Jillian has a special place in my heart….she’s been one of my second shooters for the past year and a half and I love spending time with her at weddings! I’m not sure what made me meet with her when I was getting daily requests from people to second shoot with me, but I did and I decided to give her a chance.  She’s a poised photographer with a ton of talent, and a super, super nice person. I was honored that she asked me to shoot her wedding to Ryan.  Tomorrow is their big day and I can’t wait!!  I’m also a guest and not just a vendor.   It should be an amazing day.  

Jillian, who will be getting married in a few months, came over a week ago to pick up her guest sign in book.  Jillian, as you may know, has also been my second shooter for many of my weddings this past  year, and I can’t wait to shoot her wedding in October.  We chatted for quite a while and then I tested my Fuji X100 in the low light.   There was some light coming in from the windows, the lamp was on and the camera handled that mixed light well.  

Jillian and Ryan’s esession  was about 2 months ago and I just got the film back from the lab.  The digital shots were posted back in April. I happen to like both the film and digital shots for this session, so I’m glad I took both.  I typically only shoot film for personal work.  

Here’s the second half of Lori and Mike’s Engagement session taken in Old City, Philadelphia.  I loved the clean white wall to start.

I met Lori and Mike in Philadelphia last weekend for their engagement shoot. It was a perfect evening.  We started behind the Art Museum and then moved to another location. Lori and Mike were just as nice and sweet  as could be.  I could could tell how perfect they are for each other within about 5 minutes of being with them and I really enjoyed myself spending time with them. I can’t wait for their wedding in September.

Here we go!

Here’s part 2 of Jillian and Ryan’s eventful engagement session!   I love how green the grass was at this location:

Let me tell you about Jillian.  She’s one of my current second shooters. Last year she contacted me to see if I needed a second shooter (I didn’t).  You have to know that last year almost every week I had someone asking me if they could second shoot with me.  Something about Jillian’s email must have resonated with me (or maybe I was in a really good mood that day), so I decided to meet with her.  And I loved her from the minute we met!  I immediately worked her into my 2010 wedding schedule and she’s been shooting with me ever since.

Jillian is as nice and sweet as they come.  She’s a talented photographer with a blooming business, and she’s a very upbeat and positive person.  I was wondering about Ryan, hoping he was good enough for her, and now that I’ve met him and spent time with him, I can happily say that he is perfect for Jillian.  He makes her laugh and you can see how in love they are.

Here’s one shot shot for Jillian’s mom:

Here’s another shot of Emily and Bill. This image is heavily manipulated to give it a tilt-shift effect.  Happy Friday!

And finally, the last few shots from Emily and Bill’s esession.  Look at those blue skies!

Hopefully you aren’t sick of seeing Emily and Bill on my blog!  When we had our shoot, I took my digital camera, which I always do, but I also took along a film camera.  If you’ve been following my blog you know I’ve been shooting film for my personal work, so I thought what the heck, I’ll bring it along for this engagement session.  I hate to say this, but I like the film shots much better than the digital.  Now, I’m looking at how film  handles the range of light, the colors, and things that most people don’t look at, and then there’s that ‘film look’ that I love and digital can’t do (no matter how much I try).  This first shot was taken in full sun….what I see is that film handled it much better than digital could have.

What you see is what a beautiful smile Emily has.