A behind the scenes video of my Vintage Sailboat shoot (see post below). All video and stills shot with my Canon 5D Mark II.
It’s a session like this that fills me up and literally makes my heart skip a beat. When two creative minds come together it can produce breathtaking results. As such, when Mariah Gale, a local photographer, contacted me last summer to photograph her I was a) instantly flattered that she thought of me and b) really excited about where we could take this shoot. The theme was “vintage sailboat” and after many ideas fluttering back and forth over email and exchanges shared through Pinterest, the shoot began to take shape. Unfortunately, a hurricane in the forecast had other plans for us and the boats were taken out of the marina and the shoot postponed. Fast forward 10 months and we rescheduled the shoot on her birthday–as she couldn’t think of another better way to spend it. The weather was divine, the location spectacular, and with the help of super stylist, Caitlin Murphy, the look was beautifully brought to fruition. Mariah was insanely good in front of the camera. I didn’t shut up the entire time about how amazing she was. And least I forget her dashing man, Dan, who undoubtedly played the part to a “T”. Thank you for making this so incredible!! xoxo
See behind the scenes here!
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July 17, 2012 - 10:08 am
Vintage glam! These are breathtaking. Striking – like something out of a 1950’s vogue magazine. Absolutely adore!
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July 17, 2012 - 10:24 am
This was an AWESOME birthday, and we had a fabulous team to pull it all together! Love, love, love. Can’t wait to see the video!
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July 17, 2012 - 10:31 am
these are gorgeous!! i love all of her outfits 🙂 and the light on the sailboat ones!!! so beautiful!!!
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July 17, 2012 - 10:35 am
I love the styling and variety from image to image. And I especially admire the depth of your backgrounds – it makes them that much more interesting and beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
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July 17, 2012 - 10:37 am
These images, the clothing, the setting…spectacular! I think my family may need a vacation up your way next summer just so you can work your lens magic on my sweet girls.
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July 17, 2012 - 10:57 am
Absolutely breathtaking. The ones with the turquoise ensemble and hat are out of this world. WOW. Everything about this shoot is simply magical.
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July 17, 2012 - 11:39 am
These are stunning!! Stephanie, everyday you inspire me, thank you!!
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July 17, 2012 - 12:08 pm
your editing style goes so perfectly with with vintage sailboat theme. everything looks so effortless. fantastic.
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July 17, 2012 - 12:30 pm
Wow! Gorgeous posing and lighting!
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July 17, 2012 - 3:27 pm
Wow … stunningly gorgeous!!
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July 18, 2012 - 9:03 am
Stunning. Nuff’ said.
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July 18, 2012 - 9:22 am
omg……wow!!!!!!!!…….one of my favorites..is that her real beau?
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July 18, 2012 - 11:10 am
WOW! Awesome set!
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July 18, 2012 - 3:27 pm
Amazing! Such a beautiful session:)
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July 18, 2012 - 9:59 pm
Everything about these are gorgeous, Stephanie! Love the colors, the setting, the models. Awesome job!
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July 19, 2012 - 9:05 pm
W O W !!!!! Stunning. Going off to pick my jaw up off the floor.
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July 21, 2012 - 12:25 am
STUNNING! these are so timeless & classic. love all the ensembles & locations…awesome work.
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July 21, 2012 - 8:28 am
Ah – loving these! What a fantastic collection of images – and the light? !!!
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July 30, 2012 - 2:03 pm
Wowee – these are just gorgeous! All of them!
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July 31, 2012 - 7:35 am
These are spectacular! What a beautiful lady and awesome locations!!!
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August 1, 2012 - 3:14 pm
these are so beautiful. what a fun session. The model looks so much like SJP!!
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August 1, 2012 - 3:42 pm
absolutley stunning and amazing! LOVE the light, makeup..everything!
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August 14, 2012 - 5:01 pm
Holy cow batman! These are FABULOUS!
I’m a little late jumping on the bandwagon but I joined Instagram late 2010 and not until recently have I become sort of infatuated with it. It’s a fun way to chronicle the everyday in photos. You can follow me @bellinipics
See you there!
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September 5, 2013 - 2:23 am
don’t you have a facebook page? it would be so much easier to follow you 🙂
I’ve been a little MIA as I’ve sort of mandated some time off for my myself this summer. It’s been wonderful and relaxing spending time by the beach. However, my urge to create is ever present and I am always anxious to get back to work. Here is a session with 7 day old Jackson shot back in May–such a beautiful baby boy and his momma as pretty as can be. We did a maternity session last year for her first and this makes her boys just 15 months apart. I’m exhausted just thinking about wrangling two little ones so close in age. Kudos and much respect for those that do it! Enjoy!
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July 10, 2012 - 8:32 pm
Such a sweet little baby! Love the moments you captured!
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July 10, 2012 - 8:34 pm
Beautiful as always!
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July 10, 2012 - 8:56 pm
omg, he totally looks like he is posing for you on the ones he’s awake. Precious.
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July 10, 2012 - 9:11 pm
soooo beautiful!! I need you to photograph my family asap.
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July 12, 2012 - 9:37 am
Gorgeous as always! Love how you always use white with your newborns so beautiful!
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July 13, 2012 - 1:35 pm
second one, said “ahhhhhh” outloud….♥♥♥
Hi all! I have been taking a nice break with the family for the 4th so I have been a little MIA from my blog and Facebook. So to keep it alive I wanted to share with you again my session last year with photographer Heidi Hope from RI shot July 2011. I thought it would be fun to share what I was up to a year ago! I have three sessions with other fab photographers coming up in August and September! In the meantime…..have a fabulous weekend!
“I’m not sure the feeling will ever change. The feeling when another photographer contacts you to take their family portraits (gulp). If you follow my blog you may remember my post last October when Elise Donoghue asked me to photograph her family. I was excited and a nervous wreck all balled into one. But at the end of the day it was an amazing experience and I walked away from it feeling empowered and thrilled to know how happy I had made her. Tears of joy from any client is ALWAYS a good thing!! Double bonus: we have become great friends! When Heidi contacted me in December about photographing her family I had the same feeling but this time I knew that the nervous feeling was actually a good thing. It keeps you in check and on your toes. When you lose those butterflies I think you can become complacent and your work can become a bit lack lustre. I had an idea that I’d been wanting to implement for some time. A ripped out page from one of my old Cookie magazines–remember that one, so good, and so sad it’s gone–had sat quietly in a folder of other inspirational images for a few years. It was a model with her son in a Valentino dress; red, diaphanous, long and beautiful. Her little boy was under the many layers and he peeked he head from one of the drapey, crepe-like sheets of red. I knew I wanted to try this with Heidi and her 3 year old daughter. And so began the hunt for the perfect dress. Nothing was coming up quite like the Valentino number (yeah, go figure) but I did happen upon something even more adorable on Etsy. Luckily for us it was the right size, Heidi loved it, and she snagged it up. We started in one of my favorite fields at sunset for some beautiful family shots and then zoomed down to the Cape for the whimsical dress shots. It was an amazing experience! Heidi, it was such a pleasure getting to know you and you gorgeous family and lucky for me I feel I’ve made yet another friend who just happens to be another portrait photographer like myself. Enjoy!! xoxoxo”
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July 6, 2012 - 12:04 pm
Wow. Wow. WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous, and it’s always so nice to see the photographer behind the art. You did an incredible job, and I’m sure she’s overjoyed with the portraits.
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July 6, 2012 - 4:07 pm
I love these even more today! G looks so young in all of them.. *sigh*. They turn into big kids so fast, don’t they?! Thank you again for such beautiful portraits. I think we’ll have to do it again when G #2 is a little bigger! xoxo
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July 10, 2012 - 8:38 pm
OMG!!!!! How beautiful are these!?! I didn’t see them the first time around. Kinda obsessed with her dress in the second set and your use of the light with it. You’re a genius. SIGH.
Taryn Boyd - Stephanie…this session blew me away. I absolutely love that you are shooting video as well!!! xo
Beira - Incredible work!
Lindy - Wow love love the video!
Nicole - Hey Stephanie. I was wondering what software you used to put your video clips together. I love to do it with my family videos but for some reason it doesn’t show full screen like yours is! It looks lovely! hoping you can point me in the right directions. THANKS