Rhode Island

Northeast Roamings: Snowy Rhode Island

Posted by Ivy

Last week, New England and New York got shellacked by a blizzard (this week, we again got ten inches of snow, with another few expected tomorrow. Hello, winter!). Normally this would not be a serious problem, and I would just hole up inside and read books and do nothing (and, indeed, I actually did do that)….but two of my friends from Texas were planning to come up and visit right about when all of the snow came, and they had to delay their flights by two days because of it. Argh. C’est la vie.

However, the blizzard did make for some good photo ops!

My cousin Lucy shoveling off her front porch in Pawtucket, R.I.

Aftermath the next morning.

Absolutely Engaging

Posted by Ivy

My college roommate Kim got engaged this past weekend! In a truly fantastic turn of events, the proposal happened in Rhode Island, where she and her now-fiancé were visiting his family. I had been planning to do an overnight trip over there for a month or so, because I never get to see Kim anymore due to the fact that I’m no longer in Texas.

I asked Kim and Nate if I could take engagement photos for them while I was visiting; I’d never done that sort of photography before (I didn’t even know such a thing as engagement photos existed until a couple years ago…) and wanted to practice. Portraits have never been my strong suit, but I do tend to do a lot better when I actually know the people!

We really lucked out with the weather, because it was overcast during the morning we took the photos- no harsh shadows to worry about, just beautiful, even lighting. I kept rambling on about this for the rest of the day after the sun finally decided to come out. I’m pretty sure Kim and Nate thought I was crazy

I sent off about 200 photos total (half color, half converted to b&w). These are a few selects, shot with my 20mm and 70-200mm. My 50mm, the obvious choice, decided to act up and refuse to focus on anything (even on manual setting). I’ll be sending it off for repairs soon…

Unintentional “J. Crew models” photo! I doubt it’ll ever make the wedding announcement, but I love the SENSE OF DRAMA.