Monday, April 14, 2008

Exciting things coming up...

I'm so excited to announce that I'm making some changes in the near future... I've finally outgrown my current website so stay tuned for the début of my new and improved website coming in the next month...

Also as I start to thaw out from the extremely long and snowy winter I'll be posting more pictures... lots of personal work and with my wedding season starting up in about 6 weeks there will be many new weddings to view too.

The other exciting news is that I'm expanding my current photography offerings and looking for ways to bring clients something new. As you know I'm really a documentary photographer who specializes in weddings... now I'm looking to bring those same skills to some other aspects of everyday life and other special occasions.

Unique Engagement Sessions

I'm very interested in offering unique engagement sessions that are really a reflection of the couple's personalities... So invite some friends to dinner to celebrate and I'll be there to record you in your world, when you are most comfortable. Or love carnivals and fairs... take me with you and we'll make pictures of you having a blast on the rides or playing games. Or how about pictures of your actual proposal? Can't get more real than that... Have another idea... please share...

Birth Photography

This is subject very near and dear to my me. I am the mother of two beautiful children and the very lucky wife of a talented photographer... When my youngest daughter was born my husband brought his camera and made (tasteful) pictures of the time during labor when our families came to share the anticipation, during the emotional time when we first met her and after when our family had the joy of meeting her too... One of our biggest joys now is sharing those pictures with our now 5 year old daughter who will forever have beautiful, tasteful pictures of her arrival into this world. Since then I have wanted to give this gift to other families... Right now I'm looking for one or two families expecting a new baby in the fall or winter of 2008-2009 to share this with. The first two sessions will be at no cost if the births are at the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital or the Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth Medical Keene. If you think you would be interested please contact me to discuss the options etc.

contact: melissareidphotography@yahoo.com

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

"Do you travel?"

YES! Emphatically... yes I do! Traveling and seeing new places is one of the many things that I enjoy about photographing weddings. In the past few years I've had the privilege of photographing weddings all over New England including:


On the beach - South Shore, MA


On the water New Haven, CT


A winery in the Berkshires, MA


A farm in the Northeast Kingdom, VT


Mountain views in the White Mountains, NH


And more...

"So how much does it cost to get you to my {cool-beautiful-unique-historic-funky} location?"
I'll try to make this easy... If you were to draw a big circle around Saxtons River, VT with a 50 mile radius (no this isn't math class) any place inside of the circle would be included in my base rate...If outside the circle a $.60 per mile round trip travel fee would be charged

Inside the circle (not a complete list of course):
Vermont
Arlington
Brattleboro
East Dover
Grafton
Jamaica
Ludlow
Manchester
Newfane
Putney
Quechee
Rutland
Springfield
Stratton
Townsend
West Dover
White River Junction
Wilmington
Woodstock
New Hampshire
Claremont
Dublin
Keene
Hanover
Lebanon
Marlborough
Newport
Peterborough
Sunapee
Walpole

To check my availability in New England, upstate New York and beyond or to received a quote for your wedding please feel free to contact me at melissareidphotography@yahoo.com.