Emily & Josh Married 8-22-09

Venue: John James Audubon Society Center at Mill Grove
Flowers: Longstem
Dress: La Esposa from Linzelles
Caterer: Jeffery Miller
Wedding Planner: Anthea at Jeffrey Miller
Second Shooter: Heather Fowler

Well where to begin?! Emily and Josh's wedding was such a fun day! It was such a HOT day too! I think it may have been one of the hottest of the year and they had to make a tough decision about moving the ceremony to under the pavilion, we were expecting major thunderstorms that evening. The decision was made to play it safe and have it under the pavilion, it was a gorgeous site and inside or outside the ceremony was so beautiful, touching and you could just feel the love between Emily and Josh. The rabbi did such a great job, laughter tears and joy.
When the bridal party was coming up from the barn to be introduced the skies opened up and we got our thunderstorm. It was pretty cool actually, going into the first dance and hora with thunder trying its best to be noticed above the music. It was such a great party.
Big thanks to Heather Fowler for second shooting for me!

Get comfy, lots of images here and slideshow at the end.

I love this shot of Josh that Heather got before we headed out.

Emily's dress was gorgeous!

Love the moments when the dress first goes on!

Emily's parents, so cute as they react to seeing her in her dress.

They were so cute for their first meet.

Love this.

I shot a few rolls of medium format film for them. This is one from the film series.

I loved that the bridesmaids flowers were all different. Looked so cool against the hot pink dress.

Josh got his suit in Thailand, it was custom made. Emily chose the inside accent color as a surprise for Josh when they picked it up at the end of their trip. This is where the hot pink theme comes in to play. Isn't that an awesome suit!

True personalities come through!

Awwe Yeah.

A quick fleeting moment in the barn next to the AC vent, ahhh heaven!

Love this one Heather got of the boys.

One more from Heather, moments just before heading down the isle. Some tender words from her dad. Love it.

The kiss!

Loved this, happy to be hitched!

Everything looked amazing!

Lots of fun had on the dance floor.

One last end of the night portrait.

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Baby Hutch

Baby Hutch was so adorable! We had such a good time during our shoot. He just started walking a few days before and he was doing the frankinstein, drunk baby walk all over the place! His new found ability opened up so many new possibilities and cool things to get into. Not to mention keeping mom and dad on their toes.

I got there just in time to get him waking up from his nap.

Isn't this kid cuter than anything you have ever seen?

Babies love to check out what going on in that lens!

Hutch is Dad's hunka hunka burnin love.

A kid that likes grass! Awesome.

I just have to laugh when I see this one. We had just tried for a nice family walking photo, but Hutch didn't want to walk. Gotta love it.

His little side looks are heart melters.

Bath time Mohawk!

High five to dad.

He likes to hide in the curtains.

We had such a fun session, Hutch is such a heart throb! Our session ended just in time to put him down for bed. Talk about good timing!

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A lot coming soon!!

I apologize for my lack of blog presence lately! I assure it is not because I have nothing to do, quite the opposite actually. Its been a super busy summer and I am busier than I have ever been before. The past two months have been such a blast, I have been shooting at least four days a week and school has started at Drexel where I am teaching two classes. The Philadelphia Wedding Project has been keeping us busy as well, check it out we have so many awesome sponsors and there is still time to submit your story! I am diligently working to get sessions online and the blog has been very quiet because of that. I thought a good substantial teaser of all the things to come would be just what the blog ordered. The images are pretty much the order of which you can expect to see everything.

Baby Hutch

Emily & Josh

Baby Evie

Soyoung & Stephen

Baby Gus

Jane & Dave

Baby Ryder

Melanie & Joe

Baby Alex

Despina & Chris

Steph & Dan

Kate & Ben

I also just shot an awesome double belly session with Dave Williams on video. We will have video and images cut together in a few months. Such a cool project!

Kate & Ben Engagement Shoot

Kate and Ben's wedding is quickly approaching, the end of this month! We went out for their engagement shoot last month at Radnor Hunt, which is where the wedding will be. They brought along their pups, who enjoy long walks at the Hunt. It was a gorgeous evening and we got some great shots. We also headed down the road to Sugartown for the last part, I love that place. Lots of photos in this post, I couldn't choose so you get a lot of images.

Ben and Hannah leading the way.
(Ben the dog, which by the way was not named after Ben the groom.)

So cute!

One of my favorites.

Such a good looking group!

These are from Sugartown. Love this one. Ben has a great smile.

Kate is such a natural beauty.

Love this one of Ben, what a ham.

Kate strutting her stuff.

Another favorite.

At this point I could have taken them on a whole other shoot! We were all warmed up and relaxed, so it was time for a little fun. I loved seeing this side of them.

You guys were great! Can't wait to see ya again in a few weeks!

Zachary & Noah

August was definitely the month for family portraits. I hadn't seen these guys since Zachary was in his mom's belly! He is so adorable and Noah was just as much a gentleman as he was when I first met him.

Great looking family, no?

Noah is a very good big brother.

The many faces of Noah.

This family has a love of books.

May be my all time favorite playground shot.

Zachary loves to just dangle. Isn't he a cutie!

They have a similar photo to this one of Noah when he was a baby in the same spot.

Love this family portrait.

It was so great seeing you guys again! Noah is so smart, no doubt to his love of brain quest. Zachary couldn't be more adorable.

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Oliver, Nolan & Isla

I love this family. Another prime example and my how time flies! I will always remember the first time I photographed them.

Very pregnant Robyn and little Oliver.

Then the first shoot with Nolan and the beginning of the "traditional" family portrait.

Now look at them! With a new addition, Isla. I didn't even know about Isla till I showed up, Robyn complimented my hair and said oh I remember the days before three kids. I thought to myself, three kids? What? And yep, they had just been through a whirl wind of an adoption and welcomed little baby Isla into the family. I think she is the perfect fit.

Oliver and Nolan exhibiting typical brother territory battles.

Beautiful baby Isla, or Lala as they are calling her.

She is adapting quite well and sleeps through all the noise of two rambunctious boys.

Time to take a ride in the family elevator! This game keeps these guys occupied for hours.

More territorial battles.

Sweet little Nolan.

Oliver trying to decide if its worth jumping in.

We always take a little walk down the street for pictures. The rain that day didn't stop us.

Dad and daughter

Bath time. All together, boys, dogs and all. I love how both Oliver and Nolan are touching their heads. Something so brotherly about that.

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Abbie's first birthday!

Abbie's birthday party was a blast. She has it made at her grandparents who own all these blow up playgrounds! They were an obvious hit with all the kiddos. Time sure flies when you are having fun. You can look back at Abbie at two weeks old and six months old. I have been loving the babies first year packages. I get to watch these kids grow and its so much fun.

Abbie was excited about the party!

Little AJ, you might recognize him, with his new found friend.

peekaboo!

Loved the cake, not only looked delicious it was!

Laughing at something dad said. Love this image.

mmm her own personal cake!

Messy chocolate baby!

Trying to escape but dad caught up and gave her tickles.

You have to love a baby in a tutu.

The happy family on a special day!

I can't believe a year has come and gone, thank you so much for everything! It has been so much fun to see Abbie grow.

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More from the beach

Finally getting caught up around here, where did August go? It feels like fall.

A few more favorites from my family session at the beach. Great family, great kids, great day! Check out the slideshow at the end.

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