I know I’m totally behind on this blog but I really am making an effort to catch up. So, tonight I bring you the 2nd of the 3 engagement sessions I shot during my last trip to DC. When I first met with Molley I would have fought other photographers to “get her” but luckily I didn’t have to. :) I met Tim on the day of our session and he is just as fun and adorable as she is. We shot at the Lincoln Memorial which is one of my favorite spots in DC. Enjoy!
Alrighty, I am really trying to stay caught up on this blog even though I am buried under a pile of editing and other stuff. I got up at 4:30am this morning on the east coast to jump on the first flight out to LA and arrived at 10am PT. Coincidentally, Anna’s brother (yes Anna, my bride from Saturday) and his wife and baby were sitting right behind me on the plane. The main reason I recognized them was because their adorable little baby girl has this crazy spiky hair that sticks straight up in the air. I remember commenting about it on the wedding day and then when I saw that same baby hair on the plane, I knew it just HAD to be the same family…and it was. :)
Amazingly, I actually managed to get in a whole day of work with no nap…must be running on pure adrenaline (and blog comments from my favorite people).
So tonight I bring you a few highlights from Sloane & Dave’s engagement session that we shot at Great Falls on Thursday afternoon. It turned out to be a gorgeous day even though I told them to “dress warm and bring an umbrella”, I was glad to be wrong. Such an adorable couple and I’m SO excited to shoot their wedding in just a few weeks.
This was one of my favorites. Right at the end I thought it might be fun if they had a dandelion fight…and it was. :)
that last one is amazing. looks like something right out of a sofia coppola movie!
love the last one! nice shot! can’t wait for you to shoot mine in a few weeks! talk soon!
These are so cute! I’m officially stalking your page, in hopes of getting a glimpse at our pics ;) Have a nice weekend!
I love that last one. I wish it was a music video!
That last shot is amazing Justine! fantastic pics.
What a whirlwind few days I’ve had! On Wednesday night, I arrived in DC for a quick but fun-filled trip which started with an engagement session at Great Falls park on Thursday, a pregnancy portrait on Friday afternoon followed by an engagement session at the Lincoln Memorial. Saturday, I shot Anna & Todd’s wedding at Hotel Monaco in DC and this afternoon (Sunday) had another engagement session in Old Town Alexandria. First thing tomorrow morning I will hop on a plane back to LA but before that I wanted to blog at least something from this trip. So when I received some images from my awesome assistant Jenni which she shot at the wedding on Saturday, I knew what I would have to post them. She sent me these crazy pictures of myself where it sort of looks like I’m just sort of rolling around on the floor or yelling at people. I love my job! :)
Jenni shot this first image while Anna was getting ready…notice the very cool Shootsac.
And here is what I was shooting…
More lying around on the floor…
For this…
Here’s a series of me bossing everyone around. :)
And the gorgeous wedding party after I “wrangled” them. :)
I’m hoping to have time to be able to blog all of these shoots sometime this week, I’m seriously backed up with some really fun images to share.
My baby crawls around on the floor.
dave and i had so much fun at our engagement session with you on thursday! we’re looking forward to seeing the photos :) have a safe trip back to LA!
I aspire to one day look JUST as cool crawling on the floor
Nice images of u working , I also love to see Im not the only one that shoots weddings wearing a dress.Lol
Miss talking to you
I love that you’ll do anything to get the perfect picture! Tim and I had such a good time with you on Friday and we cannot wait to see the pictures! Safe travels back to the West coast!
I don’t see anyone paying attention to you in those “bossing around” photos (ha, ha) :)
I know, I know, I’ve been MIA again. I’ve just been soooo busy but that’s a good thing. Just had a wonderful visit from my mother and sister who came into town from DC for the 2nd edition of The Modern Portrait Seminar. We truly had an amazing group of photographers and although we had a last minute location change, everything went great. It was a pleasant surprise today when I received an email from one of my wonderful DC clients, Vanessa saying that she saw me on the Shootsac blog.
I finally got to meet the incredibly fabulous Shootsac creator, Jessica Claire at DWF in Tampa and Shootsac business partner Keats Elliot was one of our seminar participants. Thanks ladies for outing my baroque obsession. :)
Justine you deserve all the accolades any website gives you. You and Diana were fantastic and it was a truly eye opening seminar that changed my photography career path for the better. thanks so much and I highly recommend taking this seminar to everyone out there! :) oh and go team shootsac!
Great seminar Justine! I learned tons and got really inspired to take it to the next level. Love the back of my head on your blog. So hot ;)
I just received an email that one of my pictures of Kay (who has an awesome brand new website by Tea) and Zoe was just used for an article about Kay on babble.com an online magazine that strives to tell he truth about parenting. How refreshing, right? Anyway, go take a look and have a read and get to know my awesome sis-in-law a little better.
So cool! Cute shot!
i love the new blog look!
How cool - congrats!
post! a! new! blog!
After moving into a new house a few weeks ago, I had so much fun doing my first ever shoot in my brand new home studio. It felt great. Here are just a few of the images from Chris’ 8 month-old session. You may remember Chris from a few months ago but he was just a little guy then…not like now.
He really is such a little rock star. In case it’s hard to tell, that is a pillow shaped like an amp.
This one was actually shot right on our bed…gotta love the seersucker suit.
And in front of the incredibly cool new wallpaper.
Of course I have a lot more to catch up on but if you’re wondering what I’ve been up to, check my other blog for updates on all of the wedding nonsense.
what a cutie, love the wallpaper too! :)
how cool that you and chelsea got your dresses together! you’re making great progress sweets!
i can’t handle the cuteness. love these!
i can’t get over how cute are these pictures!
Dude, I REALLY want that amp cushion!
(oh and I am testing the comments while I am here :))
I love the picture with mom’s legs in high heels! Congrats on your new studio!
Everyone who’s anyone needs to go check out this very cool website right away, A Visual Guide for the Online Bride.
It is a website & blog put together by a very cool photographer chick named Kimberly Calacoutis. When she asked me to submit some images and answer some questions for this piece about photographers, I was thrilled. And it’s always great to be in good company. I was honored to share the spotlight with Tina Carter and Lauren Killian who are both fantastic. Of course the guys’ segment will be coming up later because apparently they couldn’t get their act together in time. When we find out who they are, we can all throw rocks at them. :)
Tonight the fam (Michael, Kay, Zoe & Henry) came over to hang out for a bit. Kay & Zoe were all dressed up from Jessie’s tea party birthday extravaganza so we decided to do a little mini photo shoot while they were here. Unfortunately, Michael was busy setting up our surround-sound speakers and did not make it into any of the pictures. He also wasn’t wearing a cute, foofy dress though. Here are a few…
This one cracks me up because Zoe is reading Ayn Rand
That’s all for now. I’m heading to Vegas tomorrow for WPPI so if you’re there and you see me, please stop and say hello.
I came across your blog through Kay’s blog… and yeah! nice shots you took!! :)
Great impromptu session! I loooooove your walpaper! Is that your house? Where did you find such amazing wallpaper?
These pictures are so great- and I was connecting speakers the whole time!
when I am a mom, i want pics like that with my daughter!
Love your wallpaper! You should add a section about your new place and put lots of pictures of your new house! I want to see all the rooms!
Hey all of you photographers out there! After the great success of The Modern Portrait DC seminar, Diana and I have decided to continue to add more dates around the country. Our next one is coming up pretty soon on April 16th & 17th in Hermosa Beach, CA. We’ve also just added another one at the studio of portrait phenom, Lena Hyde on May 27th & 28th in West Palm Beach, FL.
We are keeping both of these seminars nice and small for an intimate feel and lots of personal attention. Sign up before we fill up.
Justine that’s great that you and Diana are adding more dates. The DC workshop was GREAT!! I learned so much and am looking forward to taking our portrait business to the next level with the help you both have given me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Hello to all of you ladies & gents out there in blog-land. Since these days I am in wedding-land both personally & professionally, I find myself browsing an awful lot of wedding-related blogs. So I took it upon myself to create a new blog that I’m calling the Unveiled Society to link to all of the wedding-related blogs that I come across. If you’d like to list your blog there, just add http://unveiledsociety.wordpress.com to your blogroll and then send me an email to justine@justineungaro.com to let me know that you’ve done so and I’ll post it right away. If you are a bride blogger, let me know that. If you are a wedding professional, please let me know the category of your business…planner, photographer, stationer etc so that I can list you in the appropriate spot.
I will select a blog to feature each day. If you decide to feature Unveiled on your blog, drop me an email and I will certainly return the favor.
The design is not too terribly impressive so far but I’ve got someone working on that for me so hang in there, it will get better!
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these are beautiful! love them all, especially the one of them sitting on the grass and looking at the plane…awesome capture :)