Joslyn Place Photography » Couples http://www.joslynplace.com/blog The Blog Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Brianne & Josh http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/brianne-josh/ http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/brianne-josh/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:58:25 +0000 admin http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/?p=362 Minutes after all that snow melted, these two invited us to spend an afternoon with them at Lake Anna. Lake Anna which is an hour away felt like a fabulous world away. We brought the five of us and dinner rolls. In exchange we were promised split pea soup and the good company of family.

Before we left home I bickered with myself about whether or not to bring my camera. This is not unusual. I know if I bring it I’ll want to use it. I know if I don’t bring it I’ll wish I had. It’s a no win situation since either way I’m always partially distracted by pictures I am taking or, worse, would have taken if I had brought my camera.

In any case, this time I brought my camera and as the sun got low I couldn’t help myself and Brianne and Josh were kind enough to oblige. Thanks for that, guys.

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These two are good and done with college and are now enjoying every which corner of Baltimore by foot and bike. Brianne is a fellow shutterbug. Check her out.  Sometimes I go looking for THIS shot of hers because it calls me back. And Josh is a Plastics Engineer. Despite all his enthusiastic and engaging explanations about what he does I can only tell you that he engineers plastics.

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I love the striped street. Thanks to the leaf-less trees for that touch.

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]]> http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/brianne-josh/feed/ 0 And the winning couple is… http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/and-the-winning-couple-is/ http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/and-the-winning-couple-is/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:45:54 +0000 admin http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/?p=332 Ryan & Maria Reilly!

Here’s the winning haiku submitted by Ryan for his Maria.

we have faced it all

taking care of each other

seventeen years strong

Their story is heartbreaking and inspirational all in one. In 2008, Liam, their 6 year old son, was diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain stem tumor. Last June he passed away after an awe-inspiring battle. Ryan and Maria shared the journey HERE with rawness and humility and joy. Liam’s life and fight has made me live and fight harder. It is impossible not to be changed by their experience.

I do not have enough exclamation points to tell you how excited we are to do this for them. Maria and I go way all the way back to 6th grade homeroom with Mrs. Brouillette. That was over two decades ago. Gulp.

Here’s what they have won:

  • 1 hour photo session valued at 250 bucks
  • Online gallery with 20 professionally edited images
  • Your favorite image on a CD delivered to your doorstep

Thanks for all of your creative, heartfelt haikus. It was great fun to read them and we hope you give the next contest a whirl!

]]> http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/and-the-winning-couple-is/feed/ 1 Tell Us Your Love Haiku to Win A Couples Photo Shoot for Valentine’s Day http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/tell-us-your-love-haiku-to-win-a-couples-photo-shoot-for-valentines-day/ http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/tell-us-your-love-haiku-to-win-a-couples-photo-shoot-for-valentines-day/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:49:47 +0000 admin http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/?p=305 Tell us your love story to be entered to win a couples photo shoot in time for Valentine’s Day. But here’s the catch- you have to give it to us in a haiku.

Below Meredith & I will lead by example…and share our cheesy dating photos.


Met in Tokyo
Joe drank White Russians; I smoked
Still smiling plus three

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I knew him four months
We eloped in Las Vegas
Now fifteen years glad

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YOUR turn!

Here’s how you enter:

  • You can enter 3 times! Once here in comments, once on Twitter and once on our Facebook page
  • Winner will be selected Sunday, January 17 at random

    • Here’s what you get:

  • 1 hour photo session valued at 250 bucks
  • Online gallery with 20 professionally edited images
  • Your favorite image on a CD delivered to your doorstep

    • Make sure you subscribe to our feed (hit “subscribe” button under our snazzy header) so you don’t miss out on our contests!

    The fine print: You must live in or be willing to travel to Prince William County or Fauquier County, VA for the shoot. Joslyn Place Photography reserves the right to use all images for promotional purposes. Rules of contest are subject to chance without notice.

    ]]>     http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/tell-us-your-love-haiku-to-win-a-couples-photo-shoot-for-valentines-day/feed/ 8     A Couple of Couples http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/a-couple-of-couples/ http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/a-couple-of-couples/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:50 +0000 admin http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/?p=242 Last weekend, in our never ending search for new and spectacular outdoor photo shoot locations, we hauled our families out in to the nasty wet and discovered a colorful place to play with our cameras. We found that nothing makes you want to snuggle up and say cheese like a 45 degree rainy autumn day in Northern Virgina.

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    We don’t even look cold, do we?

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    *Special thanks to our wonderful husbands who not only keep us warm but support our dreams.*

    ]]>     http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/a-couple-of-couples/feed/ 0     Tommy Wommy Whoopy Poo & Jenny the Best http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/tommy-wommy-whoopy-poo-jenny-the-best/ http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/tommy-wommy-whoopy-poo-jenny-the-best/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:21:23 +0000 admin http://www.joslynplace.com/blog/?p=217 Way back when my parents hired an elderly woman to babysit my brother and take him to and from hockey practice. She wasn’t the nicest of old ladies and when she drove our sputtering 1978 Volvo wagon Tom feared for his life. We called her Jenny the Bad.

    Last Saturday, Tom proposed to the newer, better Jenny in his life. I call her Jenny the Best. And honestly, it’s about damn time. My kids need some more cousins STAT.

    Last year at this time, I took pictures of Tom and Jen. That yellow tree in the background is just now getting it’s yellow back on. And I’m reminded of this day and how I dug them together then and how awesome it is that I get to call her my sister soon enough.

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    Congratulations! I can’t wait to be family.

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