new blog

Great news! I’ve started blogging directly on my website at maureencotton.com/blogging

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acupuncture photoshoot

This week was photoshoot number two for Central Path Wellness. The challenge was to represent acupuncture in a way that won’t disturb people who don’t yet know that acupuncture needles are nothing like medical needles, in fact it’s an incredibly relaxing treatment.

Owner of Central Path and acupuncturist Brendan Carney.

Brendan and Abbey.

candid wedding photography

A photographer takes hundreds of photos at a wedding these days, editing them down can be a real challenge. I always find that my favorites are the candid emotional moments, so here’s a few from last Friday.

other side of the lens

My good friend and fellow photographer Rick Colson recently commented on the lack of professional portrait on my facebook page. This soon lead to him shooting me. It was a good experience to be on the side of a pro lens so I remember what I’m putting people through.

business card design

Last week I finished a business card design for Christina Marie who is starting her own interior design business. She does beautiful watercolor renderings of her designs. I thought that was unique and intimate, so we used that feel and color scheme to get started...

herbal shoot

A fabulous new wellness studio, Central Path Acupuncture, has opened around the corner from my house (on Moody Street, Waltham). I’m working with the owner, Brendan Carney, to create imagery for the website. Yesterday we began with photographing herbs.


These 5 herbs represent the 5 element of Chinese medicine, which then correlate to an organ, color, etc.. Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.