Senior Photography {Rona: Piano Session}

You might remember the lovely Rona from a session we did last year, and seeing her face all over the Aisling website, advertisements, web, and paper materials. She's such an awesome person, and its been fantastic working with her as an Aisling representative :) 

I'm so much better at understanding the way things feel, than putting them into words, I always sit at my computer, fingers on the keys, trying to figure giant things into tiny letters to accompany my photos, sometimes, I deem it too difficult a task to complete, and post the photos only... but I wanted to share why I think I'm drawn to these particular images. My experience of Rona is that she has a genuinely vibrant energy, is animated, talented, and gets excited about living life in a way that connects to its depth...I think these images somehow touch on that depth, they're a little more quiet, and let her remain in that space a little longer...   

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Engagement Photography {Heather & Mike}

Seriously! I love when I catch up with an old friend and get to see first-hand that they're happy. Its even more fun when I get to be their photographer :)  It was great seeing Mike again, and meeting Heather in person ... I swear these two just made each other laugh and smile the entire session. They're pretty cute ;)

I wanted to share a few shots that were inspired by the story of how they started dating...they kissed under a shooting star. (I'm not making this up! I swear. It's even the theme of the wedding!)

Congratulations, Mike & Heather, on all your starry-eyed goodness! I'm looking forward to seeing you again very soon.

Senior Photography {Katie at Sand Hill Berries}

Hey there! It's been an interesting month. A lot's been going on with our family, on top of moving 700 miles to a new location, painting, unpacking, and attempting to get organized. I decided I should take a little break to post a blog! Woo!  Everyone's been asking about pictures of the new house, but I don't have those yet {editing is taking precedence over house stuff currently, but I promise some soon!}. I do have more photos of the lovely Katie, from a session we did at Sand Hill Berries, in Mt. Pleasant, PA.

I usually get berries from Sand Hill about once a year, at the Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival. My sister and I get two fresh berry desserts, then realize halfway through, we should have shared one. It's okay that we stuff ourselves on them, though, they're SO yummy!  I had, however, never actually been to Sand Hill before this, and I'm really glad I had the opportunity to photograph there. It's beautiful! I think I could live in the orchard at dawn, it's pretty magical...

...we had a few issues with nargles and wrackspurts, but my assistant managed to get them hence...

...the flowers shown are mostly in or from the cutting garden...

...I also dreamed I had a delicious black raspberry pie. Oh, wait, I did ;) Much thanks to Miss Katie & her mom!