Shelly and Chris get married!

You may remember Shelly and Chris from their engagement session this past summer. Well this past weekend they got married and got married in style!
We had a beautiful October day! This weather we have been blessed with is incredible!

We started and finished the day at the Southpointe Hilton Garden Inn. This is a great venue and very close to home for me (so I like it a lot!). The details of the day were very carefully planned. Shelly had these Pink Lights installed for the reception. They added so much ambience to the party. Little details like this really make a difference.

Thank you Shelly, Chris and Families for having us there with you. We wish you the best and have an awesome time in Cabo! Talk to you soon.

Here is a link to the reception slideshow.

Here are some images from the day!
















My Assistant, Jen, Captured this wonderful image! Thank you Jen!

B's Belly

Wow, only 6 weeks to go for baby girl! We created some fantastic maternity images to remember this experience with!!! We are going to keep them under the wraps though :-) Here is a sneak peak of her belly.



Ok, maybe 1 more.

Greatest Job In The World.

The title says it all. I love my job. I will let the Pics do the talking.

Testing from Flickr

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This is a quick test of a feature I recently discovered, using Flickr. I love this pic of C.

Rebekah and Ryan - the wedding

After working a great wedding on Friday, with my friends Heather Lahtinen and Joanne Bartone (see Heather's Blog for some pics!), I headed out for another great wedding on Saturday, with my assistant Jen.

Rebekah and Ryan (engagment pics here) tied the knot on Saturday in beautiful fashion. We started at Rebekah's parent's home and went to the Church in Bethel Park to get some of the story with the guys. After the ceremony I jumped on the Trolley and rode down to the Pittsburgh Athletic Association with the Bridal Party. We had a blast ;-)

The reception was awesome, with a special DJ coming up from Louisville, KY. I asked for his card and he said, "I love doing this, but I won't be coming back up here to Pittsburgh anytime soon." haha. Lugging all of the equipment was no easy task. He was wonderful though.

Rebekah and Ryan and family, thank you so much for the great moments. We captured so many. Enjoy these few sneak peaks to hold you over.

Jen grabbed this great ring shot.


Getting ready (our good friend Holly is doing Rebekah's hair)


The Groom


Getting the dress on


The Bride


What a Cutie


Proud moment


The Trolley


Captured by the Paparazzi


First dance


Father and Daughter (I love this image)


These boys are doing the 'Superman'


Here is their mother and aunt Rebekah's reactions.

Bray's new knit hat...

We just bought the little guys and girl some new knit hats for this fall/winter. I love these hats! Bray put his on this morning and asked me to take some shots. I figured I would share, because they are so darned cute.

BTW - if you want to get your kids some really beautiful knit hats, check out LaFolie knits. We buy them every year.

Damon's Guitar

My son, Damon, has been saving up for a guitar for quite a long time.  He finally had enough after his birthday this past July.  So... He picked up a beautiful Epiphone Les Paul Custom.  Here is a recent pic of him playing.

Shot with Kodak TMax 3200 ISO Film.

Just a quick pic

Had a family session yesterday and wanted to post this quick pic. Isn't she a cutie??

Christie and Jason

Saturday we headed up to St. Vincent's College (where the Steelers hold Training camp :-) ) for Christie and Jason's wedding. For October, it was HOT!! We are not complaining though, because it was gorgeous. They could not have picked a better day to get married. They held their reception at the Pittsburgh Marriott. You may remember their engagement session here.

Everything was gorgeous. The dresses, the flowers, the Hummer Limo, the cake & the food was delicious! They were surrounded by so many friends and family that really loved to dance. Christie had the best Bridal dance I have witnessed! It was so much fun packed into such a short period of time. She was dancing with her two fathers when Jason finally broke his way through the crowd (see the last picture).

I would also like to thank my assistant, Beth for helping me out. She did a great job :-)

Thank you Christie and Jason for having us along! We had a great day and will talk to you soon!

Here are some snaps:

Congrats to Liz and Tim!!!

I just wanted to give a shout out to my clients Liz and Tim.

I just received word that they passed the PA Bar Exam!!! All of their hardwork has paid off and now they can continue on their journey to success. Congratulations!!!!!

8 More Weeks!

My how time flies!  We only have 8 more weeks until Bridget's due date.  We could not be more excited.  This past weekend I actually painted my first purplish/pinkish room.  It looks great! It is so much fun doing things with a feminine look.  We have been so used to everything "boy", so it is a nice change.


Stay tuned for some maternity images of Bridget.  We are shooting this week!