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Clothier Maternity Session in Annapolis | Dana Rose Lee Photography

March 14, 2017

It is a gorgeous mama-to-be’s due date today, so I figured it would be a perfect time to share the Clothier Maternity session in Annapolis. We decided to photograph Jenna’s maternity session after her baby shower in mid-February. Why? Because her hair, make-up and outfit would be picture perfect (see what I did there). Plus, I would already be in Annapolis for the event. Her baby shower was at a private clubhouse right on the water, which was a beautiful backdrop for her session. After all, Jenna is all about the nautical theme so it was simply perfect (think: whale themed baby shower and nursery).

After her gorgeous party, we went out to the waterfront to begin our session. This Winter has been incredibly mild and we lucked out for the photo shoot as well. The light was overcast, which for me is a dream to shoot in, as I typically photograph in shade. We began our session with some family photos. It is hard to believe that these will be the last ones taken as a family of 3… Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to beMaternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

How cute are Mom and Christopher? This guy can’t wait for his baby brother to arrive. Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

Those tippy toes kill me…Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

Isn’t she beautiful? Simply glowing! Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

As a photographer, it is pretty cool to have the privilege to photograph life stages. While I did not have the opportunity to photograph Jenna and Alex’s wedding, I did get to take their engagement photos. These were also taken in Annapolis a few years ago – love coming full circle. Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

And a few images to document where the baby shower took place. Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be Maternity Shoot, Portraits, Dana Rose Lee Photography, Annapolis, Maryland Photographer, Maternity Photography, Natural Light, Water, Outdoor Photography, Family, Pregnant, Mama to be

Now we are all just waiting on Baby Clothier’s arrival. Stay tuned, hopefully not for too much longer, for more pictures, as I also have the honor of photographing their newborn session when he arrives!

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Wedding Series | Our Amazing Wedding Photographer

January 23, 2017

I am so excited to continue our wedding series and share about our amazing wedding photographer. As a fellow photographer, you would think choosing your photographer for your wedding would be the hardest decision. However, for me it was actually the easiest one. I follow a lot of photographers being in the industry. While I am not a wedding photographer, I had known what style I wanted and had been following Layce Bauman of Layce Bauman Photography for quite some time. When I saw one of her family sessions posted on Facebook, I messaged her and told I wanted her to be my wedding photographer.

It didn’t matter that Layce lived almost 3,000 miles away from Hudson. It also didn’t matter that we had never met. I loved her artistic eye and having followed her on Facebook and Instagram, I felt like I already knew her so it was going to be perfect. Intuition is a marvelous thing. After messaging back and forth, I managed to get her to agree to tentatively hold three dates for me. You see, I chose Layce before I had a venue or a date. That was how sure I was of my decision.

Once we set a date, we began building a friendship via text messages and emails. The first time we met Layce was at our engagement shoot, the evening before our wedding. Remember how we lived 3,000 miles apart? We definitely wanted to take advantage of the session, so we could get to know Layce before our big day. You know when you meet someone and you just click (I promise that pun was not intended)? Well, that happened.

We got to spend an hour and a half with her while walking the streets of Hudson. It didn’t even feel like we were taking photos, as there was such an ease. She posed us, told us where to go, how to stand. I let her have full control. It is definitely nerve wracking being on the other side of the camera.

I loved our urban session. I had scouted locations prior to our session and knew I wanted to start at the Amtrak Station in Hudson. Josh and I did long distance for over two years. We basically lived on Amtrak, commuting between Washington DC and New York City, so it seemed fitting to start at the train station. Hudson is also on the Hudson so there was a perfect little spot by the water. Nearly every building along Warren street made for a pretty backdrop, so it was easy to just walk anywhere and stop. I knew I loved Layce’s work before our session, but once I saw the back of camera goodness, I knew I made the right decision. Here are some of my favorites!Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto Engagement, Love, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Downtown, Vince Camuto

And then, she photographed our wedding and I can’t even explain to you what these photographs mean to me. You see, your wedding day goes by FAST. Before you know it, the day is over and it is off to begin the rest of your life together. Receiving my images brought me back to every single moment of our day. Like when I saved my Mom’s favorite perfume bottle (half empty) knowing that I would want to wear it on this day. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Getting Ready, Together, New York

Capturing our first look, which I 110% recommend doing! Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York

Capturing moments that when you look at that photo, you just think “if this was the only photo, this would be enough.” Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York

Getting those shots that you put on a list and somehow your photographer remembers (with zero traces of paper). Wedding, Marriage, Love, Details, Flowers, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, New York

Moments like this when the glass did not break on the first try. Josh just needed a mulligan. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York

Finding photos of your best friends wearing their pashminas from their bridal gifts from Marigold & Grey. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Wedding Party, Marigold & Grey, Navy, JCrew Bridal

Making your dream of being with the horses a reality. Might I add, there are 92 horse pictures that make my stomach fill with butterflies and give me all.the.feels. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York

Moment on the dance floor with Josh who let me tell you, typically does not dance! 

She caught moments on the dance floor with my Dad. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Dancing, Father, Daughter, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Dancing, Father, Daughter, New York

Truly, not a moment of our more than 8 hour day was missed, all captured more beautifully than I could ever imagine.

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The Beginning of Our Wedding Series | The Venue

January 16, 2017

It is about time to start blogging the beginning of our wedding series and first up: the venue. I say series because there is just no way I could ever just write one blog post on the most amazing day of our lives. It would be a novel for sure. So where do I start…

I always knew I wanted to get married in New York and I always knew I wanted to get married in a barn. When I mention always, I am referring to my teenybopper self when I dreamed about my perfect day with the perfect guy (who I definitely did marry). For those that don’t know, I am from New York City. I spent my weekends and summers in Pawling, New York, a small town 75 miles north of Manhattan. Our house was an old converted cow barn. Fun fact: George Washington bought his cheese there. This house was so special for so many reasons and I knew that a barn would be in my future. Since I grew up riding horses, a horse farm for a wedding venue just seemed like the perfect fit. I just needed a ring to start the planning.

On August 29th, 2015, Josh proposed. Yay, I could start finding my barn. When it came time to look for venues, I learned that there weren’t many barns, especially those that I could classify as “elegant.” When I wanted a rustic wedding theme, I didn’t want hay bales and mason jars. I wanted an elegant rustic feel. I found three barns and scheduled three appointments for a Saturday in October. Four days prior to touring, I was notified that one of the barns booked up the two dates I had in mind.

Yes, I had already had a date in mind, as I knew I wanted a Fall wedding. I had mid-September in my mind, hoping it would fall around the time of my Mom’s birthday. I wanted to incorporate her as much as possible, having lost her to cancer 7 years ago. September was also our anniversary month so it really was the only month I was looking at for our wedding.

I believe in fate and things working out, so I moved on from the venue falling through. Another plan fell through and my stepmom had to work so she couldn’t tour with me. Fortunately my best friend was able to go with me, while her husband played golf with my future husband and my Dad. We met in Hudson, New York and as I turned into the driveway of the venue, I was greeted with this view. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York, Private property,

I knew, before even seeing the barn, that this was definitely my venue. Once I got to the top of the property, I was greeted by a beautiful baby blue with white trim barn. The property also included a smaller “bridal barn,” where we ended up getting ready. There was also an “art barn” where the cocktail hour took place. There was a beautiful outdoor space that overlooked a large paddock of horses (oh my heart) and the beautiful Catskill mountains. I would be pleading my case to the family later that evening. I knew my Dad was going to ask if we visited the other venue, so we did drive there and saw it. While it was nice, it was definitely not my venue.

Two weeks later, we secured the venue and a date was set – September 17th, 2016. After 11 months of planning my own wedding, the day was beyond perfect. Every tiny detail that I had envisioned came together to create the most beautiful day. Here are a few pictures of the outside of the barn. Swoon worthy, right? Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York
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And the rustic touches of the inside of the barn. Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York Wedding, Marriage, Love, The Hill, Hudson, Layce Bauman Photography, Barn, Rustic, Venue, Couple, Together, New York

My heart just gets so happy. I 110% chose the right venue (The Hill), the right photographer (Layce Bauman Photography), the right everything. Most importantly, I chose the right guy.

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Hello there! I'm Dana. A wife, a mama to one adorable boy and one crazy Vizsla. I am an essential oil lover who is passionate about living and sharing the natural life. And I enjoy being behind the lens of a camera.

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