Quick pic from recent engagement / headshots session

I'm editing a recent engagement / professional headshots session and fell in "love" with this one in particular, so I thought I'd share. Congrats again you two!

Alter-ego portrait featured on SheKnows.com post about unique family portrait ideas.

My alter-ego portrait of Vicki and Ray is listed among the 8 featured photo ideas today on SheKnows.com

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1037637/fun-family-portrait-ideas

Family fun day: Family portraits at Longwood Gardens.

This was a real special day for everyone. Brian's folks live real long way away. The kind of far that being in California for a wedding warranted flying to Philadelphia because they were this close... so while here he reached out to me to do some nice but not too formal portraits of the three of them at Longwood Gardens. Because of their short timeframe the day to shoot fell on what has gone down as the hottest day of the summer and these three trekked all over in suits and such! They were awesome! Well enough of my chit chat, check out the pics! 

Flowers, butterflies, and my Olyumpus OM-D E5.

Ahhh, symbolism...

As my wife will attest, I can't stop gushing over my new Olympus camera. I've been shooting heavy/cumbersome DSLRs with their giant lenses for a long long time now and often feel the joy of shooting casually has been killed by the logistics of hauling gear to and fro. Since the moment I pulled the OM-D E5 out of the box it's never been more than a few feet from me. I have a renewed joy for the artistic expression of photography, and that my friends makes my heart swell! Don't get me wrong, I wake up every day feeling like the luckiest guy in the world getting to make a living with what I do, but more and more I just wasn't wanting to haul around 10lbs+ of camera and lens when spending the day kicking around and that's when most of my favorite images are found...   

 Anyway, in addition to being the only camera I brought with me to Canada I've also been gradually incorporating it into my professional work shooting in concert with my Canon on several portrait assignments, a wedding, some product shots, and most recently exclusively on a two page expose on The Golden Nugget for Bucks Life-MainLine magazines. I'll post more on that when it's published. In the mean time know that I am totally impressed with it's performance and fully intend to make the switch to mirrorless completely in the coming months.... anyone want some secondhand Canon gear? ;) 

About these images: Shot with the Olympus OM-D E5 with the 17mm 1.8 lens. Note the detail in seeing the butterfly's hair in a number of these images... all handheld. 

11.29.12 Upcoming Bucks Life images

SPOILER ALERT!!!!  SPOILER ALERT!!!

If you read Bucks Life Magazine then click away now, these are a few screen shots from the upcoming holiday issue. :)

First is my ad, not bad placement I must say. Also of note, the wedding detail of the top hat with the scrabble letters spelling out LOVE was shot at The Fernbrook Bed & Breakfast which is mentioned predominantly in Max Hansen's ad and I am a preferred vendor there as well :)

Lilly Salvatore! My wife and I have been going to Lilly's on the Canal since we first started dating and it was a real treat for me to get to meet and photograph her at her newest restaurant, Lilly's Meals in Stockton. 

Blake and Trixie are an unstoppable duo, just look at all those awards that they've won together (and that wasn't all of them!) Really fun shoot on a beautiful fall Bucks Co day...

Thanks as always to the good people of Bucks Life. I understand the next issue will be all about food, so you know I can't wait to get started on that!

9.24.12 Dr. Deb and BucksLife/Mainline Magazines

More great magazine stuff. Dr. Deb (of Red Thread By Dr. Deb) just sent me a really nice email and posted this great comment on her facebook page in regard to the portrait session we did for the latest issues of BUCKS LIFE Magazine and MainLine Magazine. Deb makes and sells a focused assortment of apparel and accessories for women who have undergone mastectomy or lumpectomy procedures. She also says that her clothing is great for women who are just looking for a comfortable alternative to uncomfortable bras, so I urge everyone out there to check out her website especially if you or someone you know has battled breast cancer. http://www.redthreadbydrdeb.com/default.asp

Thanks Dr, Deb, I'm so glad to know you! 

9.24.12 Published in SELF magazine!

You know those moments in films when some wanna be rock singer or football player gets a call out of the blue from some great band or team saying so and so saw you some place and they want to talk about joining or whatever and the guy is like, "Who is this really?" like it's a prank call or something. Well that's kind of how it was for me the day I received an email from a Conde Nast editor saying they wanted to buy a few images for an article they were doing in the up coming issue of SELF magazine. I was like, this must be a joke. No joke people! Early Friday morning as my wife and I made our way to catch a plane we stopped for a bottle of water and there on the shelf was the new issue of SELF. after a few frantic moments of thumbing through the issue there they were! Here is one of the images. Sorry for the poor quality, we shot this in a hurry before boarding.

So yeah, check it out! 

9.19.12: Olde City couples portrait session with Neha and Rohit

I met Neha and Rohit in Washington Square on a hot late July afternoon. Our portrait session had already been postponed once due to bad weather so we weren't going to let a few extra degrees get in the way of our having fun! The two have great chemistry and one of the best traits a long lasting couple can have...they both think he's funny! lol Well I thought so too and you can tell we did a lot of laughing that day.

7.25.12 On the news stands: Images in Bucks Life Magazine

It has really been a great honor and pleasure to photograph local business owners for Bucks Life Magazine. Here are a few spreads from the most recent issue featuring Lahaska's Chive Cafe and Palate restaurant of Newtown.