Audra Photography http://maineweddingspot.com ...a wedding destination photographer Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:52:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 L Factor Hair Show 2012 http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2012/03/04/l-factor-hair-show-2012/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2012/03/04/l-factor-hair-show-2012/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:05:46 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3449  

portrait L factor hair show

sassy model sunglasses backlit l factor maine

portrait L factor hair show

maine fashion pink hair show

 

…another fantastic show!!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2012/03/04/l-factor-hair-show-2012/feed/ 0 Digital Storage Must End http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/11/08/digital-storage-must-end/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/11/08/digital-storage-must-end/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:44:25 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3421

Let your voice be heard!

A little Photographer Voting Humor.

…and teaching my kids to share their voices! Don’t forget to vote :)

on an iPhone??? follow this link to the video:   Digital Storage Must End

photographer humor

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Pinhole Press photographer code: SHARE

Not sure how to order photo gifts/cards online? This video will walk you through step by step :)

how to order photo gifts online

a step by step guide
]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/11/04/holiday-card-yet/feed/ 0 Simple Gifts: custom photo calendar http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/30/simple-gifts-custom-photo-calendar/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/30/simple-gifts-custom-photo-calendar/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:35:40 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3383 This calendar is printed on thick superfine ultrawhite Mohawk paper with rich colored inks.  The design is simple & modern.  THE BEST PART: The most picky person on your list, the one who has everything & prefers all things to be the best of the best…even THEY will truly LOVE this gift!

custom photo Wall Calendar

Ready to get started on a Calendar of your very own? You will be amazed at how easy it is!

$29.99 = 12 month hanging wall calendar measures 9″ x 17.25″. Made in the USA

$24.99 = 12 month easel desk calendar measures 16.25″ x 4.75″. Made in the USA

you can also chose from desk top calendars, magnetic calendars, weekly calendars…all made in the USA with the same high quality paper & inks.

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/30/simple-gifts-custom-photo-calendar/feed/ 0 The perfect photo bottle label! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/29/wine-label/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/29/wine-label/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:57:26 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3363 make your own wine labelmake your own wine labelMake your own wine or champagne bottle labels here!

$8.99 = 9 adhesive backed labels, perfectly sized for a wine or champagne bottle,
your photo & your text! Made in the USA!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/29/wine-label/feed/ 0 Real Maine Wedding : 2011 http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/27/real-maine-wedding-2011/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/27/real-maine-wedding-2011/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:10:16 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3357 Real Maine Wedding Magazine 2011 contest winners

Laura & Nolan as they head in to their reception at The Harraseeket Inn.

 

I love Nolan’s expression! The Real Maine Wedding 2011 contest winners were married October 21 in Freeport, Maine. My favorite part…the dancing!!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/10/27/real-maine-wedding-2011/feed/ 0 the first kiss http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/28/the-first-kiss/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/28/the-first-kiss/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:47:10 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3340 I just love this first kiss and the stunning outdoor chapel!!


]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/28/the-first-kiss/feed/ 1 why I LOVE Sweetest Thing Weddings! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/13/why-i-love-sweetest-thing-weddings/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/13/why-i-love-sweetest-thing-weddings/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:25:40 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3333 Every single wedding that I have seen Sweetest Thing Weddings design has it’s very own charm…here is a little yellow from the August 6th wedding!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/13/why-i-love-sweetest-thing-weddings/feed/ 2 The First Look… http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/12/the-first-look/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/12/the-first-look/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:29:36 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3321 …i love my job…

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/08/12/the-first-look/feed/ 0 Welcome Home Nolan! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/07/30/welcome-home-nolan/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/07/30/welcome-home-nolan/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:44:33 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3312

WCSH 6 reports on The 2011 Real Maine Wedding Couple of The Year!!


It was a sweet thing to see Nolan welcomed home after a year-long deployment in Afghanistan! The Freeport Flag Ladies waited at the door of Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern to shake Nolan’s hand and thank him for his military service.

Here are a few photographs of the welcome home gathering and The Real Maine Weddings press conference!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/07/30/welcome-home-nolan/feed/ 0 Brown Goldsmiths of Freeport, Maine http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/07/28/brown-goldsmiths-of-freeport-maine/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/07/28/brown-goldsmiths-of-freeport-maine/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:13:44 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3290 What a wonderful day in Freeport, Maine looking at wedding rings! 
(and how Brown Goldsmiths saved my ring)



I met up with Amber & Kathryn (of Sweetest Thing Weddings Event, Floral & Design) at Brown Goldsmiths.  The visit/tour was part of  Nolan and Laura’s prize package as the winning contestants of The 2011 Real Maine Wedding of the Year!  Nolan & Laura’s task =  choose 3 wedding bands they love…and then the online voting begins. (the public makes the final wedding ring selection for the couple!!)

I have my fingers crossed tight that the “make your own” wedding ring will win. There is a studio on the second floor with all sorts of tiny tools and big gadgets AND it is open to any couple
who wish to make their very own wedding rings in Maine…

…not just “design” but actually put on an apron and with your very own hands “make” a ring!!!

(click here to watch a little video of the make your own ring process)


While we were looking around, Brown Goldsmiths‘ offered to clean our jewelry…I happily passed my ring over…and thank goodness I did! I had three loose diamonds! They saved my ring’s day.  Thank You!!!

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I just LOVE being a mom!! (thank You Kirk for such a sweet photo!)


It is truly the best thing ever to watch my boys develop their own style
& to see their sweet personalities shine…magical really.

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/06/05/nothing-better-in-the-world/feed/ 0 My dream come true & Stacey Kane studio: http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/17/my-dream-come-true-stacey-kane-studio/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/17/my-dream-come-true-stacey-kane-studio/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:06:38 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3268

For the past few years I have been itching to ditch my office (and all of the paperwork associated with it) but I just could not tear myself away from photographing weddings…being a wedding photographer looks like a carefree easy job, but I will tell you that there are a shocking number of hats. That is why I literally jumped up and down when I saw that Stacey was ready to expand her studio and grow a team that included adding an additional wedding photographer. I wrote her an email immediately that said “pick me!!”…and she did!!!!


My obsession = photographing weddings

The thorn in my side = office work

My dream = to only be a photographer

My dream come true = Stacey Kane Studio!!


Bye Bye long nights of editing photographs!

Hello OBSESSION!! …and at long last, beach days with my family!!!


Effectively immediately I will be shooting weddings exclusively
as a photographer with Stacey Kane studio!!



****(all current contracts will remain through Audra Photography;
all new wedding contracts will be through Stacey Kane studio)****

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]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/06/finds/feed/ 1 strong & beautiful http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/02/strong-beautiful/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/02/strong-beautiful/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 19:57:22 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3143

“Making beautiful photographs was the easy part…the challenge was in creating images that capture personality, sass, and a sense of strength…”

Here are a few more photographs from the April shoot with Shoot Style:

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/05/02/strong-beautiful/feed/ 1 hanging with shoot style = always interesting http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/19/hanging-with-shoot-style-always-interesting/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/19/hanging-with-shoot-style-always-interesting/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:59:54 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3067 (a teeny tiny look at the definition of “hanging with Shoot Style = always interesting”)

Yesterday I spent a few hours photographing 3 models along side Earl Christie.  Shoot Style (if you are a photographer and don’t know who they are, you are totally missing out!) set up a boudoir photo shoot at a lakeside camp, which I jumped at the chance to join.  Fashion photography is new to me but I am head over heels in love with it…I have to say, boudoir photography had the exact same vibe.  Earl and I took turns setting up shots.  I loved the challenge of photographing these women.  Making beautiful photographs was the easy part…the challenge was in creating images that capture personality, sass, and a sense of strength…


 

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/19/hanging-with-shoot-style-always-interesting/feed/ 5 A seaside wedding in Maine http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/18/a-seaside-wedding-in-maine/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/18/a-seaside-wedding-in-maine/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:10:51 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3064

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/18/a-seaside-wedding-in-maine/feed/ 0 The L Factor ~ my first cut! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/13/the-l-factor-my-first-cut/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/13/the-l-factor-my-first-cut/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:41:40 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3045 In honor of Maine Wedding Podcast’s episode 6 with The L Factor
…I am posting this iPhone video my son Evan and I made when
we had our very first haircut at The L Factor!


You can listen to the podcast here or on our site :)

episode 6 (part 1) (15:14)
The L Factor



This was the first video project that Evan (10) and I had worked on together.  I love his eye.  This hair cut was a big one for him.  He had been growing his hair out for years and was thinking he was ready for a shorter hair cut…in baby steps.  He had about 8″ cut off in the fall which left his hair at his shoulders.  A few months later he was ready to go shorter and I was ready to go to The L Factor! Evan was really nervous and almost changed his mind on the drive to the salon.  Once we arrived he was excited and let them choose what would look best…in the end he LOVED his haircut.  And I Loved mine!!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/13/the-l-factor-my-first-cut/feed/ 0 A Maine Wedding? 116 Reasons! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/07/a-maine-wedding-116-reasons/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/07/a-maine-wedding-116-reasons/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:58:57 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=3037

A collection of 116 photographs that express what I love about Maine weddings.

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/07/a-maine-wedding-116-reasons/feed/ 0 The winners have been announced!!! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/04/the-winners-have-been-announced/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/04/the-winners-have-been-announced/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:20:49 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=2996

Yesterday, at The Harraseeket Inn, Real Maine Weddings announced the winning couple for the 2011 “Real Maine Wedding of the Year contest”!  Laura & Nolan!!!

I am so excited to be one of the vendors who will play a part in this fairytale wedding!!

To enter the contest, each couple had to submit a 2 minute video…here is the video Laura & Nolan submitted:

Four couples nervously waited for the contest winner to be announced.  Laura was standing alone because Nolan is currently in Afghanistan (expected to return in June or July).  Just as things were getting started Nolan’s niece ran up to give Laura a good luck hug and then would not leave Laura’s side…it was so sweet!

It was such an emotionally charged moment.  Melanie Brooks, editor of Real Maine Weddings, read down a list of wedding vendors and some of the details which will be part of the October 21, 2011 wedding…then she announced that Laura & Nolan had won the $100K prize!!!

The other three couples gave hugs and kind words of congratulations. Laura stepped up to the podium to give a huge thank you and several interviews with media.

Something that came as a surprise to me, each of the other three finalists also received a prize…a honeymoon package!
Here is the Channel 6 news coverage of the big announcement!

Here is the link to the Channel 13 story: click here

What is next for the winning couple? 
PLANNING with Sweetest Thing Weddings * Floral *Design!!!
]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/04/04/the-winners-have-been-announced/feed/ 1 Maine Wedding Podcast Season 1 :: Episode 2 http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/11/maine-wedding-podcast-season-1-episode-2/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/11/maine-wedding-podcast-season-1-episode-2/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:53:53 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=2924

Episode 2 : “guest book, favors & the maine photobooth co.” Listen HERE!!
 12 minutes of Maine Wedding Vendor Chit Chat : the details of having a PhotoBooth at your Maine Wedding Reception.


Audra : Audra Photography
Amber : Sweetest Thing Weddings : Floral : Events
Kathryn : Sweetest Thing Weddings : Floral : Events

 

 

 

Maine Wedding Podcast : Season 1 ; Episode 1
“the intro chat & the charity hair show March 5th” Listen HERE!!

16 minutes of Maine wedding chit-chat…our very first episode ~ the rough cut!

Maine Wedding Podcast : Season 1 ; Episode 2
“guest book, favors & the maine wedding photobooth co.” Listen HERE!!

12 minutes of Maine wedding chit-chat…our second episode ~ the rough cut!
****Join US & Listen NOW!!!
This week Season 1 : Episode 2


We chat with:
Peter Small Owner of Maine PhotoBooth Co.

Maine Wedding Podcast : Join us NEXT WEEK for Season 1 : Episode 3


We will be chatting with:
Sperry Tents Seacoast: Sail Cloth Tents



Links from Season 1 :: Episode 1 :

Sweetest Thing Weddings : Floral : Events

Audra Photography

Rebecca Hansen Weddings (Photographer for Erin & Eric)

Erin & Eric’s surprise wedding!

AAA 4-diamond Bluenose Inn : Bar Harbor, Maine

The Looking Glass Restaurant : Bar Harbor, Maine

Maine PhotoBooth Co.

The L Factor

Blush Couture Accents ~ custom hair pieces ~ contact Gina of The L Factor

****** The Hair Show March, 5th, 2011

2011 Hair Show : PHOTOGRAPHS!!!

Whaaaa? Sugar Lumps? Check out Flight of the Conchords music video “Sugar Lumps”…!!! PS this is a bit naughty!!!!


Links from Season 1 :: Episode 2:

Sweetest Thing Weddings : Floral : Events

Audra Photography

Maine PhotoBooth Co.

Sperry Tents Seacoast

Whaaaa? Sugar Lumps? Check out Flight of the Conchords music video “Sugar Lumps”…!!! PS this is a bit naughty!!!!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/11/maine-wedding-podcast-season-1-episode-2/feed/ 0 L Factor hair show :: I love this KITCHEN! http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/i-love-this-kitchen/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/i-love-this-kitchen/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 01:04:49 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=2888 Seven-Tease Hair Show
hosted by The L Factor A Paul Mitchell Salon
to benefit the Champion the Cure Challenge


The first few photographs…


A note to all of the models:  Like me on FaceBook I will update you when the full collection of images are ready to be viewed !!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/i-love-this-kitchen/feed/ 0 The L Factor 2011 Hair Show http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/the-l-factor-2011-hair-show/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/the-l-factor-2011-hair-show/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:28:42 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=2868 Seven-Tease Hair Show
hosted by The L Factor A Paul Mitchell Salon
to benefit the Champion the Cure Challenge




Amber Small of Sweetest Thing Weddings (my fellow podcasting chica)
just before she walked the run-way…her hair was cut LIVE on stage!!


 

Kathryn Ravenscraft of Sweetest Thing Weddings (my fellow podcasting chica)
just before she walked the run-way!!

]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/03/06/the-l-factor-2011-hair-show/feed/ 3 :: Maine Summer Wedding : Part 1 :: http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/02/28/maine-summer-wedding-part-1/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/02/28/maine-summer-wedding-part-1/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:48:30 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/?p=2567 This wedding was full of handmade details.  This is just part one! Photography: Audra Photography
Planner: Bea & Company
Hair & Make-up: Akari
Ceremony Location: Wolfe’s Neck Farm Freeport, Maine
Catering: ChiChi Chef
Flowers: Bea & Company


]]> http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/02/28/maine-summer-wedding-part-1/feed/ 0 :: Isle au Haut Wedding : Part 3 :: http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/02/17/isle-au-haut-wedding-part-3/ http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/2011/02/17/isle-au-haut-wedding-part-3/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:41:44 +0000 Audra http://maineweddingspot.com/blog/?p=2357 Kites, lobster, gifts, the sunset & the moon.

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