Today I met up with an old friend to photograph her beautiful baby girl, Ella. She may be the happiest 9 week old I've ever met. Since she was so good, we were able to do lots of different looks within a pretty quick amount of time. Here are some of the shots we managed to capture--love them!
I'm feeling a bit festive today so I've decided to throw a little Holiday contest. Here's how it goes:
The person that gets the most facebook friends to become a FAN of my facebook fanpage wins a FREE photoshoot + an 11x14 print!
The winner has 6 months to cash in their free shoot and print--OR they can GIFT their win on to a friend or family member. That way, you can give them a Meredith Mascola Photography gift certificate as a holiday gift this year. The shoot + print is valued at $350
The contest last from now until December 18th. Tell your friends to email me at: merney77@hotmail.com with your name in the subject line after they become a fan of the facebook fan page. This is how I will be tally up the numbers in order to keep track of who's the lucky winner.
* If the winner lives outside of my shooting territory, the shoot will be done at an outdoor location that is within my shooting area. Limited to a family of 4.
Today I met up with Isla and her family for her 1 year photo shoot. I can't believe that it was almost a full year ago that we were taking her newborn photos...oh how time flies! We opted to brave the cold weather and headed outside for our shoot at the Bartlett Arboretum, but after a few minutes, the shivering was a bit much. Luckily, Isla's dad had a FABULOUS idea--to warm up in the greenhouse. Greenhouses may be my new favorite spot for photo shoots now! Here's are some pictures from our time together....
Yesterday afternoon I did a super fun photo shoot with Giuliana, Isabella & Daniel. The moment I walked in to their house and saw their fabulous outfits I was instantly excited and inspired. We opted to keep the black and white theme going and chose the damask background. I'm pretty sure everyone had a blast modeling it up for the camera....here's a little preview:
Today I headed to Scarsdale, NY for a holiday shoot with these two handsome boys. The guys were so cute, and such characters- they kept me entertained from start to finish. Since both were such great models, we were able to get a few "looks" done in a relatively short amount of time. Enjoy the sneak peak!
And I had to include these 2 from the stripe portion of the shoot....
Last year, after the holidays-I found this fun website with holiday costumes for babies and little children (http://www.costumecraze.com). I shared it with my cousin and said "I wish I had known about this before we did Jack's shoot"...well needless to say, my cousin promptly purchased 2 costumes for the next holiday photo shoot. Now that her cards have been delivered I wanted to share with you how the "costume shoot"of 2010 turned out. It was a little difficult persuading her son to wear the get-up, but with a little help we were able to get Jack to forget (for a few quick minutes) that he was in this funny suit.
I'm so excited that my cousin donated this outfit, along with a cute felt Santa costume. So if any of you are ever thinking of doing something a little out of the box for your next holiday shoot-let me know. I have some fun items! The featured pictures are the front and "bloopers" backside of Jack's holiday card. Love it!
Today I met up with Emily and Luke-who just welcomed home their baby sister, Lilly. We started off with some holiday portraits and then moved in to individual pictures of each of them. I loved the fact that Emily was referring to her photo shoot time as her "beauty shots!" Here are some pictures from our morning together....love it!
Today I headed to Manhattan for a photoshoot with Cecilia-who just turned 4 weeks old. She arrived 2 weeks early, I guess she just couldn't wait to meet the world! Luckily, we were able to get her mom's maternity shoot done in the nick of time before she made her grand enterance! Here are some photographs from our time together....
Today I met up with Andrew, Maggie, Ella and William for an outdoor holiday shoot. I am so happy that we had such a perfect day...it was a little chilly-but these guys are used to working with me outdoors in chilly temperatures! Here's a little preview to our shoot....
Here is a shoot I recently did with Kalib-who was visiting his family and friends in Connecticut. He's actually a Rocky Mountain baby, and the son of my good friends- Jonas and Beth. I was so happy to meet their beautiful little baby boy and to snap some photos of him.
This morning I headed to Jersey City for an outdoor maternity photo shoot at Hamilton Park with Liisa and Josh. They were so much fun to work with (pretty obvious from their pictures!). Yellow and orange leaves were carpeting the ground and made for an awesome backdrop. I'm lovin' everything about these pictures!
Today my cousin and her baby boy Jack came over for their holiday photo shoot. I would LOVE to show you what kind of get-up and situation we did with him for his holiday card, but we've decide to keep it under wraps until the actual holiday cards go out in the mail. This way it'll be a giant surprise. But to give you a little peak of how totally adorable Jack is, I figured I would show you a portion of the shoot that took place in my bedroom. Enjoy!
I'm so thrilled that the weather has been so fantastic this month....and here is a prime example of why! The light was so gorgeous yesterday afternoon when I met up with Karin and Dean with their 3 handsome little boys. The outfits Karin chose for everyone really capture the rustic outdoor spot we picked to shoot in, and I am so happy with our results. Enjoy the peak in to their portrait session....
This morning I met up with Matteo and his parents for a fun holiday shoot. I haven't seen Matteo since his newborn shoot, and boy has he grown! I was so excited to see him, with his big blue eyes and smile (plus 2 little teeth!). Here are some photos from our time together:
Well, I got to switch it up a little this week. Instead of shooting a family, or a baby- I got to shoot a pretty new salon called Tousled. My hairdresser, Rita Sanders recently opened up her own salon in the Historic District of downtown Jersey City. Rita is an American Board Certified Master Hair Colorist, Aveda Hair color Educator, and editorial & runway hairstylist. Rita and her salon are nothing short of spectacular!
Rita's website: http://www.mytousledhair.com/
I met up with Samantha and her parents on Monday morning for an outdoor shoot at Steven's Institute. Samantha's mom actually introduced me to this picturesque spot, its a place she comes to frequently during her walks around town. So we figured it would be a wonderful place for our shoot, with some meaning behind the location. I can't even tell you how excited I was by the 2 outfits Samantha had to wear...a vintage style dress and a bunny coat with matching bunny slippers! Amazing. And to top it all off, within 3 minutes of finishing the shoot, Samantha was sound asleep on her mom's shoulder. Super cute!
This past Saturday I met Lucas and his parents at the Van Vleck House in Montclair, NJ. They drove all the way from Long Island to have me photograph their gorgeous baby boy. I was totally flattered that they would travel a distance to work with me. Needless to say, everyone was dressed fabulously and we got some amazing pictures. I'm loving how the browns and rust colors stand out against the green grass and other earthy tones. Here's a little preview....
Here are some pictures from my twin photo shoot this past Friday in Sparta, NJ. I had so much fun photographing these beautiful 6th month old twins, their little laughs were one of the cutest things I've ever heard!
Yesterday I headed in to Manhattan for a shoot with an adorable baby boy-Asher. He was so much fun to photograph & we were able capture lots of different looks. Here's a little sneak peak of our time together....
This past weekend I met up with my old high school friends for an outdoor holiday shoot. We used Kittatinny Valley State Park as our location. It was the perfect backdrop, even though most of the leaves were down, the natural neutral tones surrounding us made everyone's outfits pop. Ava and Kristian totally worked it for the camera--they had so much fun that later on their mom told me that she overheard them playing "Meredith" with a fake photo shoot of their own. What an honor!
