Assateague Island Family Portraits - Dana Marie Photography

50 Year Vow Renewal Beach Family Photos | Ocean City, MD Photographer, Dana Marie Photography

Flowers:  Flowers by Alison
Photography:  Dana Marie Photography

This session was everything.  When Tom called me with the idea to surprise his bride of 50 years with a vow renewal during their sunset beach vacation photos I was tickled!  He was so excited to do this for her and their pastor would be flying in that afternoon to be a part of the surprise.  We started to take the beach portraits as we would be and suddenly after several portraits their pastor walked up onto the beach carrying her bouquet and Tom's boutonnière.  She was completely and utterly surprised and squealed in delight at the sight of him!  When she realized it was a set up for a vow renewal she was just over the moon!  She turned back to see all of her grandchildren on their knee holding her ring and Tom standing next to them asking her to marry him again!   To make it more special, her sister who was her maid of honor 50 years ago stood beside her on the beach during the vow renewal.  The whole thing was precious and completely made my summer.  This here is marriage goals for sure!  Once I had mailed out a thank you gift and delivered their digital gallery I received the sweetest voicemail from Tom thanking me for their experience on the beach and photos, this right here is why I love doing what I do!

Beach Family Portraits, Ocean City Inlet, MD | Child Photographer, Dana Marie Photography

Loved meeting these two on the beach enjoying their time in Ocean City with Grandma!  We got out just in time, the rain started to pour as we finished up and just barely trickled during our shoot together!

Little Pink Houses of Hope | Multi-Family Photoshoot | Dana Marie Photography

I was contacted awhile back about doing volunteer photography work for Little Pink Houses of Hope, an organization that sets up a week long vacation for women currently going through breast cancer treatment or having just finished up with treatment.  I jumped on board to work with the project when they were coming to the Ocean City area.  Last week I met with 9 families in the Ocean City Inlet for family photos.  These beautiful families came out ready to rock and roll and we made it through all of the families in just over 2 hours and it didn't feel very rushed.  When asked what their favorite parts of the week were I heard go-karts, stand up paddle boarding and the rides all more than a few times.  These guys had a great visit and the weather could not have been better for them that week.  So happy to be part of such an amazing project!