Little Miss Taylor

These pictures are of 18 month old Taylor, who is so delightful and sweet, and who I promise, despite the last photo, was having a good time! Several of the outfits she is wearing were her mother's, sewn by her Grandmother.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Portraits: Rachel

Today I had so much fun photographing three 17-year-old high school seniors. Here is a preview of Rachel...with 600 images to edit, it is going to take me a few days to get them all done, but I couldn't wait to share a few fun ones.

5th Annual Fashion Show Benefitting the Alzheimer's Association

Tonight I was able to enjoy a wonderful evening of food, fun, friends and fashion benefitting an organization close to my heart, the Alzheimer's Association. Carol Kinkela, owner of Carabella hosted "Guys and Dolls," a runway fashion show at the Oaks Theater, a short walk from her classy boutique in Oakmont. The featured designer of the evening was Pittsburgh's own Kiya Tomlin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Real Faith

Having two children to practice my photography on has been very convenient, but also presents a unique issue. My son, Jonathan, is easier to photograph than his twin sister. He engages with me better when I pull out the camera. He is a bit of an actor, so he hams it up for me, and has such extreme reactions to activities (high and low!) that there are more opportunities to capture his personality in my lens. I used a photo of him in a local art show, one on my business cards, and another made it into the Beaver County Times. So it makes me exceedingly happy when I can capture a bit of the real Faith, this time covered in a thick layer of chocolate ice cream.

Pittsburgh At Night

Taking photos at night is something that I need to keep practicing. It is incredibly difficult to hold the camera still enough to prevent camera shake. I really should have tested out our video camera tripod to see if it would fit my camera, but these pictures were taken on a whim.

Notice the abnormally bright lights in the center of the picture? That is PNC park, and there was a baseball game going on.

I love how the building's reflection is in the river.

This picture was from further down on Mt Washington, toward the Monongahela incline, not the Duquesne. What a beautiful city we live in. I can not even imagine how it used to look when all of the steel mills were in operation. I love learning little factoids about our city, and one of the most intriguing to me was that the businessmen working downtown needed to change into a clean shirt at lunch time (and they worked inside!) and that the street lamps were on 24 hours a day because it was so smokey from the mills. What a difference from today!

Mini-Session with Six-Month-Old Allie B.

My long time friend Joanie and husband Chad have a knack for turning out absolutely beautiful children. Meet Allison!

This pretty little red-head is the fourth in line, and the first with red-hair.

These are the first pictures taken of her where she is sitting up! Great job Allison!

Can you believe those adorable baby cheeks???

So fun to capture a smile!

In this picture her brother, Eric, was laying down beside me in the grass making her laugh.

I think she is practicing her cell-phone hold!

The pants were a little big and started to slide down, but look at how happy she is to be on her fee!

I like this picture because it shows off her impossibly light eyebrows and eyelashes.

Here big sister Anna and big brothers Eric and Caleb join her.

Are these cute kids or what? I am amazed at the variety of hair color.

Joanie and her precious daughters.