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Posted on March 21, 2011 by Krista Guenin · 2 Comments

Inspire Boston 2011

In November of 2009, my friends Matt & Enna Grazier gathered some friends and asked us to if we’d be interested in helping them put together a conference for local New England photographers. Sounded great to me, and just 3 short months later, Inspire Boston was underway! It was such an awesome time of learning and networking – everyone had a blast. Check out this great video that Richard Esposito put together for it:

In fact, it went so great that we decided to do it all again this year! Fast forward a few months, and here I am today, sitting in the Colonial Inn in Concord, bracing myself for the start of Inspire Boston 2011! This year we’ve made it a little longer, added some more shooting workshops, improved our mentoring sessions, and added a Vendor Lounge. I’m so pumped! Plus, this year I’m actually speaking at the conference…gulp! Enna Grazier and I are speaking on Creating a Sustainable Brand, and I’m both excited and also nervous :) It’s going to be a great couple of days though! Hopefully I’ll be able to share some photos and such later in the week!

Posted on December 2, 2010December 2, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 1 Comment

Facebook

Earlier this year, Constant Contact (the company I use to send out newsletters) interviewed me about how I use social media. Apparently, they found my “strategy” really exciting and interesting – which came as quite a surprise to me. I use a hodge podge of social media resources including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, this blog, my website, emails via Constant Contact, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and just about anything I find. I probably use Facebook more than anything else though. I love Facebook – I love being able to connect with old friends, friends who live far away, friends I see all the time, friends I might never hear from again if it weren’t for the site, old clients, new clients, other photographers, my Mom, and all sorts of friends, family & business associates in between. I love that I can know what’s going on in their lives and feel closer to them, like I know them a little better (and vice versa). And I LOVE that I can share photos with my clients, with their friends, with my friends & their friends, and so on. And of course, I love that my friends & their friends can see my work and maybe they’ll think of me when they need a photographer :) I’ve also booked work because people have seen my photos of their friends, or because my friends recommended me to someone b/c of what they’d seen on fb. It’s pretty cool! I mean, it takes some time, but I’d probably be spending that time on fb anyway… at least this way I’ve got work as an excuse ;)

Anyway, Constant Contact recently did a study on small businesses’ use of Facebook and found that most small business owners believe Facebook is even more important than face to face marketing. Well, Reuters found out about the results, and wanted to do an article – so they called to see if I’d mind being interviewed! Naturally, I agreed! I mean, how cool is that?! You want to interview me about why I love Facebook? Um, ok! They even asked me to take a photo of myself at my desk to use with the article, haha! Check it out…

I think the article turned out great! It’s still a little crazy to me, but it’s definitely cool! You can read the full article here :) And of course, you can always find me on Facebook here… ;)

Posted on October 20, 2010October 18, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 4 Comments

Photo Shoot at Fenway Park!

I had the opportunity this summer to shoot a family portrait session inside of Fenway Park! I’m not actually a fan (of any sports team, really), but it was still very cool to get into the Park while it was mostly empty and go out on the field and behind the scenes a bit! It was so fun to photograph a family here! I can’t share those images with you, but I thought I’d share a few of my faves of the Park. For all of you Boston Red Sox fans out there, these are for you :)

Fenway

The view from Left Field

Foul Line

The stands

self portrait on the dugout

The Green Monster

The field

batting cages

Posted on September 17, 2010October 22, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 1 Comment

My first Red Sox Game!

One of my best friends was just in town for a few days for a family reunion that I got to photograph. Later that week they all headed down to Boston for a Red Sox – Indians game and invited me along. I’d never been to a Red Sox game and never been to Fenway, so I was pretty excited to go! When we were younger, Marietta got me into the Braves and I followed them for years… until they traded David Justice to the Indians and I decided it just wasn’t worth caring about a team if the owners were just going to split them up! I mean, jeez! (Clearly, I’m more of a people person than a team person) So, I’m not really a fan of any sports team anymore – though I always root for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and occasionally the Colts. But I’m fascinated by sports fans and am always up for people-watching at a game & hanging out with friends :)

Austin got a little sleepy on the walk to the park. You’ll notice he & his Daddy are Indians fans. That’ll happen when you’re from Ohio…

That baby is too cute!

Me & “Mommy”

I pretty much just want to kiss those cheeks all the time!

Fenway did not disappoint!

The only part of the game that I even remember was this huge fight that broke out when the Indians pitcher hit a guy with the ball, like for the 3rd time…

Just for fun, here’s a few photos of Marietta & I over the years…. hehe :]

Marietta & I met doing synchronized swimming. Our first routine was a duet we swam together. We were pretty cute, huh? (~1987)

My first professional baseball game! Rooting for the Braves at Cincinnati (1994)

And here we are now… Times have definitely changed, but it’s so wonderful to have friends who have known you for most of your life!!!

Posted on August 25, 2010August 25, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 1 Comment

The Great Giveaway

Earlier this summer, my church GENESIS held an event called The Great Giveaway. This was our way of reaching out and blessing the community of Woburn. We’re a very new church in the area, and thought this might be a great way to meet our neighbors. We basically had a HUGE yard sale where everything was given away for FREE! Hundreds of people came and almost everything was taken by the end of the day (what wasn’t taken was donated to Salvation Army). It was the coolest thing! People could not get over the fact that everything was free, and that there were no strings attached. It was so fun!

We spent HOURS going through all the donations, organizing everything, and then putting it out in the parking lot. There was a TON of stuff!!

People were lined up at the entrance for hours waiting for the event to start. It was so cool to watch them run when we opened the gates!

THOUSANDS of items of clothing were given away!

Just for fun, I shot some film with my Holga :)

Leg Warmers!!

And this guy found some roller skates, and rolled away on them – and they even matched his shirt! He was so excited! :)

there was face-painting for the kiddos

and a bouncy house!

Even Justin, Gretchen & Chloe came :)

I am so blessed to be part of this community! I definitely hope we do this again next year :)

Posted on July 21, 2010July 21, 2010 by Krista Guenin

Back from Vacation!

Well, I have finally returned from my road trip to the Midwest! It was a very fun vacation, with a little work thrown in to the mix! Here’s a quick recap…

Drove with my sister & her 3 kids (ages 3-7) from Boston to Niagara Falls.

Came down with bronchitis.

Visited my old synchronized swimming coach who was coaching at Nationals nearby. The only other times I’ve been to Niagara Falls is when I’ve been to synchro meets! (yes, I was a synchronized swimmer & coach for 15 years!)

Visited Niagara Falls and went on the Maid of the Mist for the first time! Very cool – and very wet!!

Drove with Kyla & the kids from Niagara Falls to Columbus, OH.

are we there yet? are we there yet?

Visited lots of Kyla’s friends in Columbus, ate lots of Graeter’s Ice Cream. yum!

Drove with Kyla & the kids from Columbus to Mom & Dad’s house in Indianapolis.

cough. cough. nap. cough. whine.

Fireworks on the White River for Independence Day!

Watched a lot of the Tour de France with my Dad.

Visited with some old college friends & their babies.

Pool party. boat rides. playground. Did I mention bronchitis? doctor’s office. sprinkler park. water park.

Brother-in-law arrived. Kids excited because “now we’re a family!”

Drove with the whole fam up to Monticello, IN for Guenin Family Vacation 2010! 25 of my favorite Guenins vacationing it up for 3 glorious days :) Lots of baseball and swimming in the pool, and Euchre, and food, and more boat rides!

Visited a dairy farm. Almost saw a cow give birth. scarred for life.

Drove all by my lonesome to Chicago.

Ate at some of my favorite restaurants with some of my favorite girls!

Photo shoot. Photo shoot.

Drive back to Indy.

Nephew’s 7th Birthday extravaganza! Star Wars. Toy Story 3. repeat.

Got caught on the boat in the POURING rain.

Photo shoot.

Drove solo from Indy to Columbus to Rochester, NY to Woburn, MA.

sigh.

It sure was FUN! And super exhausting ;) I would share more photos, but I think my clients need me to get back to work after all this time off! Back to editing I go… :)

Posted on June 25, 2010June 25, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 2 Comments

Portrait Days

To celebrate the launch of my new portraits website, I’m planning to host a few Portrait Days in July. I’ll be traveling back and forth between Boston and Indianapolis with my family next month, so we’ll have Portrait Days in a number of cities along the way!

Portrait Days will include consecutive mini portrait sessions at a set location on a specified day (see schedule below). All sessions will be about 45 minutes long and may include any number of people. Sessions are only $150 (plus tax for MA residents) and will include all images posted online for proofing. There are a limited number of sessions per day, so please call or email to schedule your session today! For cities where a location has not yet been determined, the first person to sign up will get to help decide :)

2010 Portrait Days

Wednesday, July 7th — INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indianapolis Art Museum

Tuesday, July 13th — CHICAGO, IL — Location TBD

Thursday, July 15th — COLUMBUS, OH — Location TBD

Friday, July 16th — NEW YORK, NY — Location TBD

Saturday, July 24th — BOSTON, MA — Mystic River Reservation

*full portrait sessions may also be available in your city on or around these dates, so contact me if you’d like to schedule a full shoot!

Posted on June 24, 2010June 24, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 2 Comments

Krista Photography Portraits site is LIVE!

Oh boy, I’ve been waiting for this post for MONTHS! I’ve been working hard to collect and edit down my favorite portrait photos to fill the galleries of my BRAND NEW portraits website! And now, I proudly introduce you to www.kristaphotoportraits.com!

It basically looks and works just like my weddings site, but is all about portraits. Geniusy, eh? Take a look! Let me know what you think, I’d love to hear your thoughts!!

Posted on June 1, 2010May 28, 2010 by Krista Guenin

Featured Weddings

In the last few weeks it’s been very fun and pretty exciting to see a bunch of my weddings featured on some awesome wedding blogs!

Elena & Dan’s wedding was featured on Beantown Bride this week. Beantown Bride is a great new site for local Boston Brides, I’m excited to be a part of it!

Megan & Mike’s wedding was featured on WeddingWire. Coincidentally, I saw all three of Megan’s bridesmaids that week! So fun!

and Britt & Mike’s wedding was also featured on WeddingWire!

I’m honored to have my work featured on both of these excellent resources! It’s really very exciting and a little overwhelming!

Posted on May 21, 2010August 24, 2010 by Krista Guenin · 1 Comment

The Great Giveaway!

Well, I’m back from vacation, and man it was WONDERFUL! It was so relaxing, and very very fun :) If I’m lucky, I might even be able to share some photos with you guys before next year’s vacation comes around!

This week has been pretty busy though because I’ve been preparing for a huge event we’re putting on at my church, GENESIS. It’s called The Great Giveaway, and basically it’s a huge yard sale where everything is FREE! That’s right, FREE! GENESIS was planted in Woburn last September as a brand new church and our mission is simply to love God and to love people. This is our way of introducing ourselves to the community, and just one way we’re hoping to live out our mission. If you live in the Boston area, I hope you can come!!

The Great Giveaway

GENESIS Community Church – 16 Wheeling Avenue, Woburn, MA

Saturday, May 22nd (that’s tomorrow!)

10am – 2pm

If you would like to donate anything to The Great Giveaway, it’s not too late! Our final drop-off time is this afternoon/evening. Just bring your furniture, clothing, kids toys, sporting equipment, books, CDs, salad spinners, or what have you to the church between 2pm – 9pm!