Thanks to everyone who has emailed about the mini sessions! Were you all poised at your computers ready for the announcement? Because the first and second weekends are totally booked solid- and were booked from the first week that I announced them! The remaining weekend is still open (October 18th), and I may open up another date before November to get everyone in that needs portraits. Email me soon to book your slot, or to book a full session, as these are very limited from here on out, to accommodate my modeling clients in my schedule as well.

 

In other news, I’ve been tagged! Excuse my lack of knowledge in this whole blog ‘tagging’ business, as my good photog friend Amanda actually had to GChat me to let me know I should DO something about her tagging me, haha. She’s a fellow photog out in Cali whom I adore for her always being online for me to bounce ideas off of, and to share recent work with! Check out her 5 interesting things- one of them is the fact that her hubby learned Portugeuse (having only spoken English) so that he could speak fluently with her family (she’s from Brazil). He learned a whole ‘nother language, people. I think he earns husband of the year award :)

 

So here goes, I have to come up with ‘5 Interesting Things About Me’:

 

1) I eat my cereal with Orange Juice in it. Oh gosh, did I just admit that? I was made fun of at breakfast mercilessly by my college rowing team as, every day for breakfast, I would pour myself some Kashi ‘Heart To Heart’, and skip the milk, beelining straight for the orange juice dispenser. I still have my H to H with OJ, and don’t drink a drop of milk with anything. Even brownies.

 

2) I have a collection of National Geographics from the 1910’s and 20’s. Something about looking back at the ads for Ford family cars for under $1000 makes me very happy.

 

3) I have a thing for family albums and photographs. No really, stay with me on this one! I know it’s hard to believe that I actually like pictures. ;) But seriously- anyone’s house that I went to, and still do, my favorite thing is to look through their family albums and watch their home videos. I love making family connections, piecing together the history of a family by the moments that they have chosen to keep. Give me a family album of someone I don’t know and I’ll be entertained for hours. :)

 

4) I am one of the few people that I know that drives a minivan, with no kids to put in it (yet!). :) The mileage may drive me insane, but the room in the back for all of my props and equipment is priceless. The Honda Civics are miiiighty tempting to me right now though, as are these. Imagine me showing up to sessions in one of those! Ha!

 

5) My dream is to live on a farm, when all is said and done. A farm with acres upon acres of fields to photograph in, a farmhouse with a wraparound porch, and horses, cows, sheep, goats, and chickens that I can take care of while not photographing in my state-of-the-art natural light studio on one of my many acres. Gosh golly, a girl can dream.

 

And the second part of being ‘tagged’ is tagging back! Right? Maybe one of my interesting things should have been that I’m “tech-culturally challenged”, haha. I tag:
Heather- Fab photographer down in Maryland. She’s traveling up to Boston to help with the workshop, and I’m making her asking her nicely to take some new website headshots of me :)
Erika - My fabulous painting friend and new business partner. Clients can look forward to their images painted on canvases in her signature, whimsical style this season and beyond. I also love her blog- she JUST moved out to CO and got married, so wish her well over there! Oops- did I just give away some of her interesting things? ;)
Stacey - Besides being the master of black and white emotive images, this is one of the sweetest people I have ever met. She’s from Florida, and I suppose one of her interesting things might be that she JUST had a baby girl! Head over there and wish her some congratulations!
Amy - Also one of the sweetest- and busiest- photographers I’ve had the pleasure to meet. I stalk her blog like none other, haha. It’s okay if you don’t have time to tag back, Amy :)
Kyung - Her style is so fresh, fun, and lovely. And I absolutely adore her branding. She’s coming out with a new photo album line, so stay tuned for that, fellow photogs!

 

Okay, and here are the rules of the tagging:
* Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog
* Share 5 things about yourself that others might not know
* List 5 random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs
* Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs

 

And a post is not a post without some images. More of Baby B:

 

Until Next Time,

MG

 (I just thought of those ‘interesting’ things I put up there, and realized they consisted of Orange Juice, National Geographic, Family Albums, Minivans, and Farms. Lord. I am absolutely the most interesting person you know.)

 :)

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Yes, first off: where have I been? I really have no good excuses. Literally, every time I get my work done and think “hmmm, should I blog one of these fabulous shoots I’ve done recently?”, I’ve looked out the window, and *poof!*, I found myself suddenly outside! How crazy is that? It’s like the impending Fall weather has done away with every last ounce of willpower I have left! And has given me the power to apparate, to a beach, farm to pick apples, or even my patio- anywhere but the office. Magic. ;)

The chill outside we felt a couple days ago made me want to break out the corduroys and head to Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino. Mmmm. My favorite Fall drink, other than hot apple cider. My sister and I got into an argument over which season was better- Fall or Spring? I was on the Autumnal side of things, and I think I won. I mean, c’mon. Think of the Topsfield Fair, the cozy sweaters, the excuse to buy new leather knee high boots. Well, it’s MY excuse.

Speaking of my sister, she was just accepted to Cameo as a model, through their new adults division. I took her out for a shoot today at a local farm, Cider Hill, in Amesbury MA, and we hiked to the top of the hill to the peach orchard to take a couple shots.

Isn’t she just adorable?

A couple notes:

-I’ve been having phone problems, where my voicemail box has been literally filling with sales calls. I’m sorting it out with my phone company (sorting is the nice way to put it), so please bear with me. The best way, and quickest way as always, is to email me- for booking or for questions. Please use this method until I can convince my phone company that no, I do NOT need ‘new, lower car insurance!’. Thank you very much.

-I’ve sent out the information for the September Modeling Shoot previously announced to all the models and families that volunteered. Thank you to everyone that’s participating! If you volunteered and did not get an email with details for the day, please check your Spam folder. If anyone would still like to join, please email me ASAP. I am willing to take two-three more kids.

-The Holiday 2008 Schedule will be posted Monday, and booking for these sessions will start then. I will be offering both mini sessions and regular sessions, both of which include digital files and Holiday Cards. Mini sessions will be held on two weekends in October.

Okay, business is done. If it weren’t dark out, I would be outside again. Here are a couple images to remind us of Summer when the chill sets in (coincidentally peach-themed as well):

 

Until Next Time,

MG

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Mama love. Nothing better. My stunning friend Tess, and her son, G. He’s now almost 2 weeks old, and the time has flown by already (well, for me…probably not for the sleep deprived parents! :) ). I photographed his birth, and it was the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed. You feel an inexplicable bond with someone you watch come into the world, and the pictures still make me tear up when I go back to look at them.

As such, this will definitely be one of the most well-photographed babies in New England, as both his parents are great photographers…and I will be sure to take every shot of him I can get, haha! Poor kid won’t know what I look like without a camera in front of my face ;)

Oh, and I’m testing out/debuting the new watermark! I’m quite pleased with the way my little bird just sings right into the photo :) Adds a wee bit more color, too, which as you probably know, I am all for!

MG

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My beautiful friend Tess’s baby boy, G :) Is he not the sweetest doll you’ve ever seen? I didn’t know it was possible to be so in love with someone else’s child! :) Excuse the outdated watermark…I am working on uploading a new one!

Until Next Time,

MG

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My lovely designer, Lisa Reichman, is (as we speak!) updating the design of my blog to accommodate our new brand and logo! Isn’t it beautiful? This is the official new name-MariahGale: Modern Portraiture. Excuse us working out the kinks for the rest of the day.

I’ll be slowly switching over the old ‘pink square’ logo to our new ‘arboreal chic’ brand over the next couple days. I’m easing myself into the transition….and marveling at all of the places my logo has ended up over the year since I’ve had it! If I miss one anywhere, feel free to let me know :)

I’ll also be switching over my domain name on my website to mariahgale.com shortly. Conveniently, you’ll still be redirected to my website when you type in mariahmphoto.com, even after the switch. I will make the official announcement when we become mariahgale.com, so get ready to update your bookmarks!

Phew! Off to go update!

Until I finish locating every single logo placement ;) ,

M

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