Crista & Mike's e-Shoot

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to finally meet with Crista & Mike after many emails and phone calls!

We met at Tilly Pond Park in Darien for their engagement session. It was wicked humid and Mike had just got done playing 67 holes of golf (don't know much about golf - maybe 67 is a slight exaggeration - maybe it was 27).

We met at 2PM (OMG peek sun time) - and we spent a couple hours together.. Crista and Mike were great to work with, I actually kinda felt out of place and wasn't sure what to do, cuz Mike kept throwing out these nifty ideas (some of the images from a couple nifty ideas had to be canned - per request of Crista LOL) - P.S. Crista, I don't blame you!!!

After walking around the pond we headed across the street to the Darien railroad station and although Mike was a little resistant at first - Crista quickly persuaded him!

I really like this shot of the two of them - just sharing a little intimate moment!



They were so into each other, think I was a bit envious of their happiness!





Crista & Mike are total goofballs and just kept cracking each other up!



I really like this next image of the two of them leaning up against the wall, you can just sense the closeness they have with one another.



Here comes the train! I only wished it was moving faster, cuz we could have definitely used the breeze!





As we were walking back to the car, I asked Mike if he would mind me taking just a couple more shots and he obliged!



It was great working with you guys - looking forward to your wedding!

-Rick O

Michelle & Bill's e-Shoot

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to do a little engagement session with Michelle & Bill! We started off at St. Mary's By The Sea from there we headed to Southport Harbor proceeded to downtown Fairfield and wound up at an Elementary School - at least I think that's what it was!

The brought their lovely daughter Hollywood along as well - who was so patient, but did eventually begin to get a little hungry near the end, so big thank you's to Brit, who not was only a trooper but also assisted me in getting Bill to smile!

So let's start off with giving Hollywood a few props here and a huge thank you!!!



Now let's meet Michelle (an accountant zzzzz zzzzz) and Bill (a mechanic) - I thought it would have been cool to have Bill put Michelle up on a lift at his garage, although Bill was all for it, Michelle wasn't crazy about the idea! (Hmmm come to think of it, maybe I could have bribed her with a quarter!)



I absolutely love this next shot of them, I just am totally feeling the emotion in Michelle's eyes as she is looking at him.



We stumbled upon this bus stop, and if you follow my blog, ya know I've got a thing for bus stops and couples LOL - this had to be the most robust bus stop I have ever seen - all brick - how cool was that!



Bill here is really working hard, although it may not seem it - he really is. I think it was worth the 2 quarters, right Bill? (Note to self - bring roll of quarters on Wedding Day!!)



I really liked this intimate moment between them - that moment just before always captivates me.



I posed the question to both Michelle & Bill, are you guys ticklish? That's all it took and Michelle went to town, but don't fret, Bill got a few good ones in there too!



We were walking down this little passage when we realized there was some sort of street fair going on - how awesome was that!



Although deceiving I promise you Michelle did not end up behind bars legally, it was totally optional at the play ground!



How cool was this corrugated wall, as I was taking this shot, I was thinking that the lines converging on the left would look so awesome in a close up shot!



See! I told you - look at those lines converge - YUM!



I had a great time with you guys, I am really looking forward to your special day; thanks for letting little RickyO hang with the cool Michelle, Bill & Brit for a few hours!

-Rick O

Steph & Jeff's e-Shoot

This past Saturday late afternoon I had the pleasure of doing a little engagement session with Steph & Jeff! This is probably starting to sound like a broken record, but I really had an awesome time working with them. I guess I've just been blessed to have met so many fantastic couples over the last year.

Several years ago Stephanie was bar tending on the side a little bit and Jeffrey happened to have an apartment right up over the bar (how cool is that!) - Eventually Steph got the hint that Jeff was interested in her after spending 4 hours at a time just hanging around and talking, eventually one thing led to another and they are getting married later this year.

When Jeff first contacted me, we discussed a bit of the details and then he wanted to have me come and meet Stephanie and go over the details with her as well. Little to my surprise when I arrived, there was a house full of people! His Mom & Dad were there, his little sister was there, his older sister showed up - wow talk about being put on the spot!

Steph & Jeff didn't have an exact location they wanted so we ended up shooting here in Milford, we started at Anchor Beach, went to Gulf Beach then headed to downtown Milford and walked all over the place, even found some cool little hidden locations.

It was low tide and I was finally able to try out a couple ideas I had been thinking of for some time. Starting out with this first shot of Steph & Jeff on the stairs that during high-tide actually are mostly covered with water down at Anchor Beach. I really love the way Jeff is adoring Steph here and her genuine smile says she is feeling the same!



Before we actually went to the beach side of Gulf Beach we went across the street to one of the parking areas, that's where I grabbed this shot of them sitting on the telephone pole!



Once we went to the beach I thought it would be neat to shoot down at them, so I went up on the lifeguard thing-a-ma-jingy. I get such terrible vertigo, but thought it was worth it!!



Again, it was low tide so I was finally able to get some under-the-pier shots - you can see the water level is normally right about where their heads are! These two were totally natural, they were so into each other it was awesome.



I absolutely loved this next shot - the columns are so vast and the angle was just really working for this shot (IMHO)



We found this little hideaway by accident - I just loved all of the scenery behind them.



And, we of course ended up at the duck pond for a couple as well.



It was a great day guys and I had a fantastic time, looking forward to your wedding in September.

-Rick O

Shannon & Rob's e-Shoot

Thursday night Shannon and Rob came down to Milford for their engagement session. We started off out here in Woodmont and then made our way downtown and ended up at another beach to grab the sunset.

These guys were way cool to hang out with, I really had a great time. It ended up cooling down pretty quick around 7ish or so and I think I saw Shannon shivering :( -

Here are a few of my favorites from their session, starting with one of the last few photos, a little silhouette action going on here on the pier.



The next couple shots were taken underneath the railroad tracks down on River St. The light blowing through the openings of the bridge walls was awesome.





We made it down to the duck pond area to capture a few images there as well.



I freaking just love the way Rob is looking at Shannon in this pic, its awesome!





As we were walking, I found this little area buried on the other side of the duck pond at the bridge.









Under another bridge by the library leading up to the duck pond.



This shot was taken down at the marina behind Archie Moore's.



I had a great time guys and am looking forward to your wedding!

-Rick O

Kerry & Joe e-Shoot

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to shoot Kerry and Joe's engagement session. They picked Southford Falls State Park in Southbury.

I would have thought that there would have been no one around, but holy cow, the park had as many people this past Saturday as I had seen last summer!

Kerry and Joe were so awesome to work with. Joe (as most guys seem to be) was a little resistant at first, but he loosened up pretty quickly. Kerry and Joe have been engaged for about two years now and their wedding date is March 21, 2009.

I had a whole slue of favorites but had to narrow it down, I still think this may be the most photos I've posted in a single blog entry!

Kerry was such a natural at the whole photography thing - perhaps she does some supermodel modeling on the side! She just was so natural the entire shoot. Joe was no amateur either, I would have to say for the most part he didn't even appear to know I was there!



The two were getting lost in the next few images at the covered bridge.



I think this was my favorite photo at the bridge, composition wise as well as their expressions.



I think its great when a couple just enjoys their own company, even if in front of some whacka-do with a camera -click-click-click-!





Kerry needed to "tinkle!" yup I said tinkle!!! LOL so after she got out of the bathroom, I of course thought it would be appropriate to get a shot of them under the toilet sign!



I saw this sign when I arrived, and knowing that Kerry is all of 98lbs I figured it would be pretty neat - Joe loved the idea, he said hell yea lets do that!



This has to be one of my favorites - just everything about it is so - I'm not sure [insert your own thoughts here!]



I really enjoyed the way they looked at each other through-out the session. So in love!





Another one under and in the covered bridge!



This looks like it could be an ad for something! The expression on her face is just awesome.



I had a great time guys, looking forward to your wedding and I hope its as nice out then as it was Saturday!

-Rick O