The Trocadero aka The Troc aka The Punk Rock Show Engagement Session

Amanda & Byron met while working at the Trocadero in Philadelphia so naturally we had to take their engagement photos there. I knew it would be dark so I pulled out all the stops and brought a whole ton of off camera lighting, flashes, led lights and such. Amanda & Byron didn't know what they were in for. Double exposures and 15 seconds of motionless holding of hands. I can't wait for their April wedding, what can I say they are both heavily tattooed :).





































A special thanks to Cara Carlson who worked super hard to setup lights quickly and ran around like crazy flashing lights in the dark!

December Winter Wedding - Cameron Estates Inn

This is Grace & John's winter wedding at Cameron Estates Inn in Mount Joy.







































Goodnight.

Winter Wedding Preview - Grace & John

I can't imagine what Grace & John were thinking when they woke up the morning of their wedding on Dec 26. They had plans of an outdoor winter ceremony among the snow. What they got was a rainy, foggy, dreary day....but we made lemonade out of lemons. John & Grace decided it was okay after the ceremony to go out into the rain and trudge through snow and mud. The result, some of my most favorite wedding photos of the year. Here is a preview of one of the photos from our crazy outdoor session in the rain...more to come later in the week.



I used the fog, the rain and snow to our advantage and while Grace tried not to get too muddy. This wedding was loads of fun...you'll have to come back to see the rest.

(Info for Strobists or photos geeks - Strobe with umbrella front with CTO gel, Bare flash behind couple and the lens naturally gives the flare). Shortly after this shot my SB800 became water logged and stopped working.

The Family

On Saturday I pulled out a sheet of grey paper and stuck the kids in front of the window. We needed some new photos of the twins! There is something about babies and window light that just works. I even shot them in a sepia / Black and White (normally I shoot everything in color and change to black and white.

Evan




Caleb







Elijah






(These cute puppies are available through adoption at PAWS in Philadelphia or watch them on their live puppy cam)