First Birthday Portraits: Let Them Eat Cake!

I really enjoy cake and I love seeing others enjoy it too!  Like at weddings when the bride and groom feed each other. But even better than that is when a baby turns one and the family celebrates with a smash cake.  Here’s a sweet baby boy and his loving family that are sure to brighten your day.  We held the cake for the end of the session, naturally!  So we started with some family portraits in the living room and then went to the birthday boy’s room where his mom decorated his crib.

Fall Wedding at Oak Lodge

Here’s a Fall wedding full of warmth to cheer you on this dreary December day.  And it’s at one of my favorite venues, Oak Lodge, in Donegal, Pa.  I’m happy to be one of their preferred vendors, so I get to go there often.  I’m sharing some of my favorite shots from their portraits after the ceremony and I gotta say, I love this bride’s style!

Small Business Photography: 2022 is the Perfect Time to Refresh Your Imagery

As a small business owner, these past two years have been an exercise in finding my feet, and then finding them again.  And as I think about other businesses and how they too have adapted and innovated, I feel like we owe it to our selves to close out 2021 celebrating our survival with the hope for 2022 to be a year for thriving.  And I’m excited to partner with small businesses in creating fresh imagery that conveys this upward trajectory.  If you’re thinking like I’m thinking, let’s take a breath, and envision what’s in store.

Engagement Session at Lake Arthur

Engagement sessions just keep getting better and better.  It is such a joy to spend time with couples before their wedding day and I highly recommend engagement sessions for my wedding clients because they’re a great way to get comfortable in front of the camera and can help relieve any jitters about wedding photography.  I met this sweet couple at Moraine State Park, Lake Arthur to be exact.

Sewickley Family Session: Have Some Fun with Your Photos

As a parent, I’m always thinking about what I can do to make experiences more fun for my kids and for me!  And I really like this mama’s approach to her family portraits.  She chose Beaver Street in Sewickley where we could stop by a park, walk by storefronts on the sidewalk, and if they were good, she promised a visit to the bakery where her 4-year old twins could pick out a treat.  Little reminders of the promise of a reward were great motivators and I think the photos speak for themselves, these cutie pies had fun!  And when I dropped off their album and wall art, the kids had so much to say about our photoshoot when they were reminded by seeing their photos.