s Maternity Portraits

Krista Guenin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:36:43 +0000

My dear friend Lindsey just had a baby the other day – her first child, a son named Jude! He’s so precious and I’ll definitely be sharing many photos of him in the coming weeks, and months, and years, I’m sure :) But before we get there, we have to go back a few weeks to when there were still leaves on the tress and pumpkins laying around – and little Jude was still a mysterious baby growing inside Lindsey’s belly! I spent a morning with David & Lindsey capturing the last portraits of the two of them before their family officially became three!

This is one beautiful pregnant lady :)

I love how David always knows how to make Lindsey laugh!

I **LOVE** this one!!!! That’s one happy Daddy!

Another favorite!

There’s nothing quite as amazing to me as a pregnant belly! There was a tiny little human growing in there – that’s pretty incredible!

David & Lindsey – I love you guys!!! Thanks for letting me share in this wonderful part of your life! I’m very very excited to be baby Jude’s one and only Kiki! :)

To view more of my favorites from this session, please check out the album on Facebook!

Annika’s Portrait Session

Krista Guenin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:57:00 +0000

With weddings, I always do an engagement session with my couples. For my Bar/Bat Mitzvah clients, I like to do a family portrait session. It is such an awesome part of the process for me. I love spending time the families and getting to know them all a little better before the event. Just like with the eSessions, these family portraits can help everyone know what to expect and feel more comfortable in front of the camera on the big day. They are so helpful that I make them a required part of every package!

Unfortunately, Annika’s family wasn’t able to do the portrait session before her Bat Mitzvah because of a family emergency. Since they’re a “requirement” we decided to do them after the fact :) So a few weeks after the party, I visited them down in Newton and we captured a few portraits by the pond near their house.

Annika is such a cutie!

Sisters!!

The whole fam

What a bunch of jokers!

Then we headed back to their house for a few more…

I love this shot of the girls!

They have this fun little booth in their basement. The whole area is decorated in Coca-Cola paraphanalia – I knew I liked these people!! (in case you’ve never met me, when you do, I’ll probably have a Coke in my hand…)

A teenage girl’s bedroom is her solace, such an extension of herself – it can say so much about who she is. I thought it’d make a great spot for a few more natural shots of Annika…

Thanks again for everything you guys! I hope you LOVE the photos :)

Joe & Amanada’s Anniversary Portraits

Krista Guenin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:35:00 +0000

Joe called me a couple of months ago with the idea to surprise his lovely wife, Amanda, with a photo shoot for their 5th anniversary. I thought that was flippin’ brilliant! You know what that tells me about Joe? It tells me he thinks his wife is just as beautiful as the day they got married, if not more. It tells me he really wants to make her feel special. And it tells me that he cherishes her as his wife as much as the mother of his children. I mean, how often do people get married, have kids, and never have another photo taken of just the two of them? Kids come along and suddenly, a lot of people forget that they’re still a couple. You know? So, anyway, I thought this was a great idea and I was really excited to help him surprise Amanda with a photo shoot downtown!

We met up at Christopher Columbus Park…

I love this one! It’s so sweet :)

We walked by the harbor…

Then we took a little stroll in the North End. They have the best alleys in the North End!!

random ivy

The cobblestones of North Square

Totally cute!

And finally we finished off the shoot over at Faneuil Hall. I’m thinking one of these days, I’ll have to do a photo shoot where we just walk to the whole Freedom Trail. I mean, we hit a lot of it this day, but that’d be kinda cool… Any takers?

Joe & Amanda, it was so great to meet you both! I’m glad I could help you with the surprise – and Amanda, I hope you had a great time and felt really special! Congratulations on five wonderful years together!!!

Erin & Steve’s eSession

Krista Guenin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:00 +0000

One evening late this summer, Erin & Steve were taking a walk down Commonwealth Avenue when suddenly, Steve got down on one knee and asked Erin to marry him. She said yes! And few weeks later I said yes, I would love to photograph their wedding! And a few weeks after that, we all agreed to head back down to Comm Ave and shoot their engagement photos! I mean, isn’t that the perfect place to do it?!

Like most of my couples, they started off a little nervous and not sure what to do. But the key is that I didn’t want them to do anything but be themselves! Once they got that, they were perfect!

I LOVE this one!!

So sweet!

Don’t you just love the way she looks at him?!

Erin’s engagement ring is gorgeous!

And I loved her shoes…

Seriously, these two are like straight out of a J. Crew ad!

Erin & Steve, it was so great to hang out with you! Even if we did have some random cloudiness on an otherwise gorgeous day :) Thanks for toughing out the cold and being such good sports. I can’t wait to shoot your wedding next August – it’s going to be so much fun!

Rhetta, Bill & Hannah – a blast from the past!

Krista Guenin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:30:00 +0000

When I first moved out to Boston a couple of years ago, I worked for the wonderful and talented Matt & Enna Grazier. I remember clearly my first day, sitting down at the computer and browsing their website. I clicked on Portraits and stumbled across some beautiful photos of a beautiful pregnant women. But, not just any pregnant woman, this was Rhetta! Rhetta was one of my brides back in 2004 when I was an Associate for Real Life Weddings in Chicago. What a small world, huh?!

Two years later, come to find out, Rhetta is pregnant again, and looking to have some more photos taken, by me! I was totally thrilled to see her and Bill again, and to meet their darling daughter Hannah! We met up at the Arnold Arboretum and took a stroll among the changing leaves…

Hannah

What kid doesn’t love this?!

There are those leaves I was talking about…

I just love the look on Hannah’s face! And apparently rubbing her earlobe is Hannah’s thing. I love it when I can catch a kid being completely themselves – doing that thing that makes them, them.

Rhetta & Bill are so cute – just as in love as the last time I saw them!

The happy family :)

A few photos of Rhetta and her belly… Isn’t she gorgeous!

I love this one of Rhetta & Bill because as I was taking their picture Hannah said or did something cute and they both turned to look. I love their smiles as they watch their little girl.

Are you kidding me with that adorable grin?!

Hannah wanted me to smell the pretty flower :)

And Daddy too, of course!

There she goes with that ear again :)

A few fun shots of Hannah and her Dad

And Hannah with her Mom

She really is too cute!

And now, just for fun, a few photos from Bill & Rhetta’s wedding! It’s still one of my favorites from the Real Life Weddings days. And yes, this wedding was shot almost entirely in black & white film!!

Rhetta & Bill, it was SO great to see you again! Hannah is a doll and I can’t wait to meet little Sophie Grace!!

A New Pin In The Map – VERMONT!

Krista Guenin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:59:00 +0000

This past weekend, I actually had a free Saturday, and so my friend Danielle & I decided to go on a little adventure! I love Fall, it’s always been my favorite season (though Summer is a very close second). So, since I’m in New England, home of the most beautiful Fall around, we thought we’d head up to Vermont to take in the gorgeousness!

We decided to drive up to Woodstock and just wander around and see where the wind would take us. After a lovely drive, and a yummy lunch, we walked around the cute little town.

One of the first things we saw was this… a little more disturbing than cute, but definitely interesting! And yes their shirts say “poop” – that apparently stands for Protest Outrageous Oil Profits, but it just looks like poop…

Covered bridges remind me of Indiana :)

After we looked in all the shops and got some tea & cider, we headed back up the road to a great little farm stand we saw along the way. It’s called Fool on a Hill and it was very fun! I mean, check out these bears – what’s not to love?

This is my beautiful friend Danielle, I couldn’t resist shooting her in the gorgeous sunlight

Fool on the Hill also had some random stuffed cows all over the hill. We just had to play…

I’m not sure why Danielle is kissing this cow’s eyeball, but whatever ;)

After playing with the bears and the cows, we kept on down the road to Quechee Gorge. It was beautiful! I kinda wish we’d gone there earlier and walked down the trails a bit, but oh well. You can only fit so much in a day!

The light just kept getting better and better

leaves

Random wall o’ graffiti under the bridge by the gorge

Ugh, I really hate photos of myself. It took everything in me to let you see this, but I’m trying to lighten up, so here you go :) (though, I must admit that Photoshop made the decision a little easier ;)

This is a picture of Danielle taking a picture of me taking a picture of her through a hollow log

I mean, that just looks fake! but, it’s not, I promise :)

I forgot how much I love road trips!!

The biggest disappointment of the day was discovering that we had MISSED the peak of the Fall colors in Vermont by a week or two. As we drove up we kept asking, ‘why are all the trees dead?’ But we pressed on anyway and I’m glad we did. But, it would have been a little more fun (or at least a little more pretty) if the trees were a little less bare…

This sign pretty much sums that up…

I snapped this on the way home, somewhere in New Hampshire. THIS is what we were looking for. Oh well! It was still an awesome trip!

Thanks for a fun adventure Danielle! You’re an awesome adventure-buddy!!