Gillette Portrait Arts

tammy and peter were married on a beautiful, if not a bit chilly, december day. they had an intimate gathering of family and close friends at their ceremony and reception at carrol’s creek in downtown annapolis. the wedding was actually officiated by the friend who had suggested they meet in the first place which I thought was...

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it’s finally here! the grand finale and last post of the best of what was the big and beautiful year of 2011! gillette portrait arts started with a handful of couples who trusted me enough to photograph one of the biggest days of their lives and in the almost 9 years since, our client list...

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we are in the home stretch with our best of posts! initially this was going to be a post for the portraits of the bride and groom together but there were so many individual shots th we loved, we decided to give them their own post. we had so much to play with this year...

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apart from the time we spend with the bride and groom, bridal party photos are easily one of our favorite times of the day. we worked with some really big parties this year as well as some intimate groups. it’s always so apparent how much all of these people care about each other and are excited...

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the first few years of gillette portrait arts, we rarely had weddings off the eastern shore and at the time it was great! it is, of course, one of the prettiest places on earth and we got to know the local and awesome vendors that are truly amazing. but as our studio has grown, so...

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the mighty winter winds yesterday took out our cable and internet so we are back today with the next installment of our ‘best of’ posts. at first we were going to include these images in with the post we are preparing for the bride and groom, but there were so many cool images that we...

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prepare yourself for a visual feast of wedding eye candy! we’re not sure if it’s the popularity of sites like etsy or pinterest (both of which we are all addicted to!) but 2011 was the year of the personal touch when it came to wedding details. having been a bride myself, I can attest to...

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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday with their friends and family! we’ve been off the blog for longer than usual tying up holiday orders and spending some much needed down time with our loved ones. we’ve also been choosing some of our favorite images from this past year and man it’s been hard to...

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I had to dig back in the archives for jenni and tim’s photos. they were basically my first wedding as GPA. since their wedding day, they have welcomed sons rogan and evan into their family and I have been so grateful to be able to document it all! I become friends with a lot of...

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