Yearly Archives: 2011
Mini brides and mayors…
Alright, alright, we know… we’re slackers. Luckily, blogging has taken the back burner to Communion Sessions. This year (so far) we have been very fortunate with the amount of people calling for these sessions. It’s always fun to see the miniature brides in the studio. They feel so pretty at first, and try to act [...]
“I was shocked to discover that this “unique” background I was looking for was in my own backyard all along.”
I was going to tell you about an absolutely wonderful experience that I had making a portrait for Linda Walsh. But, compared to her words, I figured that my words would only mess it up. So, in the words of the mother of these four lovely children and their dogs, here’s today’s blog. “I came [...]
A Christmas Carol…
Well, in this case, it’s “A Christmas Mary Kay Lenahan” and this is the portrait that was taken for her 2010 Christmas card. The portrait looks simple enough, just take three kids, have them stand on the front porch and take their photo. Right. Obviously wrong. It’s not simple at all, if it were simple, [...]
This portrait of Alexandra was take for a very significant event in a child’s life. Obviously, her First Holy Communion portrait, and a perfect opportunity to make a statement about this time in a young girl’s life. It is also a precursor of things to come. I tease many of the communion girls about looking [...]
Exceptions to art form rules
This portrait is part of Ellen’s Senior Session. As you are probably aware by now, i encourage all the seniors to bring something with them that has “personal significance.” For all of the NPHS students, you know how important golf is to Ellen. Ellen graduated from high school in 2010, and in August she was [...]
The groom does have a say in things (sometimes)
Can you imagine a groom having an opinion about wedding photography? A couple of times a year, it actually happens and this is one of those times. When talking to Linelle and Chris about locations for their wedding day portraits, Chris said that he loves the old locomotives at the Train Museum at Steamtown [...]
Photoshop isn’t that bad…
Being that it’s Monday, and we made Jim work on Saturday, we decided to give him the day off today. Because of that, I’m hijacking his blog. (Muhaha) The picture that I chose as one of my favorites, was taken by Jim a couple of years ago. It’s of my niece. Bask in her cuteness, [...]
Emotional Impact for seniors…. or their parents
This portrait of Kody was taken as part of his senior session. Kody graduated from Abington Heights in 2010, and like most of the students that we photograph here, he came to the studio in the summer of 2009. I photographed him in formal clothing indoors as well as casual clothes indoors, and finally outdoors. [...]
Complicated simplicity
I can’t believe that I’m here talking about traditional, classical Black & White portraiture. The B&W part is cool. My photographic career started over 40 years ago doing B&W photojournalism on the streets of NYC. In 1968, I was literally photographing dead fish laying on the streets at the Fulton Fish Market. Now a beautifully [...]
Look at the camera and smile? Nah…
This is a very simple, elegant and touching portrait of mom and her baby boy. I didn’t start this session with Maria looking at Willie. No, I started the way I start most sessions – with mom and child looking at the camera smiling. With a infant, the word “smiling” is used very loosely, [...]
