introducing lilah grace

lilah grace, born 9.11.08, was only seven days old when i took her newborn portraits. she looks so sleepy in the first shot, but this little one fought to stay awake through our shoot! her proud big sister, teresa, loved being a part of this session. jenn, you have such a beautiful family. congratulations on your new little one! 

kelly's senior shoot

well...i am back from my week of traveling to boston & nyc. it was a lot in one week...but so much fun. i got spoiled being able to walk outside my hotel and practically walk wherever i wanted to, yet it's refreshing being back here in lancaster. now i need to catch up on lots of editing, emails, and orders...and of course blogging.

about a month ago, i shot kelly's senior portraits. this was my last shoot that abbey assisted me with before leaving for australia. we enjoyed a beautiful evening on the king's farm, riding around on the gator. kelly's such a sweet, laid-back girl. she's a senior at octorara, plays on the tennis team, and has hundreds of cows on her property, of which her mom can name each one...even from the back! how crazy is that?! we got some shots of her with christmas, her cow she recently showed at the solanco fair. kelly, thanks for the fun senior shoot...! we enjoyed meeting your family and getting some sweet shots of you on the farm!

out of town...

just to let you know...i will be out of town this week sunday-tuesday and thursday-saturday. jay & are taking a mini vacation to boston, ma to celebrate our first anniversary. i will be back wednesday to pick up orders, put new orders in, etc. then thursday-saturday i will be in new york city attending a photography expo/conference. it is the largest photography event of the year in the states, so i am pretty excited to check it out (along with 30,000 other people!).  i'm looking forward to learning better techniques and coming home with some new ideas and products to offer! if you have any immediate needs, feel free to email me and i'll try to get back to you.

in the meantime...here's a lovely greeting from our "baby"....kona. she keeps growing and now loves to howl at anything and everything, including my camera. people keep asking me to post pics of her, and i will get around to it...but here's this for now.

the lapp sisters

sorry i got behind a bit....so i am backing up a couple weeks and posting some shoots...  

ab and i met up with the lapp sisters at central market to take some fun family shots. lena (in red) and i know each other from serving down in guatemala back in '05. we have some great memories of making smores in the microwave when we were craving something sweet (and sick of black beans!) i also know rosie (black dress) from shooting her family portraits a month ago or so.

here are some of my favorites from our shoot!

celebrating one year...10.14.08!

yesterday, 10.14.08, jay & i celebrated our first anniversary together. this year's flown by...and yet it's hard to remember not being married to him...! (it's a good thing, jay!) here's a pic from our big day last year...and two from last night, when we enjoyed a delicious dinner at fenz, downtown lancaster. jay said if i insisted on getting a picture of us, it had to be in the car, because he'd be too embarrassed in the restaurant. so here it is...seat belts and all! jay looks a bit chubbier than usual, though...must be the bad angle...! we are looking forward to a wonderful escape to boston, ma this sunday-tuesday to celebrate our anniversary...

holiday portrait deal!

well, the holidays are approaching fast....yay! i can barely believe it...so i've come up with a great holiday deal for all you current clients and prospective clients! i am offering the shoot of your choice (family/couple, baby, child, pets, etc!) plus a gift of greeting cards (a $60 value!) all for $150. pass this deal onto your friends & family...for every referral, you'll receive a free 8x10 print of your choice!

below is a postcard with all the info.  click on it to see it full size or right-click on it to save it to your computer. this offer applies to anyone who has booked a shoot with me in the past six months as well...you've already paid for your shoot, so go ahead and claim your free greeting cards!

the following are two links: one is to see the holiday designs i am offering this year, and the other is pricing for the greeting cards (if you'd like to order more than your free gift)

click here to see holiday card examples/designs offered

click here to see holiday card prices

the martin's family shoot

jay & i both lived and worked in guatemala at fundaniños orphanage over the past few years, and enjoyed getting to know selbin & nahomi. they came home to their adopted family this past year, and we are so excited and blessed that they are here in lancaster, pa with us! we met up at lititz springs park and enjoyed taking the martin's family portraits with their two biological children, as well as their two new additions! marlin & angela, it's great to see how selbin & nahomi have settled in with your family and what a great job you are doing as parents!  here are a few of my favorites from our shoot...!