That’s a wrap for summer 2022! We had a blast at the shore, and basketball games – Moody Park FTW, lots of late nights, and about three hundred pizzas, thank you Villa Rosea:) We spent a lot of time in the backyard, tooling around and enjoying the heat. As with every summer, things had to come to an end. Jalen and Janessa were happy to get back to normal and start school. See my next post for highlights
PS — For my camera heads, fun fact - all of my Random Snaps series of photos are shot with a 12-year-old canon 1Ds mark iii with either a 24-70 or 35mm lens. The color is always true and color balanced and the files are puuuurfect. The body is big and heavy, shoots mad slow, the ISO tops out at 1600 and the frame rate is ancient. This body has been my fav from the minute it came out. 10 megapixels and all. Years ago while getting my bike fixed in BK, another rider shared an interesting observation about expensive cycles - “It’s not the machine, it’s the man.” This resonated with me. As time went on and cameras evolved the cost to keep up with the latest and greatest machine also evolved. Naturally, as a photographer, the desire to keep up with trends and have the best camera with the most megapixels takes over and you find yourself $3k lighter and needing new hard drives every few weeks. I can only speak for myself here, but after a few years of new bodies, slightly upgraded, a little better here and there, I got bored. I just wanted to keep things simple and focus on the subject, the human, not the machine. For weddings and commercial work, of course, I use the latest and greatest, but for my day-to-day art and random snaps, I keep things simple.
This little wild one was all smiles for his “Where the wild this are’ themed shoot at Well Mills Park. The same spot where his Mom and Dad made things official!
It is baby time for Marcela and Rob! The family of three is about to be a lovely round family of 4 soon! We met in Princeton and braved the heat a few days before the new baby make thier entrance. Congrats fam!
Summertime vibes. Time to start blogging again, like really blogging. This is a slow transition away from Meta. Back to the roots of blogging and creating original content that stands alone, with nothing to do with Facebook or IG. Meta has corrupted the idea of content and creativity and I won’t let that stand in the way of posting and keeping it real… ahh, the old, keeping it real debate. lol…. peep this song … by Qwel…”The it in keeping ‘It” real “
This verse always stood out to me ..
But brothers would it kill us to change from vain Jiggy, diddy, viddy what you give me to up jump the boogie But man it might change us to stay the same shitty Gritty, cities hittin kiddies with fronts, stunts, and hoodies Sissies with a name and claim to fame Woody looking goody, it’s all boogie to beat beat beat With deceit seat seeded and conceit’s teeth gleamin The truth gets diluted to me me me
Congrats to Deanna and Nick on their new baby, Vivianna! What a doll! Gotta give a shout-out to the very protective Farley ( best dog name ever, BTW) who made sure to let me know he was on close guard of the new precious matter in the house :)
Philly is the best place for a stroll with your sweetheart. There are so many cool alleys, funky streets, and historical sites that it’s hard to choose where to start. I had a lot of fun kicking around Elferths Alley and Old City with Rachel and Randy. These two have a great connection and had natural smiles every are they were close, making for some lovely images!
I’m excited about their wedding in Philly next March
Welcome, Maverick! Also, welcome Katie and Ron to the no-sleep club, lol.
It was really great to see the new parents again and meet their little guy, at their lovely new home on a hot spring day. The last time we met, it was a rainy day in a greenhouse for their maternity session, and the time before that was a totally perfectly cool day at the shore for their wedding. These two will make amazing parents and I look forward to the next time we meet. Maybe it will have to be while it snowing to cover all the weather conditions. :)
Fun fact: Katie’s mom used to tutor Jalen in the library one summer. She would reward him with gum when he did well. To this day, he loves gum and his grades have never been better!
See their intimate beach wedding – here – and greenhouse maternity session – here –
Summertime is here and in full effect! I met Kelsey and Jon for a bright and sunny portrait session in their neighborhood, Collingswood. In Copper River Park we had a few guests jump in the frame, can you spot the fly shot? After kicking it in the park for a few, we headed into town and stopped by Bespoke to check out their very excellent selection of home goods and house plants before wandering around Main Street.
I look forward to connecting with these two again in the fall for their wedding day!
Percy - Party of Four! Seana, Frank, and Maxine have a new member of the team - Xavier!
It’s always a pleasure to meet up with and photograph this fam jam. Next time we are going to chill and listen to records! Do you think they have ” Baby Shark” on wax? lol
