Jessica and Derek--e-session

Although they have been together for some time, September 27th is the day for Jessica and Derek to begin their marriage. Can I just tell you how much fun these two are? We took these engagement photos in Ellwood City and the majority were taken along this path that leads to the water. Hmmmm...Water with huge boulders that we climbed all over that Jessica and Derek were willing to do barefoot as well! Pam (click on her name for a link to her blog with more photos from the session), who will also be taking photos for me at the wedding, was full of ideas once again. I think we ended up with some keepers! Below are a few of my favorites with a video of more images as well.

Jessica and Derek, you are such a great couple! Derek, I know you didn't like the idea of these shots, but I hope that now that it is over and that you can see them, you can say that it was worth it! I think you said it wasn't bad at all by the time we left our photo session. I am really looking forward to capturing the photos of your day for you!

I just love the way that you two look at one another in many of these pictures.

Ale and Shawn

I once again had the opportunity to second shoot for Pam (click on her name to see some photos on her blog). We headed to Canonsburg and then on to Bethany and Wheeling for this one and had a great time! I even discovered where that new road by the airport goes...to/from Wheeling! I had fun shooting this one...I always enjoy working with Pam though. It's great working together to cover such an important day. Another fun thing though had to be the guys in the wedding party! The groomsmen were too funny and had a few tricks up their sleeves during the reception. One of them you can see in the shots in the video below.

Shawn and Ale you are an amazing couple... I hope you two enjoy the video and I wish you only the very best in your new married life!




Ceremony: Bethany College
Reception: White Palace at Wheeling Park

Bill and Julie e-session

Bill and Julie make such a sweet couple! They were friends back in high school and went their separate ways in college. They found one another again and started chatting and one thing leads to another...Now, here they are preparing for their wedding!

I have to say I really do enjoy doing engagement pictures. I like to opportunity to chat with the couple and for them to get to know a little more about me as well. It makes it much nicer when I show up for the wedding and we know one another a little. For Bill and Julie though, I already know them from their high school days. However, to see them a few years later, it was good to catch up a little with them. I still have the pleasure of working with Julie's mom at my school district.

I am really looking forward to your wedding in October. It is going to be a lovely evening and oh-so-much-fun! I hope you two enjoyed the session in between the raindrops, as that is all we seem to have this summer. We were lucky to be able to get these taken before you two headed back to your homes away from home.

Your pictures are up on your gallery which you can access by clicking on the link to the right, but for now here is a video of a few of the shots.

Robin and Jimmy

This was one of those weddings that was also like a reunion for those involved and, this time, for me as well! Many of the guests as well as the ladies in the bridal party are former students. I have to say I loved to see them all again! It has been about 10 years since I saw this group last. They were amazing then...nothing has changed! Robin met Jimmy in college so this was my first opportunity to meet him since I was the helping my colleague, Pam of pamelasuephotography, with this wedding. Robin and Jimmy, you make a great couple. I wish you both the very best as you begin your life together!

To those of you in attendance that were former students or those that I just happened to see in the halls in school, I also wish you the very best! I look forward to seeing you again soon and hearing more about your successes in life since high school. I am blessed to have the opportunity know each of you!

Attached here is a video of some of the pictures from the day. You will see the DJ of Magic Moments had the crowd up and dancing with some fun ideas to get them started. The cake was delicious and the Timberhouse was once again a lovely setting for a wedding. I would love to have the opportunity to see the video from Lauren's Videos. I had a chance to talk to the two ladies a little and I am sure it will be full of many wonderful memories.

I hope you enjoy the pictures!




Ceremony and Reception: The Timberhouse at Rolling Acres
Cake: Carol's Cakes
Florist: Inge Florists
Entertainment: Magic Moments
Videographer: Lauren's Videos

Liz and Don--June 7, 2008

Saturday was a day as a second shooter for me helping out my colleague, Pam. As always, we worked to really get some great shots around the venue, and it is so worth the extra effort. I really like working with Pam and look forward to another wedding coming up soon.

Liz and Don were such fun to work with! Yes, it was a hot and humid day, but we still all went outside and took some really fun shots of the bridal party! Below is a little video of a few of the shots I took during the day.

Congratulations Liz and Don! I really enjoyed the day!

Liz and Erich e-session video

I love Pittsburgh. Sorry if anyone disagrees, but the city is so cool! I spent part of Sunday with Pam shooting some engagement photos of Liz and Erich in Oakland and had so much fun. We found so many cool places to take pictures of the couple. Their wedding later this year is at St. Paul's right down the block form the Cathedral of Learning and I am excited to be able to shoot another wedding there.


I have to say this here too, I am so glad that we made it home safely! I didn't realize that my front tire was splitting. It could easily have blown out on our way there or home. Scary thought, but true. Lesson learned...a quick visual check of the car is a good idea. None-the-less, we made it there and back safely.

I enjoyed working with Liz and Erich and look forward to their wedding!

David and Tara's Wedding

If you've checked out my main website, you will see in the information section about my business logo and the fact that Dave designed mine for me.  I was so happy to be able to take the pictures of Dave and Tara's day!  Another thing that made it fun was that, not only did Pam help out, but Shawn did as well.  I really enjoyed working with both of them.

Saturday, May 17th started off kind of as a gloomy day.  The wedding ceremony and reception were all outside at Suncrest Camp.  Just in time for the ceremony, the sun came out.  It stayed out for about an hour after the ceremony as well for us to get some really fun shots of the bridal party.  As we were trying to wrap up, the thunder was rumbling but we managed to get back under the pavilion before the rain started down..and sideways.  Everyone started to eat. In a little while, once again the sun came out just before sunset.  We managed to get some sweet shots of that with the couple.  

Each of the bridesmaids wore a different color dress.  The colors are all found in the peacock feather.  The peacock feathers were also included on the tables, and of course in the girls' flowers.  The one shot below, I asked Tara to be in front of the girls and have them fan out behind her...like a peacock's tail.  Tara was willing to have the picture taken even though the grass was wet.  By the night's end there was mud on it anyway thanks to the previously mentioned storm...mud was around!

Enough talk...now to the pictures.

Sparky even was dressed for the occasion and walked down the aisle.

This is the second wedding now that I've seen the sand being combined rather than a unity candle.  It's really a sweet idea and it is something that is easily added as a house decoration.  

The backlighting here was rough, but I still love this moment when he literally picked her up and kissed her for their first kiss as a married couple.  Awww.....

This is the one mentioned earlier...the sky was getting darker and darker behind them with the approaching storm.

Tara and the girls noticed the stacked buildings here and we decided to take advantage of it.  

When we walked across the field to get the pictures, we picked a spot that had some shade since the sun was so bright. While we were there, Shawn set this fun one up...check out that dark sky behind them.  Talk about a change in lighting!

After dinner was the cake cutting...and smashing!  The sun came back out so we used the time to get the bouquet toss and garter toss as well as a few sunset shots.

Yea...you could say he was a little surprised.  He is still holding her piece of cake in this shot.  I have a few where he got her back a bit too. :-)

This one is thanks to the bridal party having some fun...and it's something that the couple hopes for a bit later!

Pam wanted to get the couple by the puddle.  I hurriedly called them back down before we completely lost the sunset and the three of us started snapping away. Nice...