Christmas in August

Yay, they finally came! The week before I went on vacation I made a last minute order of a new (to me at least) speedotron power pack and a few strobe heads. So far I must say that I am pleased with the results and I'm hoping to add one more light to the setup. I think I will keep my AB's for location work and use this new setup strictly for studio work. I also had the great fortune of meeting Kimberly Reed, a local wedding photographer here in Pittsburgh. She was looking to get rid of a 70-200 2.8L lens. As luck would have it I had a 50 1.2 L that she was after, so we had an even swap. Sometimes things just have a way of working out!

So what did you do on your summer vacation?

So after a week long vacation to Baltimore and D.C. I am finally back home. The wife and I had a wonderful time taking in the sites and seeing some old friends. We started out the trip in Harrisburg, Pa. for a wedding of an old highschool friend of ours. It was good to see her so happy and to hear how things were going for her. As an added bonus, the wedding was taking place in Harrisburg which is where we used to live. During a break in the action we took a quick side trip to one of our favorite eating establishments, the Soda Jerk, and a short jaunt over to Hershey's Chocolate World. I know, I know, it sounds cheesy but we had a good time. While we were eating lunch at the Soda Jerk, this strange looking little car pulled up. Here it's an old electric car from the 70's that the owner liked to tool around town with, very interesting!
After the wedding we headed off to Baltimore to visit with some relatives. It was nice not having an agenda, most of the week I just sat around and read a book (the twilight series, which I must see is a decent read!) Towards the end of the week we took a trip into D.C. and went to the new Air and Space Museum hanger. The place was packed floor to ceiling with all sorts of flying contraptions, it was quite awe inspiring. Anyways, we had a good time and now it's back to the grind!

Going to the chapel!

So last weekend I had the wonderful pleasure of photographing a wonderful couple (Joe and Amy) at a wonderful country club. Everything went off without a hitch, with the exception of it being hotter than blazes and the wedding was outdoors. Not a problem, we persevered and came away with some fantastic and fun looking photographs. It makes such a difference when the people you're photographing buy into the vision you are trying to achieve. In this instance, because the Joe and Amy are fun an energetic themselves, I thought it would be appropriate to get them doing some off the wall kinda things. They went right along with it and came up with some ideas of their own that fit into the whole motif. In fact, one of the best images we got (pictured above) was their idea! I had a good time and I'm looking forward to their reaction towards the finished product.