Winter finally arrived here in Midcoast Maine.  In fact, it arrived all over New England.  The weather reporters called for a mere 1-3 inches along the coast, but I’d say we got a good 6 inches of the white fluff, topped with a coating of sleet.  The best part of the day is when my daughter said “lets go out and do a photo shoot.”  I was beyond thrilled!  Sometimes it’s like pulling teeth to get her to do a shoot with me!  She wanted to use her old tree swing she made a few years ago, which I thought was a great idea.  Most of these are candid with a few poses thrown in.

Cody is trying to help her with the swing!  Such an Aussie, always needing a job!

Do they EVER stop texting!!

“No, mom, we don’t!”

Alright, so now that you’ve seen how fun winter photo shoots can be, who’s going to be the first to schedule one with me?  Remember, I am offering Off Season Rates now through the end of April.  That’s a $100 savings!!  It gets better.  Schedule a photo session between now and January 31st and I will include an 11×14 of your choice from your session!!  Contact me now and lets get started!!!

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Last year in March I plowed my garden in 70 degree weather.  Twice!  The above picture shows what April 1st looked like.  Before the Nor’easter arrived,  the ground was nearly bare, but it was still very wet and muddy.  No plowing in March this year.  In fact, I may not be able to get a plow through my garden till June.  Such is life in New England!

Boo is not impressed one bit!

Cody doesn’t mind at all.

This is more like it, says Boo, snow with a frozen crust on top to keep me from sinking!  This was the day after the storm.

Boo & Muffin have a unique relationship.  Muffin follows Boo whenever he is in the pasture.  He’s remarkably gentle with him, will even trot right behind him if Boo is walking fast, but the second Boo stops Muffin stops, too, so he doesn’t step on him.  So cut to watch!

Whiskers in the late day sun.

Annabelle on her 16th birthday.  My my how time flies!!!

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Well, somehow my daughter managed to convince me to drive down to Portland after I had worked most of the day.  And I was up at 4:30am.  She agreed to do a photo shoot, which completely erased any exhaustion I may have had.  It was a gorgeous day, but oh so very cold with a biting northwest wind.  I dressed for the occasion.  My daughter on the other hand dressed for spring.  I told her she’s going to freeze.  She said “oh well!”  Freeze she did, which meant I got very few pictures.  That’s okay.  It got my juices flowing for coming back to this beautiful city to do more sessions.  I love the urban feel and look, and Portland, Maine is just the right size for a country girl like me.

Without further ado, here’s my lovely daughter, who is a week away from turning 16.  Yikes!!

Poor thing was freezing!

And here are some photos I took a couple of weeks ago of my son here on the farm.  My two babies are growing up!

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Oh my goodness, did we get a boatload of snow or what?!!  It’s so beautiful, don’t you think?  The way I see it, if we’re going to have winter, we might as well have snow!  What I find fascinating, though, is that 49 of the 50 states has snow – even Hawaii!  Seven inches!  How is that possible?!  The earth, she is a changing . . .

One thing I adore about winter is the light and the atmosphere created by all the elements.  With a day like today, nature provided all the props I needed – snow, wind and a gorgeous landscape.  I finally talked my daughter into a photo session during the snow storm.  I had to bribe her, even pay her, but it was so worth it!  She’s gorgeous in any season, but I have to say there are a few of these images that are my all time favorites.  I knew the second she bought that hat, I would have to photograph her wearing it.  She almost didn’t do it, but I promised her it would only be for a couple of shots.

So, there’s the hat series.  Pretty cute, eh!  Okay, so I’m just a little biased!

Animals are great winter props, too!

Muffin is probably thinking “does she always have to do that!”

These last 2 pictures were taken during the height of the storm.

Okay, this is the scoop.  As you just saw, winter is the most amazing time to take photographs.  Portraits can be gorgeous, even during a snow storm.  I would love, love, love to do photo sessions during the winter.  Stay tuned for a special that may entice you right out of your warm house and into the snow with me and my camera!!  I’ll be posting “that special”  by this weekend, so do check back.  Until then, make lots of snow angels!!

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“They came to sit & dangle their feet off the edge of the world & after awhile they forgot everything but the good & true things they would do someday.” Brian Andreas, “True Things”

“Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.” Brian Andreas

“He kept a piece of algae behind his ear to remind him of his roots. A million years ago every place was a little place by the sea, he would say & my mind would go blank & I would swim through the day without a care in the world & it all seemed so familiar that I knew I would go back someday to my own little place by the sea.” Story People

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