Sarah Mahen Photographers

It’s no secret that I love my best friend Jill. She and I have been friends for a REALLY long time, and I honestly have visions of us as old ladies in rocking chairs yelling at grandchildren together. How much fun will that be? LOADS! Because I love Jill as much as I do, I also happen to be head over heels for her beautiful little family. She met her husband Alonso when we were in high school, and I still have such vivid memories of their first few months of dating. Who would have thought that 11 years later they would be happily married with two amazing daughters?

I won’t lie, I’ve been sitting on this blog post for a while. I REALLY wanted it to on our new site, so it’s been a month or so since I took these pictures. Nonetheless, I love them because they are SO representative of this amazing family. Jill and Alonso have been seriously blessed with two of the most amazing kids ever. Paige and Abby are smart, funny and so freaking beautiful it’s almost not fair. And really, just because I am their Fairy Godmother I am not biased at all!

I love watching Jill and her family together. They make me really excited for the coming years with my own family. Paige is in her first year of middle school, and HELLO! Can I just tell you how much that freaks me out. I can’t tell you all the crazy things her mom and I did when we were in middle school. Here’s hoping Paige is smarter about boys, and staying up too late and eating WAY too much pizza. Actually, let’s be honest the too much pizza came in high school when Jill (and two other of our friends) worked at a pizza parlor. But I digress. And Abby, my monkey, is such an old soul. That girl is strong willed to the max – she is the only 6 year old I have ever had an actual argument with. And honestly, I think she won. But she is still one of my favorite people on the planet.

From 2nd grade to our 30′s Jill has been by my side and I can’t thank her enough for that. I am so grateful she married a man who is okay with sharing her with me, and that her daughters only think I’m a little bit crazy. The Camacho’s are as much my family as anyone who shares my DNA, and for that I am so grateful. I can’t wait to see what the next 25 years of our friendship hold.

Jill, Alonso, Paige and Abby – WE LOVE YOU! Thanks for being so freaking cool it hurts, and for having so much fun with your pictures. You guys mean the world to us, and we can’t imagine life without you. Check out their slideshow below for more awesome images!

First off WELCOME to the new website! We are so excited about this new format to share our work. Gone are the days of maintaining a portfolio site and a blog. We’re wrapped everything up into this sparkling package of LOVE just for you! Thanks to our AMAZING designers (Dustin, Neal and Jamon) at Baldology. We are so in love with EVERYTHING they have done for us. So, take a minute to look around after you feast your eyes on the hotness that is Megan and Brian.

Megan and Brian are so freaking fabulous! I was so excited when they told me they wanted to do their engagement session in New York. I had never been to New York, but as someone who spent their entire academic career studying art I had always really, really wanted to go. I was thrilled that our schedules were able to work together to make this awesome shoot happen. I was so inspired by the city, and by the energy there. I had the best time, and absolutely fell in love with New York.

We started Megan and Brian’s shoot of in Central Park. Kristin and I were staying at The Husdon so the park was not far at all. I wish we had more time to explore Central Park, but we had trains to catch and a sky that was growing cloudy. Once we had some great shots there we jetted off to the subway station and headed to Megan and Brian’s Brooklyn neighborhood.

Brooklyn is really a beautiful place! While we walked around I was just so inspired! There was so much texture and color. Kristin and I commented how THIS is the New York we had imagined. I seriously felt like The Huxtable’s could live in any of the houses. Megan and Brian also happen to live next door to a very yummy cookie shop, so of course we had to stop in.

Then we went over under the Brooklyn Bridge and took some shots facing Manhattan. Sure, it was totally freezing, but it was so very worth it. Megan and Brian are a REALLY great couple, and really great people. It’s no wonder they fell in love with each other. I love how calm and centered they are, how comfortable they are together. There wasn’t any self-consciousness; no second guessing. I really like that about them. It makes me VERY excited for their wedding in June.

Thank you to Megan and Brian for introducing me to New York! It was such a pleasure meeting you both and I am greatly looking forward to your wedding. Kristin and I just adored you! We can’t wait to see you again.

Check out the slideshow for more images from this awesome pair.

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I have the cutest smartest husband ever! Thanks to him the galleries at www.sarahmarenphoto.com are back up and running. You can order until your heart is content! Hooray! And in honor of how cute he is, here is a picture of us from Ryn and Dan’s wedding.