About Me

Welcome to my humble little blog!  This is where I come to post
photos and random musings about my three favorite things:  My family, my
photography and my newly-revived hobby of knitting & crocheting.  I
can't always guarantee that
I'll update daily--or even weekly--but I do try!

I graduated from Millersville University in Millersville, PA in 1997 and married my "college sweetheart" Corey in 1999.  Our first son, Trevor, was born in 2000 and our second son, Aaron soon followed in 2002.

I've been employed full-time since 1999 by the transportation sector of Applied Research Associates.  In a nutshell, my office collects & analyzes highway, street and runway surface data for a wide range of
clients including states, municipalities & military.

Since 2007 I've
been self-employed part-time as a child & family lifestyle
photographer, although I've been on hiatus for a little over a year
now.  I'm still in limbo over taking paid sessions again this year, since it's quite difficult to keep up with the process while working a full-time
day job and taking care of (and being with) my family.  Come what may, however, photography will always be a big part of my daily existence!

As for the recent resurgence of my long-lost hobby of knitting & crocheting:  I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact that I'm on a computer 24/7 either at work or at home editing photos (or Facebooking or what-have-you!)  Combine that with my love for creating and it's the perfect second hobby for me.  I've known how to crochet since my grandmother taught me in grade school, and I eventually taught myself basic knitting in college.  I'm currently learning some more advanced knitting techniques, like cables (wish me luck!)

I hope you enjoy your visit here, and please leave a comment to let me know you dropped by!  I would love to visit your blog, too! ;)

Monthly Archives: May 2008

Busy Busy Busy!!!

Sticky Announcement!

I am not neglecting the blog! I am just insanely busy right now! Truth is, I was temporarily laid off from my full-time job (for about a month) and was called back sooner than expected. This is normally a good thing, but it’s also bad in that I scheduled wayyy more photo sessions this month than what I normally would have due to the lay-off. SOOOOO…this leaves me with the problem of having way too much photo proofing and editing to do within the time I now have available to me for such. This basically equates to little sleep and putting off anything and everything that can possibly be put off for a week or two…like blogging, unfortunately. :-( I’ll do my best to post a few sneak peaks from my sessions, though!

Also, I will be unable to accept any further sessions now until July. Thank you for understanding!

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Army Heritage Day

On Saturday, we attended Army Heritage Day at Carlisle’s Army Heritage Center. The boys really enjoyed seeing the displays and re-enactments from the French & Indian War times up through and including the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Desert Storm and Iraq and Afghanistan. It was especially neat to see the parachute demonstration by the 101st Airborne.

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

Into the World War I trench exhibit:

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

Trevor had fun acting the part of a soldier fighting from the trenches:

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

There were several WWI soldiers hanging out down here:

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

A glimpse of life in the trenches:

Army Heritage Day

Army Heritage Day

I will have a few more photos to post tomorrow or Friday.

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Wedding: Part 3

More photos from the wedding! This set includes photos from the ceremony.

Pre-Ceremony

Shelly’s parents before the ceremony:

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Is this what flower girls do when they get nervous?!? :-D :

Is this what flower girls do when they get nervous?!? :-D

Pre-Ceremony

Ceremony

Husband and wife!

Husband and wife!

Husband and wife!

Husband and wife!

Husband and wife!

Pre-Ceremony

Reception photos coming soon!

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A Baby and a Red-headed Princess

These kiddos were a lot of fun to photograph!  At 11 days old, baby “M” was wide awake for his entire session!  He was SO good, though, and was very content no matter what basket or prop I plopped him into.

Baby M

Baby M

Baby M

Big sister “E” was reluctant to be photographed at first, but then she quickly entered into “show-off” mode and was hamming it up all over the place:

The Princess!

The Princess!

You gotta let loose a little after the camera’s been in your face for an hour!

Goofy!

The little guy had finally had it when it was time for a few sibling shots! I still got some cute ones, though. Here she was telling him “Shhhhh!” It was too cute!

Baby M and Big Sister

 

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Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day!  I came downstairs this morning to find a little surprise on the dining room table.  I have been eyeing this set of dishes at Target for what seems like forever now.  They were even on sale about two months ago and I have NO idea why I didn’t buy them then. I mean, come on…they were on SALE!  Hello!!!  Anyway, they made for a nice Mother’s Day surprise!  Now I wonder if I can actually keep my dining room table this clean and uncluttered?!? :-D

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

I’m thinking I need to go out now and pick up the matching mugs and serving bowl, along with some nice placemats that match the candle in the center of the table! What do you think?!? :-)
 

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Jason & Shelly: Wedding Part 2

A few more images from Jason and Shelly’s wedding…

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

Pre-Ceremony

I don’t know how you wedding photographers do it! Getting through several hundred image edits and then deciding which ones to preview on your blog is NOT an easy task!

Still more to come…

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May Is Booked!

Sticky Announcement: I am unable to accept any more bookings this month! If you wish to schedule a session for June or July, please check my calendar on my website before you call or email to make sure the date you want is open. As for June…the evening of the 14th is currently booked, and 6th through 9th are unavailable. Thanks!

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Jason & Shelly: Wedding Part 1

My brother Jason was married on Saturday! We never thought we would see the day…but I digress. I normally don’t photograph weddings, but when Jason and Shelly asked me to photograph theirs, how could I possibly say no?!? As I work my way through the 400 images that need to be edited (and yes, those are the “keepers!”) I will be posting some here.

Part 1: Getting Ready!

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

More to come!

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I Am Still Alive!

I apologize for my recent lack of updates! I am still alive! Life has been busy, but I will be returning within the next day or two with new posts. First up will be some photos from my brother’s wedding on Saturday!

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