Lara Kimmerer | photographer

Beth & Eric | engaged

Beth & Eric are getting married in just a few days.  We originally had our shot scheduled for last weekend...a beautiful sunny day.  With little time left before the wedding their friends held their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties the day before our shoot.  Needless to say - our plan didn't really work out all that well.  I should say that Beth was ready to go - Eric on the other hand...well, his friends made sure he had a great time.  The entire point to having the shoots before the wedding is to get comfortable - them with me, and me with them.  I wanted Eric to like me, and for both of them to like the photos, so we rescheduled for the following Sunday.

My trip to the Cape began in NJ where I was celebrating my best friend's bachelorette weekend (it's that time of year I guess).  I left early on Sunday, drove to Providence to pick up Peter (he took the train there) and then together we drove to the Cape.  Ugh!  Traffic!  That's all I really remember of my drive - that and sleepiness setting in.  I would call Beth every few hours to give her an update.  She told me about the lack of sun and the fog - and I told her that we'll use what we're given...not totally realizing the extent of the fog.  I arrived in Providence and Peter took over the wheel.  I pretty much fell asleep as soon as we started our drive - that's my usual M.O.

I awoke just as we were going over the Bourne Bridge - which was absolutely covered in fog.  We met up with Beth & Eric and we followed them to Eric's parent's home where we were set to take a ride on their boat for our shoot.  Everything happens for a reason (I believe), or maybe I believe that you can find amazing moments in whatever day you are given.  The sun a week before would have been beautiful I'm sure, but the fog created an amazing backdrop.  All that was left to do was add our handsome couple to the scene.

 

 
   

 

 

 

Thank you to Eric's parent's Eric and Dawn, for taking us out, driving us around, and for Eric's superb boat driving - giving me lovely backgrounds to all of the photographs.

See you all in a few days!! 

croquet and a bbq

A few weeks back I showed you part one of a two part series on our Memorial Day weekend.  I'm finally getting around to part two...work sure does get in the way sometimes.  Good thing I love my job!

Graham (my brother) decided that we should all get together and have a croquet tournament.  We all agreed and were very excited to play - and many of us were surprisingly competitive in this leisure sport.  Croquet can be quite cut-throat.

In true Graham fashion he named the competition after himself.

We drew names to see who would be playing against one another.  If you remember - Doug and Lacy already had a rivalry going from the dominoes game two nights before - and as luck would have it they played each other in round one.

First Round:  Doug & Lacy | Winner - Doug!

First Round:  Lara & Janelle | Winner - Lara!

photos by Lacy

First Round:  Peter & Scott | Winner - Scott!

The proud wife looking on.

First Round: Graham & Kelsie | Winner - Graham!

Second Round:  Doug & Lara | Winner - Doug!

Second Round: Scott & Graham | Winner - Scott! (Quite the defeat for Graham.)

Doug's ready.

Final Round:  Scott & Doug | Winner....

 

Graham giving them encouragement and inspiration by showing them what they're playing for.  

Oooh...Doug's getting a bit cocky it seems.

And the first winner of The Kimmerer Cup Supreme Croquet Trophy is Scott!

We decided to do one more round to decide the third place winner, which meant it was me and Graham - the two Kimmerer's in the crowd.  I was excited - Graham was serious.  

photos by Peter

 

That's a serious croquet face.

This is a serious croquet stance.

And the third place goes to Lara!!  Graham was very gracious.  

He even barbecued for everyone.  

And that's all until next time.  I'm looking forward to the next Kimmerer Cup!

                   

Aynlsey & Tom | sneak peek

After our shoot being rained out, by what turned out to be a torrential downpour a few weeks ago, we almost were rained upon again.  Instead we received beautiful overcast skies and great lighting.  Here's just a peek at what's to come.

 

Jessica & Jake | married

My favorite way of getting new clients is through word-of-mouth.  Jessica & Jake heard about me from a guest at Melissa & Ian's wedding...a guest!  We met for the first time over a glass of wine in the South End, and I have enjoyed every moment that I have spent with them since.  They have also been amazing champions of my photography - passing my name on to other couples.  I'm photographing a wedding in two weeks and meeting with another couple this week because of them...and this is all before they've seen images from their own wedding.

There are a good amount of photos to share, but I have anecdotes to share before we get to them...Jessica, her bridesmaids, and her family were amazingly calm before the ceremony - which created a wonderful mood before the day really got going.  One of my favorite parts of the day was walking into the room in the back of the church to say hello to Jake and seeing him with eyes full tears. And lastly,  I didn't know this beforehand, but the jetty that we took photos on was the same jetty Jake took Jessica to after dinner on their first date.  A perfect spot for their wedding day photographs.

Here we go...

 

 

 

Congratulations Jessica & Jake!                   

Allison & Ben :: sneak peek

Yesterday was quite possibly the perfect day for a wedding - and Allison & Ben were lucky enough to get it!  This one popped out at me.  More to come...