Marissa + Junior | New Haven, CT | Engagement

It’s ladybug season here in Connecticut, which means that every couple of days a quick glance up to the corners of the room will reveal new nests of these sweet, yet obnoxious little critters.  In fact just now I am listening to one of them fling its little red body full-force into the metal can of the recessed light above my head.  *tink, tink, tink*  The news is continually pleading with us to get over our beliefs that the bugs are cute, because those sweet black spots belie a fiendish propensity for plant eating and native-bug killing.  “Extinguish them,” the papers say!  Yet even still I find myself looking to the light above me and smiling at those little wings, only to curse my stupidity when I am quickly blinded by a compact flourescent.

Which brings me to the awesome couple I met up with this past Monday.  Marissa and Junior are getting married next August, but wanted to do their engagements now so they could use their photos for a personalized save the date card.  I was happy to oblige, so we met up at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven on a bright and sunny afternoon when there was just enough warmth to make us grateful for the final days of fall we have left.

So what does this have to do with ladybugs?  To put it mildly, I was blind after this shoot.  I was so drawn to the beauty and warmth of the setting fall sun that I spent much of our hour and a half session shooting straight into it.  The photos turned out great, but somehow, I never learn.  *tink, tink, tink*

In other news, I’ve decided to up the visual impact and make my blog photos as large as they can be.  Let’s start with my favorite.

I’m not generally a huge fan of ring shots, but how can I pass up that flare?

Marissa and Junior, I look forward to your wedding next August!  And I promise to memorize at least a few dozen jokes to keep Junior laughing. :)

November 2, 2009 - 12:10 am

Marissa & Junior WE LOVE the pics! cant wait to view the rest =) theyre beautiful!

September 24, 2010 - 10:05 am

Marissa + Junior | Lily Lake Inn Wedding | Wolcott, CT » MEF Photography Blog! […] gotten a little better at what I do!).  Yet some of my all-time top picks still come from Marissa + Junior’s engagement session, which I shot over a year ago.  The first photo in that post is hanging prominently in my office, […]

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