Heather and KC were married at the Bangor Public Library up in Maine last month. It was such a relaxing day, even though “Occupy Bangor” was camped out on the library’s front lawn – I thought it was kind of an interesting juxtaposition. Their reception was held just down the road at the Sweetest Thing Weddings Studio, Heather’s dad made the delicious cake (it was pound cake!), and Cleonice catered the event. Thank you so much for having me Heather and KC!

I am on a blogging storm this week! I had a lot of couples who wanted to utilize the gorgeous weather we were having a couple of weeks ago, and had back-to-back shoots. I think I drove around 1000 miles in two days on that particular weekend! I met up with Heather and KC up in Prospect, Maine at Fort Knox. I had been there as a kid, but never as an adult – it’s *just* as fun! The fort itself has very little light, and most places you need a flashlight to find your way around. I thought about this a lot going into it, but knew there were pep-holes around the fort and was hoping to use these. It created a spotlight look, which I was totally digging. After we played around in the fort, we went over to Fort Point in Stockton Springs. My brother actually lives in Stockton Springs, so this was so convenient for me! I stayed the night and got to snuggle their pups. Fort Point has an adorable little lighthouse, and we parked ourselves there to enjoy some wine and the beautiful Maine Coast.

Heather and KC are getting married this month at the Bangor Public Library and their party after will be held at the Sweetest Thing studio in downtown Bangor. When I asked Heather and KC what their inspiration was for meeting up at Fort Knox they told me that they wanted everything about their wedding to represent “historical Maine” – love it! I cannot wait to see you two again in just a couple weeks!

A mix of film & digital here, as usual! This time I used Kodak Portra 400, my fave when shooting people. Another thing I love about film: When I opened the back of the camera to grab the finished roll, I pulled it out and it accidentally unrolled a wee bit (with 120 film, it doesn’t get “sucked in” the canister like with 35mm). You can see the product of that accident by noticing that some frames (that were towards the end of the roll) have orangey-red blown out edges. I think it’s lovely.

You remember Becky and Tyler? With Tyler’s Scrabble board proposal story?! These two have been one of my favorite couples to work with this year. When you are around such positive and happy people, it is hard to not allow their energy rub off on you. Becky is constantly smiling when Tyler is around, and Tyler is so sweet in the way he acts around Becky, you can tell just how much he cares about her. Ah! I love you guys! They were married at the church that Becky grew up in, and their reception was held at Grace Restaurant in Downtown Portland, Maine. Grace was one of the coolest restaurants I’ve seen, and their food was amazing! I would definitely recommend a meal here it if you have not gone. I cannot wait until my next trip to Portland so that I can visit Grace again.

Below are a mix of digital and medium format film shot with my Mamiya 645 and Kodak Portra 800 film.

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Ok everyone. This couple. This wedding. I couldn’t stop laughing my butt off while culling/editing/creating blog images. You might remember Heather & Andy from their engagement session last fall, which took place in their back yard in Maine. I know a lot of people who talk about throwing “backyard bbq” weddings, but I’ve never actually been to/seen/photographed one. This was literally *in their back yard*. They literally had a pit bbq restaurant cater it, and Andy’s tractor was totally filled with canned beer and ice – come ON! They didn’t even have to leave their two sweet pups, Primrose and Winnie. Don’t miss the Marden’s reference (only Mainer’s know!), or Heather’s wine glass which is a mason jar fused to a candlestick! Heather is one crafty woman, too. I knew there would be a lot of DIY elements because she owns her own soap-making company, appropriately named after their barn that Andy built from scratch, seen in these photos. I love you two, congratulations!

A couple Polaroids (Spectra):