Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Its been a few years since we have done anything on Halloween, but this year we had a great costume party to go to! The perk to being a professional photographer is that you have a lot of professional photographer friends who will come over on a whim to take some pictures for you. Its kind of hard to take images of yourself, especially when dressed up. So my good friend and neighbor Jennifer Childress came over yesterday to document our costumes. THANK YOU JENN!

We decided to go with the fall theme and the fact that we have been surrounded by leaves.
I was a bag of leaves.

hehehe, I can't help laugh at myself.

Don, my creative man, was a tree.

The idea for the owl came from the owl we had living in our tree last winter.
Don made his outfit, I made mine.
Isn't this an adorable family photo, Alma didn't need to dress up.

A moody leaf pile! ahh

The tire swing was that little extra piece that pulled it all together.

Alma is our little leaf collector.

Don just looked amazing.

Its been a while since I posted anything personal so this is perfect! I have this weekend off, we are enjoying a little down time. Hopefully we will get some trick or treaters tonight!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Soyoung & Stephen Married 8-28-09

The Vendors
Venue: Cairinwood
Flowers: Beautiful Blooms
Dress: Vera Wang
Caterer: Feastivities
Cake: Tartes, no website but they are on 212 Arch St, Philadelphia. YUMMY!
Make-up: The fabulous Beke Beau
DJ: EBE Matt Ostroff
Wedding Bands: Henri David at Halloween
Second Photographer: David Schrott, Thanks again David!

It still feels like their wedding was just yesterday! Soyoung and Stephen are two of the most tender, relaxed, and beautiful people I know. We didn't let the rain get us down and luckily Cairinwood has plenty of awesome little nooks to duck into for photos. All the ingredients that went into the day made it beautiful and perfect. Both of their families were just lovely and made us feel very welcome and warm.

Beautiful Blooms did a fantastic job on the bouquet.

One of my new favorite shoe shots.

Soyoung's dress was Vera Wang. It suited Soyoung perfectly, gorgeous. Soyoung also wore a real gardenia in her hair, every time she walked by me the fragrance was amazing.

She didn't plan on even having a veil but in the end she did and a very long gorgeous one at that!

One of my favorites, Soyoung's mom putting the gardenia in her hair.

Simple. Stunning. Soyoung.

Lovely moment of their first meet.

Don't they both just look stunning? I loved Stephens gray suit.

Like I said, Cairinwood had some great inside spaces!

What more can I say, really?

Very sharp looking men.

Elegant looking ladies.

Another favorite.

Soyoung and Stephen had a Quaker ceremony, where they married themselves. There was no officiant, just them marrying each other. It was quite beautiful.

The cake was simple and amazing.

I really enjoy this one of Soyoung's mom dancing.

Lovely end of the night dance.

Thank you guys for everything! I hope it was worth the wait. You are amazing and I am so happy to have played a part in your day!

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Despina & Chris Engagement Shoot

So Despina and Chris are actually getting married tomorrow! I've been terrible with the blog I know, that will change in the coming weeks.

We had a lovely time on their engagement shoot, it was actually take 2 on the shoot. Amidst my busy schedule and finally finding a day that worked; on the way to our first shoot I got a flat tire. We were meeting at Valley Green but they were on the other side and didn't know how to get to me. I had them wait and have a drink while I changed my flat tire, yep I changed that baby by myself its actually no big deal. One hiccup once I got my spare on, it was flat... wawhwahwah. Long story short a lovely couple took it to put air in it and I was on my way. By this time it was dark and Don was on his way out of the city so we just decided to all have dinner instead of continuing with the shoot. See the three degrees of separation come into play as Despina went to school with Don, which was a surprise when they first came to meet with me. It was a happy little reunion actually. There are many more little things but that would make this a book, we rescheduled the shoot had dinner and all was well with the world. Thanks for all the patience and understanding guys! Its been a fun ride.
For this shoot I actually picked them up in my new car, added irony I bought a new car two days after the flat indecent. Go figure. (I didn't buy a new car because of the flat though, just coincidence.)

They are quite the lovely couple, very natural together and Chris keeps Despina grinning ear to ear.

Their favorite spot.

Having a little fun with signage.

We had such a great time and have had two lovely meals together now. Tomorrow is going to be a blast, my first big fat greek wedding. haha! We aren't afraid of the rain, Despina's smile will be our sunshine.
See you guys tomorrow.

Baby Ryder Session 3

This little man gets cuter with every breath he takes! I always have the best time with this family and Ryder is getting so big!

This is my favorite image, I just love it!!

He had been a little sleepy when we first started but once we put him on the slide he perked right up. This was his first experience on the slide too, so it was extra special.

One happy kiddo!

Oh, doesn't this look just make your heart melt?

These guys are one adorable family. It is always such a pleasure to see the love they have for this little man.

Love this one too.

kisses from mom!

"hey, what's in there?" This is why I always use my lens hood for kid shoots, I love it when they interact with the camera, they have something to grab on to and it keeps a safe distance from little fingers. :)

As per usual, such a fun time. You guys are awesome, I'll see you again soon!

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