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Engagement Session | Boston, MA | Comm Ave to the Charles River Esplanade

ash+rich — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:27 +0000

An Engagement Session Walk

Boston, MA - As an engagement session idea, Erin and Brendon, wanted to take a walk around Commonwealth Avenue in Boston and eventually end up at the Esplanade. It was a perfect late Summer evening for a walk around the city. Plus, you can be anywhere in Boston and fine amazing spots for portraits, but the Comm Ave area was definitely special for Erin and Brendon. That’s what we like… when our couples feel some passion about their engagement portrait location. It allows them to get in the moment a bit quicker and warm up to the camera as well.

Engagement Session | Boarding House Park | Lowell, MA

ash+rich — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:43:20 +0000

Lowell, MA – Here is an engagement session from this past Summer. Lowell, MA natives Anne and Tieu wanted an engagement session in our fair city so we started at Boarding House Park and walked around the Boot Mills Museum and the River Walk. That’s a nice little loop for an engagement session and by the end their little doggies were pretty tired too. It was kind of a muggy, cloudy afternoon but we had fun and made some nice images of them and their fur kids. Anne and Tieu were married a couple months later and we are very excited to share those images as well, so stay tuned.

Engagement Session | Elm Bank | Wellesley, MA

ash+rich — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:36:36 +0000

Love at the MA Horticultural Society

Wellesley, MA - Elm Bank, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, was the spot chosen by Alena + Greg for their engagement session last weekend. This place is beautiful with so many different gardens and spots for portraits that it was difficult to focus on choosing a place to get started. Our first thought was, “how have we never been here before!” This is definitely going on the list of awesome places for engagement sessions!

So, on a beautiful and cool June evening, Alena + Greg and Ashley + myself walked around and explored the grounds, made some portraits and talked about life, weddings and everything in between. It was great to get to know these two a bit better and warm them up to the camera. But as you can see in these images, they are naturals.

Here are some of our favorite images from this engagement session and you’ll be seeing a lot more of them after their wedding this September!

Cathy + Greg’s Engagement Session | Old Stone Church | West Boylston, MA

ash+rich — Wed, 18 May 2011 19:58:19 +0000

Love at The Old Stone Church

West Boylston, MA – Photographing in New England affords us the opportunity to visit some beautifully historic places. Here, a 19th century stone church still stands; aptly named, The Old Stone Church in West Boylston, is a gorgeous relic sitting right on the Wachusett Reservoir. It’s a popular spot for a Sunday stroll and we were excited when Cathy and Greg chose to meet us there for their engagement session.

Normally, engagement sessions are the ‘get to know ya’ kind of time, but seeing how we’ve known these two love-birds for awhile, it was more about having fun and getting them used to the camera. It was a great session at a great location and we’re really looking forward to their wedding this coming June.

Matt + Lisa’s Engagement Portrait Session | Hopedale Pond; Hopedale, MA

ash+rich — Tue, 10 May 2011 17:45:57 +0000

Yup, all we did was hang out, laugh, had a ton of fun and, oh yeah, we took some pictures too!

Hopedale, MA – Matt and Lisa are going to be married on May 28th, 2011 and for their engagement session, they decided to meet us at Hopedale Pond. Can’t begin to describe how much fun we had; we pretty much laughed for like at hour and a half. And that’s what this is all about, having fun taking portraits and getting to know each other. Our whole philosophy behind offering a complimentary engagement session with our wedding collections is so our clients can experience being photographed by us before their wedding day. We feel that if we show up cold on the big day that it’s like re-introducing ourselves, as opposed to walking in and saying “hey” like we’ve been friends for years. That’s our take on it anyway, and it’s been working so we’re not changing.

We’re looking forward to Matt and Lisa’s wedding at the end of the month and stay tuned for their sneak peek, here on the blog!

Mandy + Mark | Frozen Engagement Session | Boston Common

ash+rich — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:27:12 +0000

Mid-Winter Boston Common Engagement Session

Boston, MA – So our whole plan was to go skating at the frog pond to capture some candid moments and have Mark and Mandy all warmed up for some portraits. Well, what we didn’t anticipate was that it was one of the coldest days in January and a 45 minute wait just to get on the ice… YIKES! So, as you can imagine, without a proper warm up in single degree weather our super couple was a bit cold for the shoot, but they braved through it and we ended up getting some great stuff. Just looking at the images you wouldn’t think it was well below freezing out. Even though we didn’t get a whole engagement session in that day, we all had fun and certainly had something to laugh about in the future. And of course, Mark got to wear his Boston Bruins sweater for some pictures, which made his day!

Engagement sessions are such a good bonding experience between a couple and their photographers. We had already had the opportunity to get to know Mark and Mandy a bit from photographing a wedding in October where they were both in the wedding party; but it was great to have the 2 on 2 time build that relationship up a bit. Because although we are in the business of photography, we’re also in the business of making people smile and that’s key to our photography. And for us, watching young people in love, laughing, braving the elements for the sake of pictures is really inspiring to us.

Autumn Engagement Session | Nashoba Valley Winery

ash+rich — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:52:26 +0000

Fall in Love with this Engagement Session … we sure did!

Bolton, MA - The colorful New England Fall, there isn’t a more beautiful place for an engagement session. Jen + Pat will be married next Spring but we had the opportunity to spend a few hours with them at Nashoba Valley Winery in Bolton, MA. These images are testament to the reasoning behind our engagement sessions, which is to break the ice of being photographed and to have fun at the same time.

These two originally had no interest in engagement portraits, but after going into detail about the process, they were soon on board and chose this fantastic location. And at first, they were admittedly nervous which is usually the case. The trick for any couple being photographed for their engagements is to pretend that they are the only two people in the universe at that particular time. I know it’s not that easy with a camera pointed at them, but if they can escape by looking into each others eyes, it is in effect a real moment and it will definitely prove so in the photos.

Jen + Pat make an incredibly cute couple and it was so great to get to know them. In the end, this session is going to set the cornerstones of their wedding photography. And as of right now it’s our first wedding of 2011, so we are so looking forward to it.

Congratulations to Jen + Pat!

Engagement Session | Southwick’s Zoo | Mendon, MA

ash+rich — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:39:06 +0000

Where’s your engagement session going to be?

Mendon, MA – Here’s one of our favorite engagement sessions of the summer and you may recognize these two as we’ve just posted the sneak peek to their wedding. Heather and Dave chose Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, MA for their engagement session and it was a very interesting choice. It was one of those “scattered showers” kind of spring day and without an opportunity for a rain date we crossed our fingers and toughed it out. We arrived a couple hours before closing and we had the whole place to ourselves, which was pretty special.

Choosing an interesting and meaningful location can make an engagement session that much more special. It helps to create a comfortable atmosphere and break the ice a bit between photographer and subject. Heather and Dave’s session is a prime example of this. These two are so sweet and cute around each other that it made it super easy to have a great time.

Angela + Sean’s Engagement Session | Ogunquit, Maine

ash+rich — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:03:47 +0000

Coastal Maine | Marginal Way | Footbridge Beach

Ogunquit, ME – On a beautiful evening in May we had the pleasure of photographing Angela + Sean’s engagement session. We always like the couple to choose their location because it gives the experience a little familiarity for them and is a tremendous ice breaker between photographer and subject. They chose their favorite vacation spot, Ogunquit Maine.

Sevi + Steve’s Engagement Session | Castle Hill – The Crane Estate | Ipswich, MA

ash+rich — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:00:48 +0000

Castle Hill on The Crane Estate

Ipswich, MA - Steven and Sevi originally wanted to have their engagement photos taken at the college where they met in Swampscott, MA. Unfortunately we had some issues with access to that particular property, so we decided to travel a few miles north to Castle Hill at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA. This was probably the best decision we made because it turned out perfectly. With it’s completely unique setting, The Crane Estate offers a variety of different opportunities for an engagement session. We’ve blogged about this property before with Carol and Paul’s wedding.

With no one else around on this beautiful June afternoon, the four of us walked around Castle Hill like we owned the place. As New England based wedding and portrait photographers, we dream of shooting on properties such as this with it’s history and grandeur. Given the opportunity, we could have photographed these two love birds for hours and hours, but luckily for them there is only so much light in a day! All in all we had a great time photographing this engagement session and can’t wait to make it back.