This past weekend we met up with Kaitlin and Jeffrey in Highland Lake, NY to do some portraits along the lake. After we got some of the more traditional shots out of the way, we decided to turn up the fun factor using a trampoline in the neighbors yard. My only instruction to the couple was to have fun. The following shot was the first (and my favorite) from a series of Jeffrey.

More to come soon!

Yesterday turned out to be the perfect day to get married! All week, the weather channel was calling for rain and thunderstorms to show up just in time for the “I Dos”. Thankfully, as the weekend go closer, the storms disappeared off the radar and things shaped up to create the perfect wedding day!

Before they head out on their honeymoon to Bermuda, we wanted to give Justin and Brenda a quick sneak peek of one of their beautiful wedding images! More to come soon!

Recently, Loretta photographed a Portrait Session with Sammi, a Minisink Valley High School Senior. Normally, our work flow takes a few weeks to get everything processed and ready for the final sales session. To our delight, we received the following review from Sammi even before she’s had the opportunity to look at her images …

I just recently had my senior portraits done with Wanamaker and  I loved the fact that the pictures were more along the lines of what I wanted to do. It was so much fun laying in the grass then getting covered in it, climbing logs, taking pictures with my guitar! Everything was just simply amazing! I honestly hope to find a million more reasons to work with Wanamaker again. I guarantee I will and cannot wait for it to happen!

This is a great example of why our clients love us and continue to come back and ask that we capture their life in new and exciting ways!

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

Our first stop of the day was to the Jeffery’s house in Yulan, NY for some early morning shots of the groom and guys getting ready. With everyone still recovering from the night before, we decided to hang back a little and let them forget we were there so we could capture those special “guy moments”! Once they were all ready to go, we took them outside, in between the bursts of rain, to grab some big group shots.

Once we captured everything we wanted, our next stop was a few miles up the road to where Kaitlin and the girls were getting ready – a beautiful house with an endless number of rooms and windows in all of the perfect places. Utilizing almost every square inch of the house and all the available light possible, we finished up with Kaitlin and provided her with some limo service to a second location for some additional shots with friends and family. From there, it was on to St. Anthony’s Church – a place we have been and are scheduled to be a few more times this year!

After a beautiful ceremony, we traveled down some incredible country roads on our way to the Villa Roma in Callicoon, NY for their reception. On the way, we stopped at the Stone Arch Bridge in Jeffersonville for some couple and group shots with the wedding party. We decided to photograph the group first so we could get them back on the party bus and really focus on Kaitlin and Jeffrey.

When we finally arrived at the Villa Roma, we were greeted with some incredible renovations. We later found out that Kaitlin and Jeffrey’s wedding was the first reception to be held at the newly updated venue. It was the perfect place for what was incredible wedding with a huge turnout at the reception!

Here are some of our favorite shots from their wedding day!

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!

Originally, we wanted to announce the winner on June 1st, but were so backed up with work that we missed the deadline by a long shot! Needless to say, we decided to wait until the middle of the month for the announcement! After throwing all of the names into a hat and mixing them all up – we have picked our grand prize winners …

~ Roseanne And Carlos – Middletown, NY ~

Congratulations to the both of you! We cannot wait to capture beautiful memories of your romantic flight!

Now, I know that I may not be what you would consider old. Having only a year left before my 10-year high school reunion may not seem that long ago – but a quick visit to any recent prom will certainly change that thought! All kidding aside, it was so much fun to be able to attend this event. From the staff to the administrators and the students, everything was perfect and it seemed like the night ended before it should have!

Last year, I was unable to attend the S.S. Seward prom because we had a wedding booked where I was the primary photographer. Though the Tropical Paradise theme worked well, this year was done as a Masquerade. Many of the students came dressed to match and there were some awesome masks made for the prom king, queen and court.

We’re already looking forward to what next year will bring! Until then, enjoy a few shots from the night!

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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!