Well I am one lucky photographer to be able to photograph Fiona. She is 6 months old and just about sitting up with just a little support. She received an adorable purple tutu from a special friend and her mommy and daddy bought her the cutest hat for her big photoshoot. Clare and I knew we had a limited time because she is teething and wanted her binky. However, she did wonderful and we had so much fun. Check out this beauty!

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And its my sister-n-law Gretchen and brother-n-law Mike. We are so excited for them. Gretchen has been on bedrest since early December. She is to always be on the couch on her side and she can only get up for bathrooms breaks. She was so excited for her shower to see people. I was able to get just a couple shots of Gretchen on her bathroom break at her baby shower and I look forward to getting some more when we go to visit. She looked beautiful and had that prenancy glow.

Gretchen has been busy on bedrest and has published her first book with fabulous recipes that you can make and freeze. You just take them out of the freezer in the morning and by dinner time you can pop in the oven and have a wonderful meal all ready (minus those extra dishes). Check out her blog at www.savorysecrets.blogspot.com

Here are some photos from her baby shower. It was so much fun spending time with Mike and Gretchen. My daughter Gianna was there and it was her first baby shower. She was so happy to help Uncle Mike open all the presents. She will make a great baby sitter in the future.

Jaclyn and Rob got married in January and had a beautiful reception at the Pen Ryn Mansion. Jaclyn looked beautiful and was such a sweet and wonderful bride to work with. The girls were troopers going out for shots in just their dresses on a very cold day. The flowers were gorgeous by Michael Bruce. Everyone had a great time at the reception. I'm really enjoying working on their photos, here are some shots from their day.

When the bride and groom dance to their first dance, I stay off the dance floor and out of their way of course. I never want to intrude or be one of those in your face photographers. I find my angle and capture your emotions naturally.

I was asked by a potential client if she could see more of my reception work. When I photograph the reception I always like to get the reactions of family and friends. This is always so nice for the bride and groom to see in their photographs. They can see the emotions of mom and dad while they dance their first dance, or the smiles while they cut their cake, or the crazy dance moves while everyone has a great time on the dance floor. The day can go by so fast for the bride and groom so seeing these photographs always brings a smile. I like to use a longer lens at the reception so guests are not aware of me taking these photographs. This allows me to get those natural emotions. My experience in wedding photography has given me the ability to anticipate those moments and capture them when they happen.

The Groom and Groomsmen are always alittle more nervous in front of the camera. This is why I like to make things a little easier on them and just make the shots more casual and fun. I also like to use a longer zoom lens on them so I can sneak natural smiles and reactions. Here are just a few samples.

I always look forward to all the details that a bride and groom put into their wedding day. This wedding was at the Collanade in Scranton, PA. This place was just beautiful. Here are some of the details my bride put into bringing the color scheme together. More to come...

I met Benjamin for the first time to photograph him. What an adorable little boy! He was very serious for his first photoshoot, but I think these photos capture him as the calm and sweet little boy that he is. I hope to meet with him again in the future and capture that beautiful smile of his.

Everytime I walk into my son or my daughters room, I just love it. Full of fun and imagination. So much more interesting then our master bedroom, thats for sure. I think we as moms put so much thought and time into our babies nursery and childrens bedrooms. Its only right that we make sure we photograph them and document all the neat and fun things the kids liked to play with when they were little. I don't even have a photo of my nursery or bedroom when I was really small and would love to have something like that today to look back on. So I went into my sons room and photographed all the toys he likes to play with, the art work he made on the walls, the art work given to him by his grandmother, the Christmas tree we keep up year round and decorate for the different seasons, the snowglobe engraved with his name, airplanes, robots, to the cute bug sheets on his bed. Then I'll go to Shutterfly or Snapfish and create a book for him so he can have to look back on when he is older or show his children. It was fun, now I can't wait to photograph my daughters room. Have fun Moms!  Heres an idea of what I did.