Abby + Eric

Over the holiday I had the wonderful fortune to meet up with Abby (hands down the funniest lady I know) & her partner Eric (now the smartest person I know...he does important science stuff.) Originally it was to be a Boston Engagement Session, but schedules and life got in the way, so we postponed until December where we could meet up in beautiful Western Pa in the midst of dreary winter. This part of the country is not known for its blue skies and cheerful days, but we managed to have a lovely afternoon in beautiful Preston Park thanks to the fact that this couple would shine even on the darkest of days!

Congratulations Abby & Eric! Happy New All!! Enjoy*

Littles Session: Pittsburgh, PA

I love when families invite me back to document how their Littles have grown. Such is the case with these two! What amazing tiny humans they are. These two have so much in common, but yet even at such young ages their individual personalities completely shine through. After being inside we headed into the brief bright sunshine and had a gorgeous blue sky for the last 30 mins of our session.Oh yeah, and I must mention that their dad is an amazing sports and family chiropractor. He is the doctor to go to!!!I have used his services and he rocks! click **here** for info.

Happy Fall, Millers!!!!

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Boston Headshot Photographer: Singer-Songwriter, Filmmaker

For the last few weeks I have been a bit "m.i.a," but I promise things are calming down and I will be back to posting more regularly asap! To tide you over, here is a quickie session I did recently. It's my big brother, Rue! Not that you needed me to tell you he's older, I mean he absolutely looks waaaay older than me, eh?! He's an amazing songwriter, incredible filmmaker, movie trivia and music extraordinaire and...growing up he sure did sit through every single one of my ridiculously long dance recitals! [I think this had more to do with the other girls in tutus than me, but still.] Oh yeah, and one time we were at a rock concert and he got called up on stage and they said he could pick someone to join him and he totally picked me! All the girls swooned at how sweet he was. Wait a second...I think that was ultimately about the other girls too!  I am sensing a pattern here: "be sweet to sister, score points with the ladies!" hmmm...I think we need to have a chat. Rue was born for the spotlight. I mean he is seriously the first person ever who didn't even feign discomfort in front of my camera! Check out his music. Click here to listen to FOREVER- my personal favorite. The lyrics give me goose bumps. We should all be so lucky to be loved like this! (yes, we are a romantically delusional  lot. We get it honestly...my dad would bring home flowers to my mom and write notes to her on a regular basis...and still does! There was no hope for my brother or me to make it out without it rubbing off on us! :) )

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The Senior Portraits of Amanda: Pittsburgh PA

Unfortunately, deferring to the weather is a reality of my job. (not one I like, mind you, but a reality nonetheless) Such was the case a few weeks ago when Amanda and I had one and only one day to shoot her Senior Portraits. The entire week had been gorgeous, but on Thursday, of course, the sky opened up and showered us with its' abundance. I refused to give up hope and knew that "if we could just get in an hour" we would be fine. To my incredible delight we got that hour and then some. YAY!
A bit about Amanda: Honestly, she has no idea how fabulous she is, which is amazing to me. Something is wrong with our society when young women seriously haven't got a clue how cool they are! She is awesomely down to earth and tres smart (see how I used French there?  Amanda speaks it fluently and so I wanted to give her a little "shout out!" It means very for those single linguists out there :) ) And my goodness people,  if I had even half her brain I would be shouting it from the rooftop; but Amanda is very reserved about her extreme mental capacity (i.e MENSA member thank you very much) and can talk equally enthusiastically about studying chemical engineering next year at Purdue as she does about boys. Wait...that's not true...she is more excited about chemical engineering. :) It's refreshing and hysterical and made me kinda want to be back in high school just so I could be friends with her.   enjoy*

Thank you to the Succop Conservancy for the fabulous location...and also to the bank that owns that abandoned house on Route 68...shhhh!

Cheers*

Pittsburgh:: Headshots:: Jackie

So while I was home in PA for the holidays I got an email about a shoot in the area and was thrilled to oblige. It's always a bit precarious finding locations when it's winter and you can't really shoot outside, but there were so many great outdoor locations at her house that I decided we would toughen the heck up and try a few. In my opinion, they are always the best. There wasn't any real wind, so the 27 degrees didn't feel all that cold! (not even a little bit true) Jackie was a total trooper and didn't even complain...that much! She graduated last year with a degree in dance, specifically modern dance, and although I have yet to see her perform, I hear she is great.



For anyone who knows me, they are aware that I have a bit of an obsession with teeth and so I was a little distracted during our session because I have never shot anyone with such perfectly straight white teeth before. Beautiful!

Happy New Year!

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