I couldn’t wait to drive up to Connecticut in March and spend a few days with Jill; she has the most perfectly round belly and her pregnancy has been good.  We took a nice stroll in one of Southington’s park on the first springy warm day to create some beautiful maternity portraits.

Can’t wait to meet baby T. aka Half Pint!

love,

Mar

This was the first part of the portraits;  second session is coming up right after the baby is born.

Here are some beautiful portraits of Johanna and Harper.

Thank you for all your help Alicyn!! Can’t wait to see Johanna and Harper again and meet the baby.

I did this last year and it was such a great success I have decided to repeat it again this year.

In honor of Mother Earth and birthdays in general, I am giving one lucky couple a maternity portrait session and a newborn session.

Here it is how it works:

Anyone can apply who is expecting their baby sometimes between end of May and end of August 2009.  It does not have to be your first baby.

The session will take place at a location of your choice.  After the maternity session once the baby is born we’ll schedule the newborn portrait session as well.

Any couples who are interested please send me a recent photo of yourselves and a few sentences about yourselves.  The last day to enter is Wednesday, April 29th by midnight.

The results will be drawn on May 1st and posted on the blog.

Please send the photos/e-mail to mariann@bluedaisykids.com

Looking forward to it!!

Mariann

(here is one of my baby photos…)

Here are some images that I really like.

This is Justine and Brent.

This is Gina who is actually a fellow wedding photographer from Vancouver and also a bride.

This is Nicole.

This is Monika Broz a very talented photographer from New York/New Jersey.  Monika jumped in last minute to model for me as one of the models got sick.  Monika was so much fun to work with and she made a gorgeous model!!

Justine with AJ.

This is Rebecca.

This is Travis.

Monika and Rebecca’s make up and hair was done by Heather Wilson, an extremely talented and experienced make up artist.  Heather travels all over the US and she does everything from bridal make up to runway models.

Justine, Nicole and Gina’s make up was done by Stephanie Nault a young and talented make up artist.

Here are some favorite portraits from the November and December sessions that were taken in the studio, on location and at the families homes.

Usually people who celebrate their birthdays are the recipients of gifts, cards, cakes, dinner and all that good stuff.

This year I decided that I am also giving a gift.

Lately I have been getting a lot of inquiries for after wedding portraits and I thought it would be a nice gift to give a lovely couple a free portrait session.

So I would like to offer a lucky couple a free after wedding portrait session, my time and talent with some enlargements and a big canvas gallery wrap of their favorite image, a total value of over $1000.

So here are the terms and conditions: Any couple can enter whose wedding date falls between January 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. Both Blue Daisy couples and couples whose wedding I did not photograph can enter.

The portrait session will take place in July or August on a weekday within an hour distance of New York City.

The exact location(s) are not decided yet and I am open to suggestions but most likely will be on a beach, in a field, in a forest or all of the above.

The winning couple will have to wear wedding attire but it does not have to be the original wedding dress.

The dress will not be trashed, burned and destroyed but there is a good chance that it will get wet, slightly dirty and you have to be comfortable with that.

How to enter:

Please send a favorite recent photo of the two of you as a couple and a few sentences and some fun facts about yourselves. Email address is: mariann@bluedaisyweddings.com and in the subject line please type: After wedding portrait contest and your first names.

The deadline to enter the contest is by May 10, Saturday at midnight.

Monday, May 12 I will post all the couples’ photos on my blog and let your friends, families and coworkers decide who should win the portrait session. Only one vote per e-mail address. Voting ends on May 31st at midnight.

The votes will be entered as “Comments” under the Contest post by your friends, families and anyone who would like to vote for you. E-mailed votes will not be accepted only votes on the blog.

How to win: the couple with the most votes wins. The winning couple will be announced on June 1st.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, ideas and suggestions: mariann@bluedaisyweddings.com

Even if you are not interested, not married but you know someone who might be, please forward them this post.

Thank you! I am very excited and looking forward to working with the winning couple!!

PS. Today it’s also Earth Day so please make sure you recycle and do something nice for our planet!

Other people you might have heard of and born on this day: Jack Nicholson,  Peter Frampton, Yehudi Menuhin, Rick Astley, Lenin, Aaron Spelling, John Waters, Reese Witherspoon, Immanuel Kant.

I hope to see you guys at the next photo convention!  :grin:

Here are a few of my favorites.

Ann and Matt are completely natural in front of the camera and they photograph so well.

I am really looking forward to their summer Manhattan wedding.