Tuesday, October 13, 2009

e-session: my sister & her fiance!

as i had previously announced before on my blog, my sister got engaged!!! this post has been long overdue! sorry sis and dave! i have just been really busy lately at work, with photography clients/work and my weekends have also been filled up assisting my sister in taking care of stuff for her planned wedding next year since i am also her maid of honor! :-) in fact, we went wedding dress shopping last weekend and she finally found "the dress"...really fun!

anyways, their photo shoot was held on labor day weekend on the jersey shore. this was my engagement gift to them ...lucky them! :-) initially, we had thought of a fall season shoot since the fall foliage is just so pretty for photos. but then, they were deciding on a beach destination wedding so i had suggested a beach photo shoot instead. it would also be perfect for their wedding website and other wedding related stuff. anyways, it was perfect timing to have a shoot on the beach before it got too cold and wouldn't be too crowded anymore.

we had planned to stay and relax at the beach on the day of the photo session. but then, it wasn't too warm & sunny enough to relax on the beach but it came out to be a perfect day for a photo shoot ...no rain & cloudy. i had instead, scheduled the shoot right before sunset which was great for the photos. the day before, i became their stylist too since i had helped them choose what to wear for the shoot . :-)

it was windy for most of the time we were there but it helped add some drama on the photos which i really liked. we had to do a bunch of re-takes since my sister's hair was flying all over and there were times that sand would get into their eyes. despite all that, i am so happy with how the photos turned out! there's just so much to choose from that it took me time to decide on which ones to post on my blog. i will probably just do a slideshow when i hopefully find time. :-)

anyways, to my only sister and her fiance, dave ...congratulations again! i hope the two-hour long photo shoot was all worth it and hope you like the photos so far. i can't wait for the wedding!

lots and lots of love to both of you...

me and my sister and... i'm not sure who's the guy in the photo... just kidding dave! ;-)

5 comments:

Unknown said...

As always you did a wonderful job, we love the pictures and they turned out great (dang right they better have! :-)) It was worth the two hours of wind, sand in our faces and mouths, cold wet pants and forced smiles towards the end.

Thank you so much and lots of Love!!

David & Milette

melanie d photography said...

you're welcome! ...and yay! im glad you liked them :-)

Unknown said...

how sweet!!! very nice shots!!!

Alice said...

Again very nicely done Mihay!

Congrats to your sister and her fiance!

melanie d photography said...

thanks jenny and alice! :-)