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Coming Soon | Lauren & Anthony

Dawn and I first met Lauren & Anthony for coffee at our local Starbucks.  We all talked and laughed and  immediately enjoyed each others company.  Leading up to her wedding, Lauren had kept in touch with us  through numerous unique, personalized and perfectly hand written cards.  I still have them all in my office!  So, when their wedding came around, we just knew that this one would be special.

Lauren & Anthony held their wedding this past fall at Congress Hall in Cape May, New Jersey.  It was an absolutely gorgeous day.  These two just had so much fun together.  Which in turn rubbed off on everyone in attendance.  They must have been sore the next day from smiling and laughing constantly.  I mean, just count the number of times they smile in the following clip!  Congratulations you guys!  There is much more to come.

PS: Keep an eye out for photographer, Kamila Harris working it for my camera as well!  Like I said....we all had fun.

Toys for Tots

Last Saturday I was asked by Jenn Childress to come along and shoot a short video of her "Feel Good Package" toy shopping spree.  Jenn offered a "free" wedding photography package to a couple in 2009 provided that they donate the money that would have normally gone to Jenn. 

Megan and John were that lucky couple.  We all met on Saturday morning and shopped till we dropped! Well at least until our money ran out.  It was all for a good cause as the toys we purchased that morning were donated to needy children through the Marine's Toys for Tots program.  We all had a fun morning and Meagan & John can feel good knowing that they helped to make Christmas that much happier for many kids in need.  Thanks for having us Jenn! And big thanks to Megan & John.  Enjoy the video!

A Christmas Carol from me in 1977

We are very fortunate in our family to have had my dad be so conscientious with his record keeping of my sister and I as little children. While we were growing up my dad was NEVER without a camera in his hand. This is probably why today, I am NEVER without a camera in MY hand. Because of all of the photos and film/video that my dad captured from years ago, we now have such gems as the following Super-8 film clip on hand in the vaults of our family archives.
This is but one clip from one Christmas. There are many, many more like this one....some even more embarrassing and telling of who I really am. This is from my grandparent's house on Christmas day in 1977. I was 2 and a half. My sister, Meredith was just about 4 months old. Merry Christmas. Enjoy!

Married | Shannon & Dave

I assisted Jenn Childress in photographing Shannon & Dave's wedding this past weekend. This time we were at Cairnwood in Bryn Athyn, PA for both the wedding ceremony and the reception. Jenn and I got to spend a lot of time with Shannon and Dave after the reception as we were running around Philadelphia until almost 2:00 AM. Check out Jenn's blog for some of the night time shots. I was unable to take any as I was acting as the human light stand during the night shoot. Thanks Jenn!! 

And a special thanks to Erin Proud of Proud to Plan for helping everything to go so smoothly.  Erin and her staff are ALWAYS great to work with.  We even worked together during my own wedding as Erin was our coordinator too!

I never found out who designed these programs for Shannon & Dave. But they were very cool.

The balconys at Cairnwood provide some interesting Vantage points. This is during Shannon & Dave's first dance as Husband and Wife.

Tom of Magical Sight and Sound was responsible for the beautiful lighting both outside and inside Cairnwood.

Electric Boogaloo!!!

Getting pretty Jiggy wit It....almost double jointed wit it!

The Bro-nanza.

Married | Erin & John

Erin & John were married last week in Philadelphia. I assisted Jenn Childress in photographing their wedding. While Jenn spent some time with the girls, I started at the church. We all finished the reception out with dancing at The Merion in Cinnaminson, New Jersey. Thanks for having me along Jenn. Congratulations to the newlyweds, Erin & John.

Obviously there were quite a few Pittsburgh Steelers fans in the house.

But, Erin was representin' with a Phillies Fan Finger.

Erin sharing a dance with her dad.

Dancing or Fighting?

The last dance of the night was a group serenade of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing". It was a great way to end a great day!