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Freezing a Moment | Maine Engagement Photoshoot

Jul 16
2 min read

Updated: Aug 25

Ogunquit Maine couple laughing together during golden hour engagement session

Lauren and Michael have been coming to this same stretch of Maine coastline for years. It’s a family tradition—the kind no one ever really decides to pass down. It just happens, summer after summer, until a beach becomes less of a place you visit and more like a member of the family.

That’s why they wanted their photos here. Not just because it’s beautiful, but because it already holds so much of their story.


As we walked along the rocks scouting spots to shoot, they told me about a photo their grandparents had taken decades ago on this very same shoreline. One their family still looks back on. Maybe it’s tucked into an album somewhere or framed on a wall, still doing its job all these years later—holding onto a version of them that would otherwise exist only in memory.

I kept thinking about that while we worked.


There’s something incredibly special about getting to freeze a moment for someone, but even more special about creating something the next generation might inherit. Possible grandchildren or loved ones who aren’t here yet, flipping through these photographs one day and getting a glimpse of who Lauren and Michael were when they were young and in love.


I hope these photos let them feel something beyond what the couple looked like that day. I hope they can almost hear the laughter, imagine the moments in between, and recognize something familiar in it—because all those years later, they still laugh the exact same way.


It felt a little like I was third-wheeling on a really great date. We climbed rocks, looked for sailboats, wandered the shoreline, and splashed around in the water. They were completely up for exploring, and whenever I asked them to try something—even something they weren’t totally sure would work—they trusted me and went for it. That kind of trust makes for good photos, but more than that, it makes the whole thing feel less like a photoshoot and more like an evening you would’ve wanted to have anyway.


The sky did what Maine skies do at that hour. Yellow, then pink, then deep purple, until the moon came up to say goodnight. I was photographing them with the moon behind them when Lauren looked up and said, “Oh, that’s sweet—right up there is our bench.”

I didn’t ask how many laughs that bench had absorbed over the years. I didn’t need to. By then, I had a pretty good idea.


If I did my job right, someone will look at these photos years from now and feel like they were there. They’ll know this beach because it will still be part of their family’s story. Lauren and Michael will look a little different by then, but I hope the laughter in these photos feels familiar—because some things don’t really change.



 
 
 

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