Pooch Portrait ::: 10.26.10 ::: Blue the Great Dane

Meet Blue, the beautiful blue merle Great Dane. Is he not the most stunning big guy you've ever seen? I wanted to take him home, except he's the size of my living room. Well, that, and getting him home would have been difficult as he was twice the size of my car. :)

Such a sweetheart!!!















He had a tri-paw'd brother named Monkey... so sweet!






Nothing makes me happier than capturing such sweet pooches for their owners! =)

Gillette Castle ::: Part II

Had a little time to go through the "other" photos I took during our visit to Gillette Castle. I'm always up for an adventure, and I'm pretty much willing to make ANYthing an adventure... so on my way to the park, I had a memory of going on a little ferry across the Connecticut River when I was a kid. I decided I HAD to do that again, so my trusty little Bug and I followed my GPS until it told us to "Take the ferry." =)

We hopped the $3.00 ferry in Chester and went for a 3 minute ride to Hadlyme!

Doesn't he look great on the water?

OK, so the REAL reason I went this way because I knew I'd get a great view of the castle from the water. Heh heh.

Little 8 car ferries still have crew!

And this cutie!

Couple shots from land...

Hard to believe that this was someone's home in the '20s and '30s...

Almost spooky, really.

Driving home, I couldn't resist a very quick snap of the sunset ahead of me... I was NOT looking through the viewfinder, don't worry! ;)

Family Portraits ::: 10.18.08

This post is a huge one for me... not only am I excited to share some fun shots from a great day, but this session marks a huge milestone for me and for Salty Grapes Photography.

This past Saturday I had the honor of shooting my very first clients - a year later!!!  They were the first people who took a chance on me... who asked if I would take their pictures for their Christmas cards.  =)  They gave me the beginning buds of courage by being so easy going and so much fun to shoot.   And man, what a year it's been!

Of course, it's hard to take a "bad" photo of them.  Are they not GORGEOUS?  And lucky for me, this year, their cousins came along!  Way, way, way too many photos to share...

Eeeeee!!!  Flare!!!  =)  Yay!

Silly moms!!!

Awwww!

The lone boy in a sea of girls.

Note to photographer when doing this shot next time:

RUN!!!!

The day was ALL about jumping... I have a bunch left to edit of each kid and their "jumping" moment.  Lots of good stuff to jump off at the beach!

The ability to piggy back 3 at a time runs in the family I guess...

Kalidescopes galore!

A whole lotta Uggs...

All the girls!

Seriously... can you get any MORE photogenic?

 

Love that I happened to catch this moment...

And can't forget Hazel:

And Lovie!

Thank you guys... I really had a blast.  I don't know how everyone had SO.MUCH.ENERGY though!!!  =)