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Mini Sessions available whenever!

April 3rd, 2012

We want to capture you & your families memories and we understand not everyone has the budget to do a full portrait session.  We’ve decided to offer the option of booking a mini session WHENEVER you want!  We typically schedule a full day of mini sessions at a designated location a few times a year. [...]
 

We want to capture you & your families memories and we understand not everyone has the budget to do a full portrait session.  We’ve decided to offer the option of booking a mini session WHENEVER you want!  We typically schedule a full day of mini sessions at a designated location a few times a year.  We’ve had several inquires asking when we were going to do our spring mini sessions, but due to our schedules we have had a hard time finding day where we could schedule a full day of them.

Contact us to book your mini session now!  Weekends in April & May are mostly booked, but weekdays are definitely available.  Mini sessions are 30 minutes long and are shot on location at any location you want within the Greater Lowell Area.  Sessions booked outside of the Greater Lowell Area will incur a small travel fee.  If you aren’t sure where to have your session just ask us, we have lots of ideas for locations.

Sessions are $75, this covers the 30 minute session.  Prints and Products can be purchased a la carte after the session.  Contact us for more information on the products we offer & too book your session today!

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2011 Ride to Camp Bike Run | Boy’s & Girl’s Club of Fall River

September 2nd, 2011

We donate our time each year to photographing The Ride to Camp Bike Run.  The bike run raises money for Camp Welch in Assonet MA.  The camp is part of the Boy’s & Girl’s Club of Fall River.  The B&G Club has been a big part of my (Drew’s) family growing up. I believe at [...]


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We donate our time each year to photographing The Ride to Camp Bike Run.  The bike run raises money for Camp Welch in Assonet MA.  The camp is part of the Boy’s & Girl’s Club of Fall River.  The B&G Club has been a big part of my (Drew’s) family growing up. I believe at one time or another EVERYONE in my family has worked there.  My uncle ran the club as well as the camp for many years.  This is an annual event that takes place during August each year and we have been happy to help out and donate our time for such a great cause.  Camp Welch is a location where a lot of my summer memories take place.  (Im sure I could dig up some old photos to prove this, but you’ll have to take my word for it. Hair styles and terrible 80’s clothes keep me from exposing you to such pictures).

The run kicks off at Durfee High School in Fall River Ma…
Amanda went out and captured some shots of the Bikes while out on the run.
The run ends at Camp Welch.  The sound of all the bikes coming into camp is amazing.  One of us ends up at the top of a ladder as they are coming in and is just snapping away, trying to capture all the riders on their bikes. After all the bikes are parked at camp, we usually take the time to capture some detail shots of the bikes.
You know we have to represent for Up in Flames Tattoo!  It’s the tattoo shop we go to for all our tattoo’s. Actually most of Drew’s family has gotten ink at the shop too.  It’s our family tattoo shop!
Food, games and music are at the forefront of the remaining day at the camp. It has evolved into an event that can be enjoyed by the whole family.  Our 3 year old daughter Prue loves coming to camp after the run.  She spent the entire day running around and playing with some of the other kids.
That’s our little nugget in the pink bathing suit going down the slide!
Each year they have a dj during the morning at Durfee and then after the ride they have several bands playing.  This year it was The Criminals, Identity Crisis & Bone Shaker.
Relay races and other rodeo games are set up for the riders to participate in through out the day at camp.  Even if you aren’t playing in the games it is still fun to watch.

The whole day was a success and raised A LOT of money for a great place.  Thanks to all the great sponsors, especially our two major sponsors, Citizens Union Savings Bank & Mechanics Cooperative Bank.
If you’d like to view all the photos from the day you can find them on this site: http://mrdrewphotography.zenfolio.com/ridetocamp You can order prints directly from this site of any of the images from the event.  Use the coupon code Ride2011 to save 20% off the prints from now till the end of October.

 

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WellPet Portraits | Corporate Portraits

April 6th, 2011

We recently shot a few of the employees and their pets at WellPet’s corporate office.  We shot a maternity session for Erin who works for WellPet.  They were looking to update their website with some images.  We are going to be shooting more of the employees once the weather warms up a bit and everything [...]
 

We recently shot a few of the employees and their pets at WellPet’s corporate office.  We shot a maternity session for Erin who works for WellPet.  They were looking to update their website with some images.  We are going to be shooting more of the employees once the weather warms up a bit and everything gets a little greener.  While waiting for that to happen (who knows how long it will be before we are truly in the midst of Spring) we decided it would be a good idea to shoot just a few employees at the office.  This way they had some options for the updated website.

For all those photographers that regularly shoot pets and their owners…I have a new found respect for you!  We had a blast shooting this, the dogs (and cat) were all super cute and really great, but you really just have to shoot, shoot, shoot and hope for the best at times.  We had a squeaky toy and used that to get their attention, but at times that wasn’t the greatest because then they wanted to come over and check us out.  I quickly realized that having too many people around while shooting was a distraction to the dogs (and really the same thing applies with kids & adults).  Once we sent everyone who wasn’t needed away the pets calmed down much more.

Enjoy the images.

 

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Megan | Actress Head Shots in Beverly, MA

January 31st, 2011

Megan is someone I have now known for many years.  She went to Salem State (where myself & Drew both went)  She was a theater major & one of my very good friends was also a theater major.  My twister (if you follow the blog you know what it means…twin sister) and I were at [...]
 

Megan is someone I have now known for many years.  She went to Salem State (where myself & Drew both went)  She was a theater major & one of my very good friends was also a theater major.  My twister (if you follow the blog you know what it means…twin sister) and I were at times honorary theater peeps because we hung out with them so much.

Megan lives in the BK (Brooklyn) and is pursuing acting roles.  She needed updated head shots (I think her last ones were from when we were all in college…correct me if I’m wrong Megan!).  She was in town last weekend for a wedding so it worked out as a perfect time to shoot some head shots.  Megan and her husband were staying with our friend Alicia due to the cold weather and knowing that Alicia’s apartment gets really great light I decided we could just shoot them at her house.  Not only did we use Alicia’s apartment, Alicia was also kind enough to do Megan’s makeup and assist me when needed.  Alicia, you did a kick ass job holding the reflector for me! :)  I almost forgot…Alicia also provided some accessories for Megan to wear.

I had a blast hanging out and laughing with both of you & I can’t wait to hear about all the amazing roles you get Megan!

A little sexy star for the camera…this is the fun thing about doing head shots for actors & actresses, you are allowed to have a little more fun and you really want to express a variety of emotions.  Megan was awesome and humored me while I was making suggestions for posing.  She was also always ready, we’d be talking and I’d have the camera down and as soon as I brought the camera up to take a photo Megan would stop mid sentence and give me a smile or pose.

I love the black & white one on the left.  Such a striking image…You are a gorgeous gal Megan!!! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Can you even handle Megan’s green eyes!  Can you say STUNNING?!

Megan was down for bundling up and heading outside for a bit.  I think we were outside for maybe 20 minutes (if that)  We were lucky and had some really great locations right near Alicia’s house.  We had to trudge through a little snow, but it wasn’t too bad.  Since it was nice and sunny it didn’t feel quite as cold as it was.  It also helped that Megan had this amazing patterned coat.  As soon as I saw it hung up at the house I asked if we were going to shoot wearing it. This was at the library in Beverly, we had people coming in and out of the doors, luckily they always chose the door on the left so we could work around it.

I love these last 2 images, so pretty.  Thanks again Megan for letting me hang out and have fun shooting your head shots. :)

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Katie+Kevin | Engagment Session Westward Orchards Harvard MA

November 12th, 2010

Our friends Katie & Kevin are engaged (duh! pretty obvious from the post title)!  I use to work with Katie as a teacher, she is an amazing person & guidance counselor for 7th & 8th graders.  She is great at what she does & I couldn’t imagine having to “counsel” teenagers everyday (and deal with [...]
 

Our friends Katie & Kevin are engaged (duh! pretty obvious from the post title)!  I use to work with Katie as a teacher, she is an amazing person & guidance counselor for 7th & 8th graders.  She is great at what she does & I couldn’t imagine having to “counsel” teenagers everyday (and deal with parents on top of it)…before I digress too much.  Katie and Kevin met during a weekend trip to the Cape (both expecting the weekend to be a “girls & boys night” out and nothing else)  They have been together ever since and as you can see from the images are totally in LOVE!

They were kind enough to “model” for a Shoot Out that I organized for the Lowell Photo Meetup (if you are a photographer in the area find us on facebook!).  We headed to Westward Orchards (thanks to the connection from photographer Kerri Green…her husband’s family owns & runs the orchards) and myself along with a few other photographers shot their engagement session.  The little nerves that they both might have had when we started didn’t show at all in the images.  They rocked the session (which was a little chilly) and we got some AMAZING images.

Kevin & Katie working it with the wheels…sometimes you have to do silly things, it loosens you up and definitely makes for better photos!
A little snuggling is necessary for an engagement session, of course it didn’t hurt that it was a little chilly! Loved Katie’s dedication to getting on the tractor in her heels.   One of my favorites.  These are blueberry bushes (Kerri, correct me if I’m wrong) that turned the most lovely shade of orange/red.  I also loved that they were so symmetrical in rows. We set up a little picnic in the orchard.  a great quilt -check! some yummy Champagne -check! Apple Pie -check!  Great photos -check & check! We didn’t have sun for most of the shoot, it was a very overcast day, when it showed up for about 15 minutes we ditched the quilt and shot, shot, shot! I hand-painted this parasol for my wedding and decided to bring it to the session.    Yeah, for yummy light and not too many smushed apples on the ground.  We did have to clear the ground a bit before they laid down, but I am sure it is way better then at the height of apple season.I am sure you already know this Katie… but I’ll say it anyway, you are gorgeous!  Absolutely Stunning!
Get out with Kevin’s great blue eyes, they are such a great shade of blue & the light only made them bluer. (I hope you are blushing too much, Kevin) This is a guilty pleasure shot for Katie…she LOVES, LOVES, LOVES Twilight.  As soon as we started talking about shooting in an apple orchard, the first things she asked was can we do the Twilight shot.  I was happy to oblige her!  (I’m totes Team Edward if you were wondering)

Katie & Kevin thank you for being amazing & so great!  We can’t wait to shoot their wedding this coming June.  I am sure it will be full of love & lots of laughs.

-Amanda

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Our Friend Jess Rocks! | Actress Head Shots Lowell MA

November 4th, 2010

I was going to blog Prue playing in the leaves the other day, when I realized I hadn’t blogged Jess’ full session.  I can’t believe I forgot to do a full write up.  I am shocked, so here is your full blog post Jess! ENJOY :) So Jess and the Correia Family go back a [...]
 

I was going to blog Prue playing in the leaves the other day, when I realized I hadn’t blogged Jess’ full session.  I can’t believe I forgot to do a full write up.  I am shocked, so here is your full blog post Jess! ENJOY :)

So Jess and the Correia Family go back a bit.  We became friends with Jess through our friend Alicia.  Jess is the type of person who makes you feel at ease immediately and it seems you’ve been friends forever!  She was my “wedding coordinator” and made sure things went smoothly on the day Drew & I got married.  She  was super official and even had a clipboard (which I made her & was bedazzled…the bedazzles make it even more official).  Anyway, Jess has been living in NYC for quite sometime now, though we miss her dearly she is perfect for NYC & she comes home to visit quite often!

Jess needed some updated headshots for a new opportunity (we have our fingers crossed, double for you girl!) and I was happy to do them for her.  She came to the triple L and we ventured downtown.  Drew had to work so I asked if our friend Kate if she wanted to come shoot it with me.  We had a great time laughing and being goofy the entire session.  We ended up shooting way longer then we expected because we were having so much fun.

This first one on the left is her SVU headshot.  She is one badass lady, ready to kick it with Mariska & Chris. The backlight here was gorgeous!  I love these shots with her hair light up from behind.   We had to represent for Boston, obviously. We clearly did not do a good job reading the Keep Off sign here…oops :)

Love you Jess :)

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A Cold Rainy Day With Lexi | Portrait Session, Lowell MA

October 2nd, 2010

Lexi’s Mom signed up for one of our mini session days, it was a rainy day and we were going to reschedule but we worked through the rain & decided to take some shots.  Lexi did a great job dealing with the cold & wind.  We had fun with some balloons, climbed on the stone [...]
 

Lexi’s Mom signed up for one of our mini session days, it was a rainy day and we were going to reschedule but we worked through the rain & decided to take some shots.  Lexi did a great job dealing with the cold & wind.  We had fun with some balloons, climbed on the stone wall & played on the swing.  I think overall with the conditions we were dealing with it we had a very successful session :)

Lexi has the longest eyelashes I’ve seen in a long time, I was a little jealous of her.

Love this one!  We were pretending the balloons were attacking her so she was hitting them away from her.

Who doesn’t love to tip upside down and swing?!  It’s the best for sure.
Thanks Lexi for being a great model, I had lots of fun hanging out with you & hope we get to do it again in the future.

-Amanda (MrsDrew)

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Jillian & Lauren | Camp Mini Session, Assonet MA

September 3rd, 2010

We had a large family reunion on my husband’s side of the family.  You saw one of the images from the party here!  Jillian & Lauren are Drew’s cousins.  They are both stunning girls & both into photography.  We thought it would be fun to do a mini photo shoot at the family reunion.  We [...]

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We had a large family reunion on my husband’s side of the family.  You saw one of the images from the party here!  Jillian & Lauren are Drew’s cousins.  They are both stunning girls & both into photography.  We thought it would be fun to do a mini photo shoot at the family reunion.  We knew Camp Welch would have some great locations to shoot at.  We just walked around for about 30 minutes and the girls took turn posing.  They both did a stellar job & I love all of the images SOOOOOOOO much!

We didn’t use any on camera or off camera flash, just the trusty old reflector.  The way we have been working lately is I shoot most of the session & Drew assists.  We both determine the locations and the poses.  Drew is really great at tweaking a pose and looking at all the little details.  I can come up with a shot & set it up and start shooting while I am shooting Drew is giving more directions to make the pose even stronger.  It works really well for us.  I’d love to hear how other photographers work together during a shoot.  Other times Drew is also shooting, but when the reflector is needed it is a little tough to be doing both at the same time.

Meet Jillian!  She is a fellow red-head so you know I love that :)  We are going to be doing Senior portraits in a about a month.  I am super excited to shoot more with Jillian.

I love these two images together.  The texture on this building is to die for & the sun coming through the trees OMG

I know this comment might not be cool, but this reminds me of the little mermaid…I know really I think it’s way cooler then that.  I just love her red curls laid out on the green grass.  Can we say complementary colors!!

Meet Lauren: She is another amazing young lady who had smizing down!  We’d love to do a full length session with her as well, hint…hint…

Love that natural hair light & thank you reflector!! Jillian…you are GORGEOUS

I love how they both have such different looks.  Lauren you are STUNNING!

Ladies you are both amazing & so special in your own way.  Don’t let anyone or anything hold you back from doing what you want to do.

-Mrs Drew (Amanda)

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Danielle, Jared & Baby Y | Groeland, MA Maternity Session

August 3rd, 2010

Two of our dearest friends are pregnant & are going to be having a baby hopefully any day now! eeeeekk!!! I am so excited for them.  We luckily squeezed in a maternity session a few weeks ago.  I am so happy for both Danielle & Jared and I can’t wait to watch them turn into [...]
 

Two of our dearest friends are pregnant & are going to be having a baby hopefully any day now! eeeeekk!!! I am so excited for them.  We luckily squeezed in a maternity session a few weeks ago.  I am so happy for both Danielle & Jared and I can’t wait to watch them turn into the amazing parents that I know they are going to be!  We shot these near their house.  Danielle scouted locations for us, I knew I wanted to shoot on the bridge that I cross over to get to their house.  She found the awesome riverfront location & then some were right in their yard (that great stone wall is in their backyard).  The light was amazing & they were up for anything, even when Andrew & I asked them to do silly things, they totally did them & we love them for that.

I can’t wait to meet this little nugget.  It’s a surprise if it’s a boy or girl, though Jared knows.  I don’t know how he is keeping it a secret.  I hate to admit it,but I had no faith that he could keep the secret from Danielle or anyone else.  He has proved us all wrong and done an amazing job not letting it slip (you know we’ve all tried to get it out of him)

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

The top image of this set is my favorite for many reasons.  1.  I love the lens flare.  2. If you know Danielle you know that she isn’t the smiling type, so the fact that she has a genuine smile makes me happy.

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

The top image here is Drew’s favorite.  He thinks it captures their personalities perfectly!  ”That’s what I see when we sit across the table from them”  was his quote.

Danielle, Jared & Baby Y

Danielle & Jared – You guys rock & we can’t wait till we get to meet your little nugget! (Prue is super excited to meet her future BFF too!)

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Joseph | Lowell MA Portrait Session

July 30th, 2010

Our nephew Joseph came to stay with us at the beginning of July.  We took him to see Lady Gaga in concert and then the next day we did a photo shoot.  In my opinion it was the best weekend ever for a 15 year old boy!  We had an awesome time at the concert [...]

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Our nephew Joseph came to stay with us at the beginning of July.  We took him to see Lady Gaga in concert and then the next day we did a photo shoot.  In my opinion it was the best weekend ever for a 15 year old boy!  We had an awesome time at the concert (Miss Gaga is an amazing performer for sure).  We did the shoot right in our “backyard” our backyard being the Target near our house and then another location about 5 mins away from our house.  It was awesome to find and use places within a 5 minute drive from our house.  There are still a few locations nearby that I can’t wait to use (hint, hint, hint the first one to book a session gets the other great locations).

Here are a few from the shoot.  Joseph was a really great model.  The few with the red circle were right in the front of Target (those of you that love Target probably already knew that though) caused some people to stop and gather.  Joseph didn’t flinch or care at all.  I think he actually hammed it up even more.  We are looking forward to many more fun shoots with Joseph in the future.

On a photography note: A reflector is such an awesome & simple tool.  We’ve used them before but after this shoot, I fell completely in love with using one. It made such a huge difference.

Joseph: Pedine & I love you very much :)

-Mrs Drew

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