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Posted on November 16, 2009 by Krista Guenin · 1 Comment

Sara & Steve – Rehearsal Dinner

Like many of my couples this year, Sara & Steve don’t live in the Boston area. They live out in California, and we weren’t actually able to meet until the night before their wedding. I “require” all of my couples to have an engagement shoot before the wedding so we can spend some time getting to know each other in front of the camera – it just makes it SO much easier to get great portraits on the wedding day. Since we didn’t get a chance to meet earlier, we captured some portraits before their Rehearsal Dinner. I met up with them at their hotel in Portsmouth and we went for a walk…

Steve does NOT like to have his photo taken. He said that he didn’t think I could get a good photo of him – that I couldn’t get a natural smile from him. Haha! Don’t test me, people! ;)

After our portrait session, we drove up to Sara’s parents’ place on Gerrish Island for the Rehearsal Dinner. Driving down their street, I spotted this little guy out my window.

Steve’s Dad was walking along the shore behind the house, looking for rocks. Totally endearing :)

And some of the boys were throwing rocks. I loved how synchronized they were!

Steve & Sara spent the rest of the evening laughing and enjoying a some time with their friends and family. It was a fun and very relaxed party!

Stay tuned for the photos from their gorgeous (and soaking wet) wedding!

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Krista Guenin · 6 Comments

Elena & Dan’s eSession – Walden Pond

I remember reading Walden in high school, and really liking it. Ever since I moved out to the Boston area, and realized how close I was to Walden Pond, I’ve been dying to go there. I have this little fantasy that I’ll go one day and walk around the pond and then sit on a blanket and read the book… but that hasn’t happened yet and probably won’t happen anytime soon. I did, however, go to Walden recently for Elena & Dan’s engagement session. I was totally excited to see it finally, and was equally excited to meet Dan and see Elena again! We met up just before sunset and had a chance to walk around the pond a bit, and spend some time letting them get used to me and my Nikon :)

This one is my FAVORITE!

They are totally cute!

Elena & Dan – it was great hanging out with you two and getting to know you both a little better! I’m really looking forward to the wedding next weekend – it’s going to be beautiful! Enjoy the last week of your engagement and I’ll see you soooon! :)

Posted on September 14, 2009September 14, 2009 by Krista Guenin · 3 Comments

Pamela & Bryan’s eSession – Cambridge, MA

Pamela & Bryan are getting married this Fall in Albany, NY, where they recently moved. Before they left the area, we spent the morning shooting some engagement photos at some of their favorite spots around town. We met up at their home in Somerville and went from there…

First we took the puppy for a walk to the park. We had to get some family photos!

The puppy was a little distracted by the tennis ball, but Pamela & Bryan were pretty well-focused ;)

Sometimes you find great spots in between locations. We saw these green church doors as we walked to the T, and I had to shoot them!

waiting for the train to Harvard Square

We walked down by the Charles River. I’m still amazed that we were able to get a shot that makes it looks like they were all alone out there (this path was so busy that day)!

On the steps of the Library at Harvard. I’ve shot in this spot at least 3 times now, so it’s always a fun challenge to get photos that are different from the ones before.

I love this little archway!

After a delicious lunch, we hopped back on the T towards Davis Square. This is one of my faves from underground.

Pamela & Bryan, it was so great hanging out with you guys and getting to know you both a little better! Thanks again for lunch, and especially for the ice cream :) I hope you’re adjusting to life and work in Albany. I’m totally looking forward to the big wedding weekend up there in a couple months!

Posted on September 3, 2009October 1, 2009 by Krista Guenin · 3 Comments

Sarah & Peter’s eSession – Lexington, MA

I’ve taken portraits for Sarah’s family a couple of times – once even before I moved out to Boston. So, I was totally excited when she decided to have me photograph her wedding as well! But before I shot Sarah’s wedding, I had the chance to photograph her and Peter for their engagement session. We went over to The Great Meadow in Lexington and walked around a bit. I’ve wanted to shoot there for a while, so it was cool to finally get there and see what it’s like. Well, it’s more forest than meadow, but it was rather lovely!

Sarah & Peter tell me they were nervous, but I couldn’t tell at all. They were total naturals!

After we had been eaten by mosquitoes and almost gotten lost, we decided to head into Lexington center for some less nature-y shots. These two went to Yale, and have spent more time walking around New Haven than walking through the woods… so this was a bit more natural for them. We found this very cool rock wall that made for a nice backdrop and a bit of shade.

At that point, I thought we were done, and we went inside the building with the rock wall to find a restroom and some water. As it turns out, we were at the Library! Like I said, they went to Yale, so they’ve spent a lot of time in libraries. And the light in there was gorgeous. So, we had to stay a while and shoot among the books! These ended up being some of my and their favorite images of the day! I love it when that happens :)

My FAVORITE!

Oh yeah, the library was the best!

Sarah & Peter – It was great spending the morning with you two! Thank you for being good sports and having some fun with it – you made my job very easy. I hope you love the engagement images! Wedding images will be along in a few weeks – yay! :)

Posted on June 6, 2007August 25, 2009 by Krista Guenin · 5 Comments

Paul & Maria’s Slideshow is up!

Check it out! I think it turned out pretty cool…

Posted on June 1, 2007August 25, 2009 by Krista Guenin

Maria & Paul’s Engagement Pics!

Last week I joined Maria & Paul at the Cottage Park Yacht Club in Winthrop, MA for their engagement session. I met Maria last summer and hadn’t met Paul yet, so I was pretty excited to get together with them!

We had a great time shooting around the club! They both talked of being camera shy, but they did a great job and I think they were pretty comfy with it by the end. We hung out for a bit afterwards while they were waiting for some good friends to join them. I’m so glad I was able to stay and hang out – it was really fun chatting with them about travel and neices & nephews – you know, the important stuff! I think the wedding is going to be a blast, and I can’t wait till June 24th.

I love how the photos turned out – I hope you guys do too!