Every time we photograph a wedding, we are showing numerous other couples what we can do and the type of service we provide. After photographing Jeffrey and Kaitlin Haas’ wedding in April, we received a call from Toni Ann insisting that we do her wedding as well. The best part of this was that Toni-Ann and I played soccer together for the Eldred Yellow Jackets when we went to high school together!

When I initially met with Toni Ann and her fiancée, Terence, he made it very clear that he absolutely hated having his picture taken. Though he would try his best not to be a pain, he told me that he couldn’t make any promises. Fortunately for him, we like challenges and it gave us something extra to work towards during their session!

For their engagement session, we met them out in Lake Wallenpaupack PA to capture some images along the water, the beachy area, the woods and eventually with the sunset. Since they both love to ride their motorcycle, we decided to close off a parking lot and get some shots of them riding as if they were on the road and after a few tries, we got the shot that we wanted!

Even though the two of them were not feeling great that day, they did an incredible job and loved every moment of the session. We can’t wait to photograph their wedding at the Wallkill Valley Country Club in Middletown NY in a few weeks on 10.10.10!

I had my senior pictures done with Wanamaker recently and everything went as smoothly as it could be. Loretta was full of great idea’s. She was so flexible with everything that I asked about. I was nervous about taking the pictures but the session was so laid back. I loved every minuted of it. She had a lot of great ideas with basketball part of the shoot. I would love to use them again! If you don’t use Wanamaker you’re not getting the best service!

As a thank you, here is one of our favorite images from the session as a sneak peek for you!

Their engagement session started out on the Hawk’s Nest along the Delaware River in Sparrowbush, New York. With the morning sun not having crested the mountain, there was a bit of a breeze along the rock face that gave us some challenging shots with blowing hair. As the two began to warm up to our cameras, we moved on to the Elks Brox Memorial Park overlooking Port Jervis and Matamoras, Pennsylvania. Though the drive took for what seemed like forever, the view was absolutely perfect. The rest of their session took them to the tracks near Eddy Farm, a quiet little park and a side lot next to the Erie Depot.

Once everything was done, we finished the engagement session with a few cold drinks, sandwiches and stories from “back in the day”! With their July wedding fast approaching, we even discussed some of the last minute details of what to expect when the big day finally arrived!

Photographing their wedding is going to be a lot of fun and we cannot wait for it to come! Check out some of our favorite shots of the engagement session!

When it came time for their engagement session, the biggest challenge for us was to get Kaitlin and Jeffrey to be comfortable in front of the camera since neither likes their photo taken. This is a great time for the couple to see how we work and it gives us the opportunity to find their comfort level before the big day.

After feet of snow had fallen just a week prior, we had a perfect day for their session – while it was a little cold, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Starting things off, we stepped outside into their backyard for a couple “warm-up” shots of them in a setting they were familiar with.

Once we knew that they were comfortable with the cameras, we headed down the street to the Yulan Baseball Park for some cool and fun shots of them in the snow. We even suggested a snow ball fight – which they loved! Since Jeffrey is the Assistant Fire Chief for the Yulan Fire Department, this was a great location – especially with a nice big sign in the background!

Keeping that thought in mind, we headed down to the firehouse to get  a little grungy. We decided to have Jeffrey dress up in his fire suit and we used the two trucks as the perfect backdrop for Kaitlin’s “hero”!

Before closing out the session, we stopped by BVH, a local bar that the two spend a lot of time at – Kaitlin works there and Jeffrey spends time visiting her. Closed to the public for another few hours, it gave us the chance to hang back and create some intimate portraits of the two of them just being themselves.

We are really looking forward to their wedding at the newly renovated Villa Roma in New York!