The weather was so eerie all morning and afternoon, due to heavy rain and fog. Did that deter us from heading to a local winery? No way!


We got the girls together for some silliness, which was so fun! It’s making me think about offering Friends sessions. I don’t see my closest friends nearly enough, and would love some great photos with them.

We started off all well-behaved…

Which quickly morphed into unprompted antics that resulted in side-splitting laughter.

And yes, they jumped. At a winery. In the rain. Why not?

We went from chilly and foggy to this, our view from dinner:

Seriously, the perfect afternoon/evening. During which, we ran out on a pier to take full advantage.

I was hanging off the edge of the pier here, which is why they were all taken from the same angle. The things I do for a shot!

She’s going to make one gorgeous bride, that’s for sure. (And she’s totally cringing as she reads this! Sorry, L, get ready! T-minus 30 days, woo!!)

We first started inside the Marketplace, to kind of ease into the frigid temps and ice waiting for us outside. The vendors were just starting to turn on their ovens and stoves, and it smelled SO good in there. People were trickling in, looking for coffee and breakfast, but it was pretty quiet for such a normally bustling area.

And yes, we did certainly shoot outside for a bit! We just shot fast.
One of my FAVES, I loooove this photo:

Another fave. Here you can see that Philippe is a FOOT taller than DeAna (she’s wearing those fabulous heels you see in the pic above too!).

And finally, you know how I save my top fave for last…oh, how I love this shot.

DeAna and Philippe, thank you guys so much for braving a February morning in Boston with me! And DeAna, to brave the cobblestones in those heels–you are awesome.

This post has been a long time coming! I’ve been putting it off for a few reasons: first, to get through busy season, and make sure my clients were all taken care of. Then, the holidays were here, and it was our daughter’s First Christmas, so we had a lot of fun events and things to do for that. Also, I had plans to incorporate a new endeavor with this post, so I wanted to make sure we were good to roll with it before posting.

Now that things have calmed down, I am finally going to blog my favorite session to date. You read that right! I am STILL feeling the inspiration from this session. This is going to be a very photo-heavy post, fair warning.

I had an idea late last summer to do a more custom shoot. I LOVE all of my amazing kid and family clients, but I was itching to try something where I picked the locations, the time of day, the whole shebang. I even begged my gorgeous cousins to be my models for the afternoon. I bribed them with my daughter, so they couldn’t resist. I knew they’d be perfect for my vision–not only would they be dressed perfectly for this late fall afternoon, but they’d be up for anything, which boded well for the locations I had in mind–oh, you’ll see what I mean!

On to the photos! Eeek, I’m SO excited to finally be sharing these.

This first set may or may not be right off a state highway. Meaning, we were parked on the side of said highway.

There are about a billion of this next series, I could. not. stop. shooting. It may have been part swamp, but it was pure magic.

One last one for my wonderful aunt.

Sass & K, thank you both so much for coming to hang out. We are SO definitely doing this again! Start thinking about your wardrobe for a snowstorm shoot now. Love you both!

**One last thing. I’ve decided I would like to incorporate more work like this into my portfolio. SO. I am having a mini modeling call! I am looking for people (male or female) who would be interested in a shoot like this. We would discuss styling ahead of time, and I would pick the location and time, and general overall vision. Mostly candid and natural light driven. Obviously, it would not be the same as this session, given the time of year. But I have some fabulous and fun ideas for wintery shoots, and I can’t wait to see them executed.

If you are interested, please email me at: megan@meganjanephotography.com, and please include a photo of yourself. Serious inquiries only, and you must be at least 15 years old to be considered (under 18 requiring parental consent). And yes, there are certainly heavy discounts involved.

Happy Weekend, everyone! Get out, enjoy those mid-40s temps while you can!