So excited to introduce you to our friends Greg + Nakia. Lauren and I have really enjoyed getting to know these two since we met them and got to spend some time with them on the engagement shoot. We spent an evening in mid October in downtown Lancaster for their shoot which is always a fun place to shoot. Enjoy some of our favorites from their session!
So I learned a valuable lesson on this engagement shoot and it has nothing do with photography. The lesson? Never ever drive in to Washington DC. Ever. In all seriousness it wasn’t that bad but after leaving myself plenty of time to get there, I was still late, and I was almost in 3 different car accidents on the highway. All that aside, I was so excited to get to shoot in DC and to spend some time with Kurt and Kylee. I shot Kylee’s sister’s wedding last year so I’m starting to really love their family! Kurt used to play for and is now a scout for the DC United and they live right outside DC and got engaged at the Washington Monument so ofcourse we had to get some shots with that in the background. Thanks to my buddy Eric Burkert for coming along to assist on the shoot!
Here are some of my favorites…
This is a blog I’ve been anxious to get up since I shot the wedding. Gabe and Stephanie are a beautiful couple and I was honored to get to capture their wedding day. Truly, I think they could be featured in a magazine. We had such a fun time on their wedding day, despite a small and eventful setback at the Horticultural Center, we didn’t let it effect the time we had to get some amazing photos. We couldn’t have asked for better weather and a better day. Thank you, too, to my awesome assistant, Elizabeth Licitra, who second shot for the day.
Here are some of my favorites from the day!
This was one of the first engagement shoots I did this fall and I was so excited to get to do this downtown in Lancaster. I always enjoy getting to walk around town and create on the spot – Andy and Emily were filled with awesome ideas and had such a great time being part of the creative process. I can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year, and also…Adam, Emily, I apologize for having us walk almost 3 miles that day…sometimes I just get carried away!
Here are some of my favorites from the day!
You know how sometimes you just meet people and you think, “Wow, I feel like I could just call them up and we could go get a beer or something” ? Yeah, that’s Keith and Allie. We had a blast walking around Chestnut Hill with them doing their engagement session. Also, Keith is an accomplished musician and arranger, so there were a couple photos in here for his business. They were a blast to get to shoot and I can’t wait for their wedding next year!
Here are some of our favorites from the shoot!
We were so honored to do this photo shoot for our good friends, Lenny and Erin. We went to college with them both at Eastern University where Lauren lived on the same hall as Erin during Erin’s freshman year – the same year that Lauren and I met. Lenny and Erin had a beautiful baby girl, Olivia, a little over a year ago. Olivia, as we discovered, is such a beautiful ball of happiness. She and our son Andy have very similar personalities. So much so that we kind of think that if they were next door neighbors, lots of mischief would go down…lots.
Here are some of our favorites from the shoot!
I love my clients. No really, like I LOVE them. First off, they are all incredibly loyal, encouraging, and supportive. Andrew and Kelsie have been no exception. I shot their wedding back in 2010 and ever since they have been some of our biggest advocates. We always love getting to catch up with them and when they asked us to do some family photos with their BEAUTIFUL little girl, Adelle (who, by the way, has the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.) Their family shoot was a blast and I was so happy with the pictures. The only hiccup in the whole thing was one of the most awkward moments I’ve ever had when trespassing on property to get a good shot – glad Andrew and Kelsie got to witness me being about as awkard and unprofessional as I could possibly be. Man that was uncomfortable.
Enjoy some of our favorites from their shoot!
I’m really excited about sharing this blog because of the personal connection I have with David. I met David and his family in 2006 when I was helping with the youth group at our church, then in Elverson. At the time David was in Jr. High so to even be taking his senior portraits is somewhat scary since it just goes to prove how much time has passed in what seems so short. David is an incredible musician and a talented athlete who loves to run. It’s been an honor for me to watch David grow and mature in his faith in the time that I’ve known him and to be just a small part of that has been a privilege as a youth and bible study leader. His heart is genuine and humble and I have always appreciated the role he has played in the lives of his peers. He and his family are very dear to Lauren and I and I know I speak for all of us when I say that we can’t wait to see where God is leading him as he begins the next leg of his journey.
Here are some of our favorites from the shoot.
Believe it or not this was my first time doing an official shoot at the beach and it was a blast! We were so lucky the rain held off the whole time we shot. Joe and Jess were a blast to work with and I can’t wait to shoot their wedding next year in downtown Philly! This was fun for us to shoot because we got to take the ferry from Delaware that day into NJ to meet Joe and Jess in Avalon. Then our dear friend, Dale Pagenkopf, helped us out with by assisting on the shoot. Was the last time we got to see her before she moved across the country to Colorado. Anyways, here’s a few of our favorites from their session.
