September 23, 2010

Ladies Suprise Gift Idea for your Hubby on Wedding Night!

So all you soon to be brides...do I have an idea for you!   Surprise the hell out of your man after the happiest day of your life with a little something something.  I came to Barbara's house one Wednesday afternoon for our glamor photo shoot.   Barb was really nervous as most of the women who I photograph in this nature are.   We picked out her 3 outfits I got my portable studio set up in a spare bedroom, and we started to shoot and have fun capturing some looks that Barb had never seen of herself before. 
A majority of women who I photograph for a glamor look all see the final product of themselves and cannot believe it is them.
Barbara and I decided to make a calendar for soon to be hubby Josh. If anyone knows this Josh character he is a tough one to get anything by on.   So while we were upstairs shooting he called.  Barb called him back.  He wanted to talk to the contractor who was remodeling his house downstairs.  Barb puts on a robe and takes the phone down.   Then what does the contractor say but "sounds like Barbara is having fun with her friend upstairs."  Naturally when she was just on the phone with him she didn't mention she had company.
I am also a family friend so if she said it was me who was over the whole surprise would have been ruined.  So she tries to get Josh off the phone without spilling the beans.  Josh ends up sending over someone to see who is at his house.  Needless to say we tried to cover up what we were really doing by taking some photos at the end of Bab and their two dogs.  Needless to say all the photos came out beautiful.  And Josh was not suprised by the idea, or how stunningly hot his fiancee looked in these images!

Tim & Shea's Phillies Engagement Photo session

Oh this humid July 15th day Tim, his fiancee Shea and I all had scheduled to head to Citizen's bank park on a off day to get a tour while having their engagement photos being taken.  Tim and I had graduated high school together from Hatboro-Horsham. Through facebook Tim talked to Shea about using me to cover their wedding.  Before making any decisions we decided to do an engagement session to work with me first.  We started the tour and we got to go into the clubhouse where all the players belongings were in their lockers.  Tim and Shea both got to hold their favorite players bats.  Ryan Howard, and Chase Utley.  The look on Tim's face resembles a child's on Christmas opening up his favorite present of the morning!
 After requesting a ball to write the date of their wedding on it, we made our way into the dug out and the stands to capture more images.  Photographing in this location proved to be challenging in a great way, which made me capture so much about where we actually were!  Being inside the stadium caused the wind flow to be non existent, so needless to say all of us were quite hot during our time outside.  

Tim wanted to walk out to the outfield and we caught some great shots near the 401 mark.  Once we returned inside to cool down we got to check out the press room and the other parts of the stadium.  Shea and Tim are going on a Disney cruise for their honeymoon since they are serious Disney fans!










After the park we made our way to the Waterworks Restaurant behind the Art Museam.  Here we got more casual photos I had a great time catching up with my old friend from school, as well as get to know his future wife.  I know these two are going to be very happy together and I can't wait to capture their special day.

September 8, 2010

Family Photos always need updating!

Richard contacted me for some headshots a few weeks ago and while I was over his house with my backdrop and lighting we got to speaking about doing a family photo before his sons went back to school!  We scheduled a date and met over at my spot.  Prophecy Creek Park on Skippack Pk.   Great place to walk dogs or take a nice walk with someone special.   The DiSammartino family arrived and we began our session.  
While taking photos I see how Dad, Richard is trying to figure out if I'm around his oldest sons age by asking when I graduated from high school... Assuming his son was available, to possibly insinuate us going out sometime.  Out of left feild Rich asked me to join him and his family out to dinner after the session!  I was back and forth about going, really didn't have any other plans, so I decided to join them.  Richie the oldest son had other plans and didn't end up coming to dinner. 
Mr. & Mrs DiSammartino  Nick and his girlfriend Chelsey went to a great Mexican place at the corner or skippack pk and butler pk that served free margaritas.  We had a great meal with funny conversations.  It's cool families like these which make my job so much more worth while!  So happy I met them and hope to work with them again in the future!