Well, we had high hopes. The beautiful magnolias were supposed to be flowering on Comm Ave... but instead they bloomed way too early, then died because the weather turned cold again. Then we were hoping for 70 degrees. Instead, it was freezing- not that you can tell from the brilliant smiles Jen & Kevin had on the entire time. (Especially when we made them walk down by the Charles!) Nonethless, Jen & Kevin's happy perseverance for their engagement shoot was contagious, and hopefully a sign for their upcoming marriage. "Happy perseverance" is needed to create a life together :) Here's a selection of my favs... take particular note of Jen's engagement ring... it was her grandmother's. I love heirlooms :)
In Category: boston engagement photos
Jen & Kevin’s Comm Ave E Shoot
April 30, 2012
Laughing! {Comm Ave Boston Engagement Shoot}
April 10, 2012Jen and Kevin pretty much laughed their way through our entire engagement shoot on Comm Ave. and by the Charles River yesterday afternoon. I was pretty thrilled about that, because I love shooting happy people :) Here's a couple teasers, and there's another on our facebook page. Jen & Kevin will be getting married at the Omni Parker House in August! Woo hoo!
Behind the scenes {Boston Engagement Shoot}
January 19, 2012So when Jesse and I aren't rocking your faces off with our awesome photo-taking abilities, this is what we look like. Notice how Jesse completely photo bombed my amazing shot?! If not, that huge arrow was courtesy of photoshop to illustrate how difficult my life is, dealing with rogue husbands whilst trying to take awesome photos. ;) Oh, and I pretty much giggle like that all day long.
Jeanne & Frank’s e shoot {Boston Engagement Shoot}
January 15, 2012It takes guts to tattoo your fiance's name on your body. I love the location of it, and how beautiful Jeanne looks next to it... Doesn't this look awesome? I took about 10 photos of Jeanne walking across, and merged them all together after a painstaking photoshop effort :)
Jeanne & Frank – Boston Engagement Photo teasers
January 7, 2012
Boston Engagement Shoots!
November 15, 2011Jesse has had to pick up some slack lately since I was busy birthin' a baby and feeding her 20 hours a day. :) On 10/11, 2 days after Autumn was born Jesse went and shot an engagement session and an anniversary/rock the dress session. I was bummed that I couldn't be there (though I wasn't planning on being there even if I hadn't had the baby... I was too huge and pregnant to be walking around for hours carting my cameras!), but happy that there's two of us so that we can split up when needed. Annabelle & Anthony chose the North End for their engagement shoot because that's where they're getting married, and they love it there. Sarah & Dave are already married, and wanted us to shoot their wedding three years ago, but we were already booked! So when they wanted to do a photo shoot to commemorate Dave's
North End Engagement Photos: Nicola & Shawn
September 19, 2011Ummm, maybe it's because we had so much fun or maybe it's because Nicola and Shawn look like models, I just can't resist posting a few more of their fabulous engagement shoot. Here's the first couple we showed last week: http://cirasphotography.com/blog/index.php/north-end-engagement-shoot-nicola-shawn/
North End Engagement Shoot: Nicola & Shawn
September 12, 2011
Bourne Farm: Alexis & Brent’s Rehearsal Dinner
August 19, 2011I've never seen attention to detail like this beautiful Rehearsal Dinner at Bourne Farm in Falmouth. Alexis and her mom spent hours taking this from an empty barn to a little dream world... they not only set each table, but they rolled in wine barrels as cocktail table (genius! I want to do this on my deck now!), and even labeled lobster bibs for everyone. And, mother nature played along- providing no rain, but this ethereal covering of blue fog.
Why I love this photo: Marshfield Engagement Shoot
August 30, 2010I love this photo for a bunch of reasons, and the biggest is because Andrea & Corey were super nervous about having their photo taken and here they look so relaxed. (Engagement shoots are a great idea if you're not a fan of having your photo taken. By the end, both Andrea & Corey agreed that they felt better about the idea of us coming and stalking them on their wedding day!) I also love the light. Different times of day yield different colors of light, and here, right before sunset, is really beautiful golden/pink sunlight. I love how they're posed. They were looking at me for a straight-on shot (and that must be why they're laughing- I'm pretty funny! haha), and Jesse snagged this shot from the side. They're not "camera-aware" and it looks so natural. This is why it's great to have two photographers- they now have one shot of