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May 14
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family portraits at home

Lifestyle Newborn vs. Studio Newborn Sessions

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When it comes to a having a baby, there are a million choices to be made including whether or not you will opt to have newborn photos taken!  If you’re lucky, the hospital you deliver at will provide an on-staff photographer who visits your room in the first day or so after your baby arrives to shoot some photos that you can purchase later. If you’re very VERY lucky, this photographer is experienced and makes you feel at ease, does great work with those classy overhead fluorescent lights, you are feeling rested and someone was kind enough to help you brush your hair, and your baby is able to be in your room with you versus needing a little extra care in the nicu. Whether or not they opt for the photos in the hospital (fresh 48 sessions), many new parents will choose to do photos of their family after…

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Feb 06
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Winter Engagement Snowball fight – Emily & Jason

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  Winter engagement sessions are my favorite!  Emily and I rode the school bus together in high school and seemed to get scheduled into the same gym class year after year.  I love her dry sense of humor.  We share a joy for sarcasm, laughing, and floor hockey.  When I got to meet her fiance, Jason, I was thrilled that he also laughs easily and has a smile that lights up a room.  They are a seriously fun couple to be around – and then I met Max, their rescue corgi.  As if they could be any more fun?  Max has enough personality for a photo shoot of his very own.  When Emily said they wanted to do winter photos at her family’s property, I knew it was going to be a blast!  We bundled up spur of the moment style on a VERY cold january afternoon and took advantage…

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Oct 03
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Fall Mini Sessions ! | Northmoreland Park

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It’s been six years, but this October I’m happy to announce fall mini sessions!   So what’s the difference between mini sessions and a regular session? Regular sessions are booked on the date and time and at the location of your choice, while mini sessions are at a single location and you choose from available time slots. Regular sessions are one to two hours in length, mini sessions are just 30 mins!  This means there will be just enough time to get some great shots, but no extra time for things like changing outfits, etc. Contact us to book your spot today!  If you’re already worried about how you’ll dress your family, check out this post on what to wear for family photos!

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Sep 21
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What to wear for family photos

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Fall is coming.  The end of the year is coming.  The pressure to make your Christmas cards is coming!  This means that time is running out to schedule your annual family photos.  One of the biggest reasons I hear from people for why they don’t have their family photographed is that it’s too hard to get everyone together and dressed.  Here’s some tips for what to wear for family photos that will help everyone look and feel their best and have you loving your images for years to come. Remember department store portraits in the 90s?  Everyone wearing the the same color and matching outfits? A lot of times people worry that if they don’t match their outfits that they won’t look like they “go together”.  That’s not true.  Great family photos are when the relationship shows through the posing which is MY job 😀 😀 After all, baseball teams…

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Jun 30
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Family photo session | the Ward family

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Family stories are my favorite.  I first met Donna and Mike in 2008 and it has been an honor and a privilege to witness their story unfolding as they built a life together and started a family.  Now, eight years and two kids later we met up in May for a family photo session at Northmoreland Park to celebrate Cole and Cora’s birthdays!  The weather was perfect and we had fun playing outside till sunset! I love this photo of all of them together, technically it’s a one-off (which are always my favorite) from the perfect shot where everyone is looking at the camera smiling.  Cole can’t contain his laughter, Suki the dog is distracted by a duck in the distance, and everyone is happy.  This is real life, skinned knees and all, and it’s perfect.     Cole and his Daddy practicing their fighting moves. It took a while since…

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Apr 24
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Graduation announcements |Class of 2016

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May is just around the corner which means that the class of 2016 is about to say goodbye to their past twelve years of high school and hello to their futures!  This year in addition to senior portraits, we are pleased to offer Graduation announcements and invitations. We have a range of styles available – click to browse My Product Catalog.  Colors and text can all be customized to coordinate with your school!  Here are a few examples I’ve pulled together with photos from Carolyn, Dana, and Dillon’s photos from this year! Graduation announcements can be customized with photos on the front and the back blank or text only, as well as multiple photo options on the front and back.  On the right, this is an announcement that doubles as a graduation party invitation on the back. If you’re looking for a unique way to display many photos from your…

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Apr 02
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Lifestyle maternity session | Megan & Jeff

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This week I got the chance to meet up with one of my favorite past wedding couples for a lifestyle maternity session in their home.  Megan and Jeff were married in 2013 and now three years later, I got to spend a wonderful afternoon with them capturing some memories as they await the arrival of their first baby girl. Here are a few highlights!   I remember Shiloh and Sheldon from their engagement session in 2012, and now these two fur brothers can’t wait to meet their new human sister! We even made it outside for a few photos at sunset since it was such a nice day 🙂 Happy Shower Weekend Megan! I can’t wait to see what the future holds for your family 🙂

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Jan 04
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Bruckner Family | winter family photos

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I first met Amy and Ryan three years ago.  They were newly engaged and planning their wedding for early spring 2013.  Ryan had just pulled off an amazing proposal by carving out “Will you marry me?” onto a rock on the banks of the Youghiogheny River, and then taking Amy on a fall hike to the rock and surprising her by dropping to one knee with a diamond ring.  She said yes and a few months later Ashley hung on to the back of my pants as I dangled out over the frozen river shooting their engagement photos at Ohiopyle.  We all nearly got hypothermia but it was worth it!  They were married that April before the leaves popped and now three years later I had the privilege to meet up with them again just in time for their first baby’s first birthday.  Since December was so mild this year,…

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Jun 12
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What to do with your images: Accordion Mini Books

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I got a great reader question in my email today!  Someone asked how to go about ordering one of our accordion books – and I thought what a great opportunity to share some info on what they are and how to order!  Accordion books are a GREAT way to display and share your photos!  They hold 8 photos each and come with a plain or photo cover.  There are four photos on each side and it folds up like a book with a hard cover and magnet closure.  You can also display it open on a shelf or table top by standing it up.  We have two sizes – the regular accordion size which is 5×7 inches and these smaller mini books which are pictured below.  (I like to say that the regular sized accordions are “purse-sized” and the mini ones are “pocket-sized”. Accordion mini books are great for seniors,…

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Jun 02
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Kayla & Adam | spring maternity session

By | Maternity, Milestones, Succop Conservancy | One Comment

Probably my favorite thing about my job is when I get the chance to stay with clients who become friends through many years and important milestones in their lives.  Telling their story is what drives me, both a responsibility and an honor to getting it right and not missing a moment.  I first met Kayla and Adam in 2011.  They were newly engaged, and planning their wedding.  We talked about the future across the table at panera.  Now here we are four years later and I’ve had the privilege to know them and call them friends through their engagement photos, documenting their wedding day, lots of excited talks as they built and launched their own photography business, and this spring they are starting the next big chapter in their lives.  In just a few weeks, they will be welcoming their first baby.  We went back to where it all began,…

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