Joy Moody

Baby Abigail Session 1

2008-08-21T12:18:00.002-04:00

Last week I had the pleasure of spending time with Ross, Margo and baby Abigail. Abigail was two weeks old last week and oh so adorable. She was very sleepy as most newborns are but we did have some good awake time with her. Mom and Dad are so excited to have her around, its so nice to watch the bonding of baby and new parents.

Tiny hands

Tiny head

Tiny feet

She is so adorable. I love her expression here.

The new family

Wondering what this lady is doing with that big camera.

As new parents I think this is what they do the majority of the time, look in wonder and amazement at Abigail. I don't blame them.

We can not forget the other children.
The cats were very curious and took quite the liking to me and the camera.

This was our first of three sessions to document Abigail's first year. I am so excited to watch her grow and watch this family grow. Looking forward to our next visit. Until then.

Slideshow

Alicia & Dave E-Session

2008-08-19T18:24:00.003-04:00

Last Sunday amidst all the thunderstorms rolling through the area I met up with Alicia and Dave for their engagement session at Chadds Ford Winery. This was my first time meeting them in person (they live in D.C.) and I couldn't be more excited to put a name to the face and even more excited that they are totally adorable. We readied ourselves for the shoot by starting off with a wine tasting. It was perfect to get to know each other and calm some nerves. I highly recommend going to Chadds Ford, not only do they have some really good wine but their tasting was extremely generous. We could have hung out a lot longer but since we actually needed to take some pictures we steadied ourselves, sorta, I think we tried 13 wines? It was the perfect getting to know you time.

Now on to picture time!
I have a lot of favorites from the session but this one is at the top of the list.

Awesome stainless holding tanks.

Dave brought along a little surprise for Alicia, their football jerseys! She is an Eagles fan, he is a Patriots fan so he thought it would be fun to stir things up a bit. I would love to be a fly on the wall when their teams play each other. There are more fun shots in the slideshow.

Another top contender for favorite of the day.

The management at Chadds Ford was very gracious to take us down to the cellar for some photos. I even gained an assistant to hold some lights for me.

Love this one by the barrels.
Continuing some moody lighting.

I have been lovin these engagement sessions. I come away from each one with a big smile on my face, so happy to have so many awesome couples to work with.

Alicia and Dave you guys are adorable, make sure to let me know when you are in town again.

Slideshow

Ashley & Matt E-Session

2008-08-16T11:21:00.005-04:00

Last Saturday after a fun session with Crystal and Chris we headed over to the east side to meet up with Ashley & Matt. We met them at Frank restaurant which is where they first met. Matt used to work there and Ashely lived right around the corner. We had some drinks and hung out a little at their table. Ashley even wore the shirt she had on when they first met. It is a cute place and the food that was coming out of the kitchen smelled divine!

I wanted to put a little something together to get the all around feel of Frank's

They did a quick wardrobe change and we headed to the park around the corner from their apartment.

I just love this one, Ashley has beautiful brown eyes.

Matt is a total goof ball but he is super handsome and has a great smile

mmm buttery flare

Matt is in the process of opening a new restaurant in Brooklyn so we thought it would be perfect to incorporate that into the shoot. Its going to be so cool for them to look back at these when everything is finished. As of last Saturday they still didn't have a name nailed down but once I find out the name I will be sure to update this post. I had a lot of fun playing with some different lighting techniques and mixing things up a bit. Its one of my goals this year to be a little more experimental with artificial light, get some moody into it ya know.

**up date! The restaurants name is No. 7**

We could not forget the smittens! Ashley's mom got the smittens for them and when Matt proposed during a hike he put the ring in the shared smitten hand for Ashley to find.

Too freaking cute.

Again, such a fun day. We also had amazing meals with both couples from Saturday, it was a tasty day. I am so glad we were able to travel to NYC and capture important things for each couple. Matt cracks me up, you will see some of his character come out in the slideshow. They are getting married in October at the Appleford estate in Philadelphia. Can't wait to see you guys again, hopefully I will see you before the wedding if we can get up for the restaurant opening.
Thanks again to Don for second shooting and assisting me throughout the day. Some of the shots in the slideshow are from him. Isn't he a great well rounded boyfriend?

Slideshow

Crystal & Chris E-Session

2008-08-15T20:21:00.002-04:00

Last Saturday Don and I headed up to NYC for two awesome engagement sessions. We met Crystal and Chris first in Times Square. They really wanted to incorporate the city into the shoot and we had a fantastic time. At the very start of the shoot we had a bit of a shoe malfunction as they were running across the street Crystals shoe strap broke! But luckily Don had a safety pin on him and Chris ran to the drug store for some tape. Go figure, these things happen but we made the best of it.

Crystal and Chris will be getting married in Philadelphia at the Academy of Fine Arts in September. I am really looking forward to seeing them again, we had a great time on Saturday.

Now on to some photos!

I love the motion in this image, one of my favorites from the day.

Nothing could be more New York than hailing a cab.
OK, so maybe the Naked Cowboy is becoming part of the NYC culture. He was a little upset when we didn't actually want to pose with him, we just wanted him in the background. But we did take some of the traditional tourist shots with him, you will see in the slideshow.
$2.00 well spent.
From Times Square we headed over to the Brooklyn Pominade. Crystal went to Law School in Brooklyn and so this was familiar territory. Everything about Saturday was perfect, beautiful people, perfect temperature and white puffy clouds.
Love all the elements in this image, the sky, the couple and the shadows.
SexyJazz hands!
Ha ha, Chris has this thing with jazz hands. I really enjoy their playfulness in this image.

We had so much fun, and I can't wait to see them again. Don did a little second shooting and some assisting for me, the only reason I was able to get some awesome shots of them with the sky behind them. A few of his images made it into the slideshow as well! I am so happy he was able to go up with me. He had a great time and really enjoyed meeting everyone.

Enjoy the Slideshow

Sura & John E-Session

2008-08-12T20:25:00.005-04:00

Thursday evening I spent some time with Sura and John. Their wedding is in September and after hanging out with them again on Thursday I am even more excited for it now. They are such a fun and cute couple, lots of personality. Not to mention they followed directions well and took some chances for the sake of the image. Love that.

We started off at CHOP, they both work in emergency there and its also where they met. So it was a no brainer to take some photos there. We then went to Elfreth's Alley for some essential old city Philly photos and they were excited to go to Logan fountain at the end. The fountain was very fun, check in the slideshow for more images. We all got a tad wet but it was worth it.

I think I made them run across the street five times to get this particular shot. One of those things when you get it in your head you must have it. I have always loved that National sign and I pictured them just like this in mid air. cool.

I love this little series.
Shows a lot of their personalities.

I think one of my favorites from the day.Fun with feet.
Cool alley way, somehow the fire escapes reminded me of Italy.

Slideshow
(Sorry if it stalls a bit in the middle, not sure why its doing that.)

Over the Rainbow

2008-08-11T11:35:00.002-04:00

So last night Mr. PhotoJoe hosted another pizza night, mmmm. After about a month of figuring out dates that were good for everyone we finally got together. Storms were crazy yesterday but they also brought a nice present. I think Joe's kids ran around the neighborhood looking for the pot of gold. I don't think they struck it rich though.

So here was our crew, the Kielinski's Carver, Kyle and Linette, then me, Ryan in the green, Joe and his lady and my Donald. Joe's other lady friend is trying to peek through and I am sorry I don't remember their names. I am horrible. Thanks again for a lovely evening.

I am taking the day off today. I just got back from a lovely, yet hard, yoga class and am going to run out the door to hang with Linette and Carver today. It has been a whirl wind over the last couple of days and I have 4 really fun engagement shoots to share this week. So even though I have a mound of editing to do I need a bit of down time. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend, it was absolutely gorgeous! Could not have asked for better weather.

Have a great day.

Blooming Wax Plant

2008-08-08T10:36:00.002-04:00

My wax plant is blooming and it is so unusual that I thought I would share. My mom gave me a clipping of her plant years ago and it took forever for mine to produce a bloom. My mom's still out blooms mine.

Its very interesting though, it sends off these shoots and they look like little wax beads or something.
This is what it looks like before it blooms

Here it is in full bloom, spectacular isn't it?

I think the underside is just as interesting, I love the star shape.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-08-05T19:23:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to send some birthday wishes out to my Mom today! She hits a milestone at 65 today!

Here is a recent photo I swiped from her blog with Geoff when she was in Hawaii a few weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Mom, I hope you had a fun filled day. Love you.

Melissa & Mike

2008-08-05T15:12:00.003-04:00

A few weeks ago Melissa, Mike and I headed out to do another engagement session with just them this time. Last time we did a family style shoot but we wanted to concentrate on just the two of them a little more this time around. Not to mention it was awesome to hang out with them for a few hours and get caught up with just the grown ups.

Of course we picked a hot and humid day, but what can ya do? They braved the weather wonderfully and a quick stop at Starbucks helped revitalize us.

Here are some of my favorites.

We were out in Yardley and I just love these old houses.

I wanted to get a head shot for each of them. Man love Melissa's eyes. I have some ideas brewing for her wedding day and those eyes!

A little behind the scenes action here courtesy of Mike while he was holding my camera.

Not only am I a photographer but I can also fix broken necklaces, bustle dresses, fix make-up, tie bows, design invitations, menus and much much more!

Melissa and Mike will be tying the knot this September and I can hardly wait. I will be doing double duty at the wedding, wedding photographer for the first part of the day and guest at the reception. Melissa has been a very good friend for years and really wanted me to be a part of her big day in both ways. It will be fun and I am so excited for her.

Love you guys! Enjoy your slideshow

Jumble of stuff

2008-08-03T23:19:00.003-04:00

Ok, I have a few tid bits of info to throw out there. So this post is just a mish mosh of thoughts.

First, Jilly had her baby boy today, 8.6 lbs! Woohoo! He has no name as of this very moment and I can not wait to see what it will be. There are a handful in consideration. Her film will be ready on Wednesday so can't wait to see what we got from the belly shoot, man the timing on that could not have been any closer.

Love ya Willy!Today we got to hang out with the RRSC for Dylan and Calebs first birthday party! These guys are getting so big and being twins they could not be any different. They have surely grown, a few days old and six months old! Yes we are a tad late celebrating the birthday but everybody has been super busy. Here are the birthday boys, I will be posting more later.
I had to snag this just because from Ryan's blog. Not too often I am in a photo these days. We had a good Philly PUG BBQ on Thursday and it was great to see so many people make it out. I never even had the chance to eat anything because I was talking too much. He has more photos from the evening at his blog as well.
PhotoJoe, me and Miss Jackie Bayne

I will be out of the office all day tomorrow attending the AltF workshop out in Lancaster. Looking forward to it. I promise to have Melissa & Mike's slideshow up this week, I know I know its been two weeks, I will be caught up after I get that posted.

A lot of you have asked and sent your good thoughts about our house, I just wanted to say thank you so much! There has only been one day since it has been on the market that we have not had a showing. Hopefully we will soon hear good news. Keep thinking good thoughts!

OK, thats it for now! Have a great week.

2nd shooting with Jackie Bayne for Pam & Chris Wedding

2008-08-01T11:47:00.003-04:00

On July 12 I had the honor of second shooting for the awesome Miss Jackie Bayne on Pam & Chris's wedding. It was such a fun day and Pam & Chris were at the top of their game. I really enjoyed shooting with Jackie. Its always good to work with other photographers, you learn something new every time. Not to mention its just really awesome to see how other people work. You absolutely have to go to Jackies blog and check out her post on this wedding.

Pam wore a gorgeous Vera Wang gown.
Seriously stunning.

Some mighty fine looking groomsmen.

Pam is a photographers dream. Black hair, blue eyes and a whole lot of spunk.
She knew how to work the camera like I have never seen before.

I love her touch of black nail polish.

Funny thing about this yellow VW is that I know the guy who owns it.
Its a small world and the car played a key part in the day.

They are such a great looking couple

Last one, check out Jackies site to see more from their day. They are going to have a devil of a time choosing images for their album. I love this one of her walking. Timeless.

Thanks again Jackie for inviting me out to shoot with you. It was a blast, you rock! I look forward to shooting with you again.

CT PUG retreat

2008-07-31T15:26:00.002-04:00

The last few days I have had the pleasure of hanging out with some awesome photographers up in Connecticut, well we were actually in Massachusetts just over the CT border. Amanda Harris was our gracious host and I am in love with her cabin. Over the past year I have developed some wonderful friendships with the Connecticut Pictage base of photographers and whenever I can I try to make it up to events that they hold. It was really awesome getting to spend a few days with everyone and make many new connections along the way. I didn't go picture crazy, besides my obsession with the flowers.... But I did put together a few that sum up the visit.

Here is the cabin, the view of the club house from the doc, Mr. Justin Marantz paddlin in the lake and the reflection of an awesome sunset in the water. Oh so peaceful.

Love my bumble bee. I might make a large canvas print of this one.

Jo recreating an Australian shampoo commercial. Lovely water swirl.

More flowers, what can I say I like colorful pretty things.

Its been so nice these past few weeks just taking off to visit friends and travel. Its always good to have some inspirational time with photographer peers as well. I am still working on some goal setting, my 101 in 1001. Its harder than you might think. I need visits like these to keep me on my toes.

I am getting back in motion today, I am super tired though. A nap might be in order.

Come up with a caption for this one.

2008-07-27T23:35:00.004-04:00

I know you can come up with some fun captions, lets hear em!

The above couple are the lovely Melissa and Mike who are getting married in September. We went out last weekend for another engagement shoot, our first one included their adorable daughter Ellena. We thought it would be fun to get some of just the two of them and it was good hanging out time for all of us. I am still a tad backed up from being away last week and that will continue since I will be away again most of this week!

You guys should have some fun with this one until I return on Thursday. I just crack up every time I look at that image.

Have a great week!

Lydia & Pat's engagement Session

2008-07-26T19:25:00.005-04:00

Lydia and Pat are such a fun couple. We met up last Friday to roam around Rittenhouse. We found a bunch of cool little spots and they even got in the fountain for me. I got in too, it was actually refreshing. They both went to school in Philadelphia but didn't meet until they were working in Baltimore. They just moved back here so its an exciting time for them to get to know the city together again.

Lydia can totally work the camera! She kept cracking me up she was soo good, which then made her crack up. I loved it because she has such an expressive laugh.

I LOVED this mural. Oh I can't resist those colors.

The owner to this house happened to be arriving home when we were on his stoop. At first we just thought he was watching us but he was flattered and patiently waited while we took a few more shots. I really enjoyed this stoop.

I think this is one of my favorites from the evening. Just something about it.

They are getting married coming up in August at the Pearl S. Buckhouse and will begin my marathon of weddings into the fall.
Totally excited, I have had a nice break and will be ready to jump right in.

Check out their slideshow

Visiting Jilly

2008-07-26T08:35:00.004-04:00

Earlier this week I went up to NYC to visit my good friend Jill who is very pregnant. We had been going back and forth trying to figure out a good time to visit for the past few months. I called her on Friday because I had been thinking about her a lot and just so happens that she took 2 days off of work to get stuff done around her apartment in preparation for this baby. I rearranged some things in my calendar and headed up on Monday to lend a helping hand.

Jilly is due 8-8-08

She has the typical small apartment in New York, well a tad larger since she is actually in Yonkers but you get the drift. She had a ton of box's and bags of gifts from her shower that didn't have homes yet. I helped to organize a little, never thought I would be helping someone else organize! We made plenty of trips to return and exchange things as well. I think we made a good dent in things and I can rest a little easier knowing I was able to help with something that would have taken her ages to do.

We did do a belly shoot, of course! Jilly has been around since I started doing this and its not everyday when good friend is pregnant. I haven't had a chance to take the film in so it will be a few weeks until we see anything from her shoot. We did a few fun ones with the digital but most of the visit thats exactly what we did, visited.

It was really fun to see her pregnant. Her belly is super cute, so round and compact! You would never know she was pregnant from behind, aside from the little waddle, or when she lays on her side. Its crazy! OOh we did get pedicures too, which was wonderful on our sore feet and especially Jilly's poor feet. Its crazy to think that the next time I see her she will have a new person in her life. This kid is going to have the best mom and such a fun filled childhood. Jill is the program director for the Central Park day camp, and has been doing camps since I can remember. I would go to visit her in Delaware when she worked on the boyscouts camp during the summers. So you can imagine what a fun and adventurous person she already is and the kids all already love her, just add her own child to that mix and watch out! Oh boy!

Jill, so excited for you and so proud of all you do!

I am continuing to get caught up today. I will be out of town again this week! I am going up to Connecticut to hang out with some photographers for a little retreat, really looking forward to it. Then I get to hang out for a day with my fun couple and friends Jess and Chris. I love that I can do this sort of stuff! I have an awesome job.

Baby Titus, session 1

2008-07-25T14:34:00.003-04:00

It has been a crazy week for me. I am pretty tardy on my slideshows at the moment. Sorry about that! I am catching up now though and watch out! As you can see I have fixed our internet problem. One apple extreme station later and we are up and uploading!
Last Friday I got to meet baby Titus for the first time. I am very excited that I get to see him three more times over the course of the year. I am doing babies first year coverage for Maygan and Dan. Its going to be very exciting watching Titus grow up as well as everyone as a family.

Titus, which is such an awesome strong name, is always hungry.
He is going to grow up to be a big boy!

For scale, it will be fun to watch him grow.

He is very alert.

One happy family, minus a scardie cat dog. :)

I really enjoy this little moment.

Maygan and Dan's mothers were visiting as well. This is a pretty special grandchild. It was wonderful to meet them and I am so happy they were there for Titus's first photo session.

Your slideshow

Internet problems over here.

2008-07-25T08:59:00.002-04:00

Between house showings and our home network being down we are a bit swamped! Just wanted to let everyone who is waiting for their blog posts and slideshows know that we are without internet. I think the storm the other night fried my wireless router, drats! Its seriously killing me.

Thank goodness for the iphone in these time of desperate measure!

House for Sale!

2008-07-23T13:34:00.003-04:00

Our house is for Sale!

We have been hard at work getting this house ready for market. It officially went up on Friday. Know of anyone who is interested in a great house, tons of charm, updated and close to the city?
Here is a little description:
Move right in to this fabulous home with classic details and modern conveniences. Plus, there’s a giant 800 sqft detached garage for contractors, car collectors or hobbyist! Architectural details – 9’6” ceilings, tall windows, orig. woodwork, random width h/w floors, door knobs, and more – have been preserved. Spacious L/R opens to the D/R, making one large bright and airy living space. Newly installed kitchen with retro charm. Abundant storage & new appliances make this kitchen a luxury to use. French doors access a sunny laundry rm with storage, greenhouse window & new half bath. The 200 sqft backyard is also accessed by a breezeway allowing light and a cooling breeze into the house. The master bedroom is open and bright and has abundant closet space. Full bsmt has lots of storage. New 200 amp electrical service, outlets and wiring. Convenient location off the main road, but close to shopping, Hinge Café, and the famous Tacconelli’s Pizza. Enjoy neighborhood living with easy access to I-95 and Center City.

We have put a ton of work into this place. Don has done such a fantastic job preserving the architectural integrity. We have used a lot of rescued materials to bring this place back to life and into the modern age. I will certainly miss it, but we are hoping to find ourselves a home with some land. We need to feel some grass between our feet, and so does our pooch. We most likely be moving about 45 minutes out of the city. I will update when we find our new home. Here's hoping our house will be a hot ticket for someone in this unstable market.

Take a tour of our house!

Living room looking to the back of the house.

Dining room

Dining room looking to the front of the house.

The kitchen.
This is the gem of the house. Rescued 1950's cabinets, 1922 cast iron double basin sink, restored Gaffers & Sattler oven, NOS kitchenaid dishwasher, and 1920's subway tile. The floor and counter tops are round penny tile. Notice our custom wine rack? There is also a custom spice rack and a pot filler over the stove. I will miss this kitchen tremendously.

Another view of the kitchen looking towards the back of the house and the laundry room.

Master Bedroom

Master bedroom, different angle. You can see my office through the door on the left.

My office.

New downstairs bathroom.

Upstairs bathroom

So there ya go. Pass along the information to anyone you think may be interested. I will provide updates as they happen. We have our first showing tomorrow!

Fox Philly's HOT list voting time again!

2008-07-23T09:45:00.003-04:00

Last year I was very surprised and excited to place 3rd in the Fox Philly Hotlist! It is now starting all over again for 2008. Lets see if I can do it again this year!

Vote for me!

Julie Pete & Logan Family Engagement

2008-07-16T15:46:00.002-04:00

Friday evening I spent some time with Pete, Julie and Logan. Pete and Julie are getting married in August and instead of doing a more traditional engagement session we decided to make it a family affair. Logan pretty much called the shots on this shoot, we followed him and did what he wanted to do. He moves quick too! We went on a walk through the neighborhood and then down to love park. The light Friday night was a dream.

This is one good looking family don't ya think?

Mr. Logan all grown up in his little car just chillin.

I always enjoy letting the kids loose and seeing what they do, you had to keep a close eye on this guy though. I like that you can see Pete making sure the little man was ok.

Amazing light like I said. I think this is my favorite color family photo of the day.

I had to include this one because I can't tell you how excited I am to see these guys on their wedding day. Julie is amazingly gorgeous. I love this image, she didn't even know I took it.

It was great spending time with you guys.
We are going to have a great time on the wedding day.

Slideshow

Stretch

2008-07-15T00:22:00.005-04:00

I am sorry I have been a bad blogger. I actually don't even like saying the word blogger, anyway... I have been busy. We have a ton of things on our plate at the house at the moment, which I will reveal soon enough.

Today I started a yoga class. It is high time I get myself back in a routine of activity. I have really let myself go over the past year and I am really not comfortable in my own body. An under active thyroid does not help matters in the slightest and it tends to leave me feeling very sluggish. But excuses excuses la-di-da. The class today was very good. I have never taken yoga on a regular basis but I think its exactly what I need right now to wake my body up. I also need the group activity. I can not be trusted to go to the gym alone, I think thats my other problem. I got too bored with my routine and could not bump myself out of it. I need motivation. I miss the good ole days of meeting Christina to go to the gym before work at Drexel.

In thinking about yoga I am actually quite sore from being out shooting with Miss Jackie Bayne this weekend and I also came across this image Ryan sent to me a few months back. I was out shooting Carina and Ron's wedding with him and he grabbed this oh so flattering photo of me. Kinda looks like one of the yoga poses I did today. I will have to pay extra attention in class to apply more poses to my shooting technique.
Here's hoping I can find my center again and get back on the active track of life.

Don't be stupid like me.

2008-07-11T11:37:00.005-04:00

If you have an iphone and want to update it to the new software don't do it today. I should totally know better, what did I learn supporting Mac software all those years? Never update software on the first day in case of glitches. I was excited and as a result I am sitting with an unusable iphone right now until Apples servers can catch up.

find out all you need to know here:
iPhone 2.0 update problems

So if you are trying to contact me, I have no phone right now and won't until I can finish the update on my iphone. Who knows when that will be.

Learn from my mistakes. WAIT to UPDATE!

**EDIT**
After 4 hours I am finally back up. ahhh.

ID8 Scooter Rally wrap up.

2008-07-07T09:59:00.004-04:00

We have been in scooter rally mode since Thursday. Every year the Philadelphia scooter community Hostile City hosts their Independence day rally. People from all over come here to participate. It is quite the site to see dozens and dozens of scooters out on the road. Maybe some of you saw us this weekend?
I took it easy this year as far a photos were concerned, last year I went a little crazy. This year I visited with people a little more and my camera straps are packed away so the camera stayed in the bag for the group rides. If you are curious to see more photos from the day everybody posts their images on scoot.net. I hope that next year I will be riding my own scooter, actually I hope that by next month I will be riding my scooter! It is almost ready for the road.

You always see some pretty crazy bikes out at these rallies. This is Sole Runner Steve's bike, the Sole Runners are known for taking their bikes down to the bone.

A family from New York brought their two children with them. They had the cutest little side car attached to their bike and the kiddos could not have been any cuter.
Here is a future scooter girl, she reminds me of a mini Bjork!

Another Sole Runner, Quincy. They are too damn cool.

I like the little details

Not every scooter has to be shinny and new to be gorgeous.

The last day was very emotional as everyone said goodbye. This was particularly sad because Jamie and Nick are moving back to Denver and will be missed by all.

Remember to check out scoot.net if you want to see more from the weekends events.
I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday.

quick video of people heading out on the long ride Saturday.

Baby Ari

2008-07-03T08:47:00.003-04:00

Tuesday I finally got to meet baby Ari. His mom and I have been in contact since October about it was finally time to schedule a shoot for him. This little man is a riot. It took him a few minutes to figure me out, we woke him up from a nap and he was very skeptical of me at first. He warmed up pretty quick though and we got down to some good ole playing.

Meet baby Ari

Hanging with mom in the rocker but cracking up at dad off to the side.

There are some fun sequences in the slideshow of mom and dad giving Ari a ride.

I particularly enjoy this image all by itself.

Ari has one of the most animated smiles I have seen.

I loved this bed.

This is my favorite family shot of the day.

So much fun you guys. It was great to meet you!
Have a wonderful 4th of July.

Jess & Chris 6-21-2008

2008-06-29T19:22:00.003-04:00

I can hardly believe that is was just last Saturday that Chris and Jess got married. It still feels like it was yesterday. I believe I said it before but I will say it again everything about their day was beautiful and perfect! The wedding was held in Bennington Vermont in Chris's parents back yard. It was gorgeous. Many of the flowers came from Chris's Mom's garden and the rest came from The Tuscan Sunflower and the Bennington Garden Club's Chrysalis designs. This was a "green" theme wedding all around. Jess wore a Hemp wedding dress from rawganique and we are going to be re-using part of the dress for her wedding album. Melinda Kronfeld a very good friend of Jess and Chris and a member of the ECSC made the cake and desserts. The cake had a lemon icing and the tarts were to die for. She did a fantastic job. The caterer, Thyme Tables, out did themselves. The dinner was simply yummy and they used all organic locally grown vegetables, and free range chickens. Peak DJ kept them on their feet all night. So many people put so much work into this wedding and it all really paid off. It was so special for them to get married in Chris's parents back yard.
OK, I know you are anxious to see some photos so lets get to it! All these images were taken in the back yard.

I love this image and the barn.

A special hankie made specially for Jess.

So much of the day had a vintage feel to it so I really wanted to carry that forward in the photos.

Very proud for Don for capturing this moment.

The Elm City Scooter Club in their glory!

A lovely kiss during the speeches.

We became friends with Jess, Chris and the whole ECSC crew a few years ago at a scooter rally. I can truthfully say that I am so happy to have such an awesome friendship with them and so honored to be at the wedding to document the union of two special people. We will see them this coming weekend at the Philly scooter rally and I can not wait! Love you guys.

The song in the slideshow is what they came down the isle to after getting hitched, its fast, its fun and it fits them perfectly.