I only have time for one image from the day (will post more here after this week)…
She looked amazing!
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About Maureen
October 23, 2008 – 5:58 pm
What can I say? Not only is Maureen stunningly beautiful, but she’s a blast to work with too! I mean...really a blast to work with!
We started out with some natural light filtering in through the window and then headed outside for some mixed looks… I’ll have more on her later, but wanted to share some of my own favorites from the shoot (so far).
About Kay
October 20, 2008 – 10:43 am
Kay and I got a chance to just let our hair down a bit and work in a studio setting. She’s an absolute delight to work with.
Here’s a few of my own favorites from that session…
Shannon and Chris
September 24, 2008 – 2:15 pm
Every once in awhile I get lucky enough to meet a couple who are fabulously in love. I mean the kind of love that lasts well beyond the wedding day and continues to grow as they grow old together. It’s made of years of knowing one another and never forgetting how lucky they are. That’s how Shannon and Chris are. I can’t tell you how much fun it is to shoot an engagement session with a couple like this. Thank you to both of you!
I brought Ed Z along (sorry again about the shoes, Ed) and we started at Shannon and Chris’ home. They have two dogs (one of which owes me dinner for the whole ear licking thing) who just made us laugh. And then laugh some more. Later we went off to Valley Green and walked (and walked some more) and scrambled up rocks (and down) and only some of us were in shoes that were meant for such silliness. Good times.
I still want to know where the really cool stairs are, though.
A private gallery is available at www.sharideangelo.com (Proofing) to the couple with lots more images from the day. An email with the password will be sent shortly, if it hasn’t already!
Labor Day Weekend at Forsythe NWR
September 1, 2008 – 1:10 pm
Marty and I got out to enjoy at least one day of the holiday. We picked a banner day too. The shore temps were 77 degrees with breezes that kept the green head flies to a tolerable level. Being about 5 miles out from the mainland we traveled out into the salt marsh to capture some new sights (saw both Red-necked Pharalope and Wilson’s Pharalope) and I was pleased with some of the images I was able to capture with the D3 coupled with the 300mm f/2.8 VR and TC-14EII.
Here’s a selection from the day. Enjoy!
What I did on My Summer Vacation
August 30, 2008 – 3:18 pm
As we typically do, we load the dogs and lad into the car and head to my in-laws house on Topsail Island, NC every summer for 1-2 weeks. There we join up with 26 or so of our other relatives and enjoy the sun, surf, sand and…well poker, beer, inside jokes and you know… typical family fun. Their house is a 12 bedroom house right on the beach and frankly our dogs wish we’d just live there every day. They love to body surf and enjoy long walks on the beach…
Miles swam in the ocean for hours and hours. He chased and retrieved every ball and proudly returned each one to our feet to do it “again.”
When we go to the beach every year, it’s pure heaven to our dogs. Surf, sand and balls (Frisbees are our other dog’s favorite). Is there anything better?
On our way back home though (a 9 hour drive extended to 11) this time, we had a terrible scare. Miles had been panting a lot (but that’s normal for him) and he seemed truly exhausted when we left the beach house that morning. We figured he’d sleep the whole way home. We discounted the excessive drooling, which we later regretted.
About 4-5 hours into our drive Miles started to have seizures in the back of our SUV and we were in the middle of traffic on I95. Because we have a dog grate up, we couldn’t reach him. I’ve only heard my son panicked 2 times in his life. This was one. Helpless, all he could do was watch him until we could get our way off the road.
By the time we could safely pull off, the seizure had subsided but every muscle was tense, his eyes were round and he was shaking. His gums showed no sign of shock but his pupils were fixed and dilated. He was very hot. The poor dog (and us) were absolutely terrified. Because we had no idea what had caused it, we weren’t sure what to do but to hold him and make him less scared. It worked.
We stayed there for awhile. He was able to get up and drink and eventually took a walk. He was coming out of it. Whatever it was. We were cautiously optimistic. He’d had a rough first 4 years of his life and we had no idea (for certain) what we were dealing with now.
To say the rest of the drive home was stressful would probably be an understatement.
Everyone made it home safely and Miles has recovered fully. We believe he had a heat stroke. If there’s any permanent damage, we haven’t discovered it yet. All his behavior seems to fall under his “normal Miles-isims.”
Even with this experience, I’m pretty sure Miles would jump right back in the car to get back to this spot.
If you’re family, go to www.sharideangelo.com and enter your password into the Proofing section. Lots more images there!