.photography spotlight.

my dear friend Corinne Krogh  does amazing on-site work! she does portraits, newborns, weddings, engagements, anniversaries, families, etc. she's looking for an excuse to come up to the portland area around valentine's day. check out her work at http://www.corinnekrogh.com/blog/ and contact her if you'd like to schedule a session - makes a great valentine's gift!!!

{photo by corinne krogh}

.dimery photography.

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remember that photo shoot our friend michelle did for the man-friend and i earlier this year?

well, michelle now has her website up and is doing great with all kinds of photoshoots - families, newborns, engagement, weddings, etc.

i even hear that she's trying her hand at boudoir soon!

check out the website here. (turn down your volume if you are at work - the website plays music). if you click on "lovers" at the bottom it will scroll through and you'll see a few examples fom our shoot!

.photo session with ellie leonardsmith.

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click here to go to ellie's website. then click on the boudoir photo option to see a few of the images from a recent photo shoot i had with ellie.

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not only was it so much fun, but it made a great birthday gift for the man friend!

if you live in RI or MA, be sure to check her out! she also does weddings and other kinds of events and portraiture.

.tj loves: roger j porter's etsy site.

a good friend, fantastic photographer and avid scrabble player . . . roger just updated his etsy site. there's some cool stuff on there for hallowe'en too!! check it out!

{image found here via: roger j porter on etsy.}

.tj loves: brides.

it's been a rough few weeks around here . . . i really have felt like a bird perched on a wire. very precariously. first one thing then another . . . somehow our little family is managing to get through it. with lots of support from the people who love us.

it's been tough. i see a light at the end of tunnel though . . . we'll be alright.

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so . . . i'll do this post that i've been wanting to do: WEDDINGS!!!

i. love. weddings.
i love brides.
i love LOVE.
i love romance.

i love a good, creative non-traditional wedding.

i love my friends - the ones who are brides. the ones who are grooms. the ones who are photographers.

here are a few of them:
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shandrea:

i've known shandrea since college . . . which was . . . quite a while ago. she lives on the west coast, so we haven't seen each other in a long time. but, recently shandrea was a beautiful bride.
here are a couple of shots from her gorgeous wedding:
love the umbrella

did i mention she lives in the beautiful pacific northwest? - full of natural beauty. ugh i love it.

she has a great sense of fun and silliness too!

all photos are taken by the talented kellie parry. follow that link to see her blog about the wedding.

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kristin and daryl

k and d are friends of ours here in good old providence. we recently went to their wedding at bittersweet farm over in massachussets. the wedding was full of laughter and love and beauty and had a very classy but rustic feel. here are a few of the pictures that i took that night:
the boys walking from the farmhouse to the gazebo.
miss k being walked down the "aisle" by her father. she was stunning.
moments after becoming "man and wife." the light was perfect!
the wedding party celebrating with the newlyweds.

their wedding was photographed by the talented brad smith who also took their engagement photos.
here are some of his gorgeous shots:
like i said, gorgeous.
you can see me in the last row on the right in the copper colored dress. :)

those boys.

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i guess that's enough wedding porn for now :) i am in a wedding this weekend. the lovely miss michelle who did our awesome photo shoot is getting hitched! i'll be counting on the man-friend to take the photos since i'll be in the wedding. we'll see what kind of shots we get :)

.tj loves: august and after and CKP.

{image credit: corinne krogh}

my dear sweet cori at august and after has started her FANTASTIC photography website CKP!

she is a LOVELY lady with a beautiful life and fantastic dreams for the future. she and her husband and their cute puppy live in asheville, NC and are building a sweet life together.

go check out her goodies at her photo website now!!!

tj loves: style me pretty and public image photography

{photo found at: style me pretty}
{photo credit: public image photography}

check out this style me pretty inspiration blog! my friend grace is the model and my friend ricky from public image photography took the photos. i LOVE the rosemary used throughout! click the links for more pretties!

.photoshoot sneak peak.

{photo credit: Michelle Neal-Dimery}

thse are some of my favorite's from monday night's photoshoot. i'll post more once we have time to go through the whole disc. we had SO MUCH fun with our photographer, michelle! she did a GREAT job! and she is going to do even more great things in the future! as soon as she gets her website up, i will post a link. in the meantime, if you like for her to take any engagement, new baby, anniversary, birthday, wedding, etc photos for you - let me know! i will help you get in touch with her!

.the good things.

so life's been nuts. do i allude to that a lot on this blog?

well, it's still true.

tonight's bout was AWESOME!! such a close game! the old money honeys beat the mob by a HAIR. so close! wow!

after the bout, we had a meet and greet/info session for girls interested in joining Providence Roller Derby for the 2011 season - SO CRAZY to think that i wont be one of the newest girls on the league soon! wow!

if you live in the area, consider trying out! it's amazing. check out our website.

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in other news, a friend of ours is taking us out to a the beach tomorrow to do a vintage themed photoshoot! yeah!!!


i am sooooo excited about this! it's going to be the first real photo session we've had since we got married (almost 6 years ago!). i've been collecting little ideas for different things to bring with us for the shoot - vintage suitcases, an umbrella (loaned to me by the lovely brooke from rehab just for the shoot!), a vintage camera, my boots and cowgirl hat, a lovely dress i got in our clothing exchange friday . . . so excited to share the photos when they are ready and i'll def post a link to my friend's photography website when it is up! she's actually asked us to do the shoot so that she can build up her portfolio for her website. SQUEEEE!!!

speaking of the clothing exchange, last friday my friend, miss C and i hosted a clothing exchange (though she did most of the work since i spent the afternoon locked out of my apartment!!!). also called a Naked Lady Party. Everyone brings a bag of pre-loved items (in good condition) such as clothes, books, cds, bags, hats, scarves, jewelry, etc and we dump them in piles around the house, try them on, take what we want and donate the rest. some people add structure to these parties, rules about how many you can take based on what you bring, make it a game, wait in line, etc. we just throw things around and share! we also make it a potluck so everyone can snack and drink - miss C made KILLER SANGRIA!! it really helped beat the heat (have any of you read about the crazy heat wave that's been taking over new england? it is also taking over my brain!). sometimes we make the parties themed (we did one near halloween and made it trick or treat themed, and one we did was a tea party/alice in wonderland theme).

i feel GREAT about the swap! i brought 3 huge grocery bags of clothes and left with only 1 1/2 bags full of "new" items. then i went through and got rid of MORE items as i put the new ones away! i LOVE it!!! plus we had BAGS and BAGS of things to donate at the end!! fantastic.

try it~ let me know what you think!

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k, it's off to bed! crazy weekend might be over, but tomorrow is a big day and it starts with a 5:45am wakeup time! goodnight my lovlies!

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p.s. enter my giveaway!! the winner will be announced monday of NEXT week!!

.tj loves: sister photo shoot.

while i was in oklahoma, my sister {miss TC} and i had a sweet little badminton photo shoot together. these photos were some of my favorites.

.tj loves: glamour and headshots.

this is incredible.

glamour and headshots is a website where photographer robbie augspurger has posted some pretty awesome portraits.

i was perusing it and found these photos of my friends:

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how would you pose if you could have a photo like this?
i think i'd go with something closer to this portrait:

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