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Casey and Quenton—Storming Red Bank Battlefield

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I’ve known Casey ever since I moved to West Deptford in the 4th grade. We went through middle school AND high school together. My dad even coached her basketball team (my little sister was on it) in middle school.

She asked if I do family photos as well. I mean aren’t weddings just really big reunions? OF COURSE, I DO!

We chose Redbank Battlefield for photos with her and her son Quenton. He’s going into 7th grade. Casey and I reminisced about Junior High. It seems all of the teachers I remember have retired. (I don’t feel that old). Anyhow, I wanted to get shots of her son looking natural. He was all about chucking rocks into the river, so I shot while he did that. Surely enough, Casey couldn’t hold back either. There’s something ultimately satisfying about skipping stones. Once I was sure that we got the shots by the river we headed over to the Whittle House and used that for the background.

I love shooting in the city, but there’s something about the openness of the suburbs that you absolutely can not fake. I really enjoyed the way they played off each other. It can be hard to get kids relaxed for a shoot, but Quenton got in the zone pretty quickly. The proof is in the pictures.

If you’re thinking about having some family pictures done, reach out! The light is great this time of year, and pretty soon those little guys are gonna be big guys and you’ll wonder why you didn’t sooner!

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Jeanette and Bernadette—A Super Shoot

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Oh my gosh! This was so much fun. J+B are friends of mine through their cousin Steve, who was my first guitarist in a band I’m waaaaay too embarrassed to tell you the name of. Anyhow It’s widely known that I’m a sucker for the geek culture. When I’m not trying really hard to be an adult, I’m normally playing games and reading comic books. Anyhow J+B rock the local comiccon circuit so I reached out to see if we could do a little editorial style shoot.

So here we are, True Believers, Captain ‘Merica and Wonder Woman out on patrol over at the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia. They locate trouble, dispense with the justice, hang out for a bit and then relax in a quiet alley while they figure out the next move.

Seriously, these sort of shoots are so much fun. Between cars honking at my models every couple of seconds (getting real reactions) and the playful way these sisters worked off each other it was a real treat.

Do you cosplay? Do you need some great photos? Well what are you waiting for Spider-fans, Galactus could threaten our very existence at any moment! Send me a Bat-Signal!

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Jaclyn and Chris—Love Park

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I haven’t had the pleasure of shooting in Philadelphia for a few years now. When Jaclyn asked me if we could do her engagement shoot down there, I was delighted to have an excuse to come down. I grew up near Philly, so I knew a couple great locations for pictures.

We started at the Ben Franklin Bridge. I knew that there was a really cool cobblestone slope right off the bridge. And since it was in the middle of the day, the shade from the bridge would help with the photos too.

Jaclyn and Chris brought along their daughter, Hailey! She was a total comedian. We got some really sweet family photos, and of course we had to get that Iconic shot in front of the “Love” sign!