Yesterday was a crazy busy day, and it all started with an awesome photo shoot in Ellicott City with Melissa! I met Melissa last year at one of my January weddings. You might remember the bride, Sarah from her wedding or the recent session with her new babe.  She did the hair and makeup and did an amazing job! You should check her out at the Renaissance Hair Studio and Day Spa in Hunt Valley, Md!

We seriously lucked out with the most gorgeous weather! It is so crazy how a nice day like yesterday (and today) can put you in such a good mood!

Melissa and I had an awesome time playing around in Ellicott City, taking photos, and chatting about life… It is always funny to see people’s reactions when there is a bride wandering around in her wedding dress. She got so many ‘Congratulations’ and ‘Good Luck!’ and she also had a lot of men telling her she was beautiful, wanting to be in photos with her, or asking her to marry them…..

So, with that said, Melissa and I decided that a really effective (note that I am not saying best) way for single gals to meet some guys is to put on  wedding dress and galavant around town.

Doesn’t Melissa look gorgeous?!?!  And she did her hair and makeup herself. Love her hairpiece!

So classy….

I will say that I have a new appreciation for bridemaids who have to button all of those little teeny tiny buttons on the back of a brides gown! I did it… and it took me forever! But it was totally worth it!

So glad that the sun has decided to shine in Maryland again after a long harsh, freezing winter! So a little flare to celebrate!

I know I have totally shot here before… Not going to lie…  This is one of my most absolute favorite spots in Old Ellicott City! A lot of seniors usually like going there… but this is the first bride that I have up on that door. Melissa was definitely brave!

Love this light!!!

Ummmmm….. can you say beautiful?!? Her husband Ryan is a lucky man!

We did venture up the stairs to a balcony in the heart of downtown…. We didn’t stay long because there were a ton of nasty icky bugs! Melissa braved it…. and luckily none made their way onto… or into her dress.  :)

Thank you Melissa for such a fun, refreshing session!

And to blog readers… I know I keep saying that I am back… and I really am!!! Josh and I were in Las Vegas from March 4-11th for WPPI, Wedding and Portrait Photographers International.  I did plan to blog while there, but the days were full of classes, walking around the tradeshow, and catching up with photographer friends from around the country. We had an amazing time…. and came back utterly exhausted. Heck, there were somedays that I would get back from classes at 9pm (after a full day of them starting at 8am) and just crash! But, we are really excited about what the future holds! I have a lot of fun news and things to share with you as time continues… so as these things start to unfold (some personal and some business, and some just fun!) I will share them with you here on the blog. The tradeshow was great and I am ordering some new samples to introduce some new products that we will be offering. So, apologies for not blogging…there was not much time, and quite frankly internet service was pretty expensive per day, and there wasn’t even time to use it!

Enjoy this sunshine and stop back tomorrow to see some photos of Carla David, of Carla David Designs. We had a little headshot mini session before Josh and I headed out to Vegas.

Blessings!

m.e.