derek, emily the sun and the super moon

I wanted to get this up as a sneak on the eve of my next day’s wedding. Last Saturday was a festive/beautiful day for not only Derek and Emily but the world as they celebrated Cinco de Mayo, Poslki Day (if your from my parts) and a”super” moon or unusually large moon because of it’s proximity to earth. I can’t tell you how fun Derek and Emily were as well as their families you will just have to wait for the full blog post…. But it was over the moon!

jack on film

My cousin Jack recently turned 30!  I took him and his beautiful wife aside for a few minutes at his birthday party to snap a few frames with my new film camera.  I love this new camera and I cannot wait to shoot more film!

boys, boys, boys

Can’t get enough of these two cuties!

SNAP Photography with the First Lady!

I had the immense honor of taking photos of First Lady Michelle Obama with donors at a local fundraiser last month!  I cannot say enough good things about Mrs. Obama and her entire team–everyone was super nice and great to work with.  It was such an amazing experience Anna and I will treasure!

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film and spring are back

Winter is a time of relaxation and rejuvenation for a photographer. I find the cold winter months are calm and peaceful and a time to do all the household projects that have been piling up around my busy season. But it is also a time to recharge and I really felt like I needed some refreshment this winter. My creative juices were not flowing as the normally do and I needed some sort of push. It had seemed to me that everything that could ever be done was done, I wanted some originality.  It’s no secret I’m a fan of some very prominent film shooters (namely Jose Villa) and others like him. I picked up a medium format and I started shooting 120 film. So I wanted to show why I like it so much and have fun with the process. There is a method to film that is lost on digital and I wanted that art back!

This was shot at Loose Park before the pink trees so quickly changed to green. Stella being her model self. I love the creaminess of the color, no photoshop just lovely light on Fuji 400H.

Then I took some in my neighbor’s backyard, they have a fabulous garden and my kids were so funny. Look at the color, I wish you could see the actual prints the computer does not do it justice! Here is what I call Will’s super hero look (in his new glasses).

And he is also really in to all things music. He is a harmonica player that is also really into 80′s hair bands so watch out world, I’ve never heard of the combo, but he may just make it work.

And lastly Stella Bean doing her thing, all of these on Velvia 50.