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A trip through the Kumba Market

A trip through the Kumba Market

Krista and Sam| Pittsburgh Portrait Photography| Laurel Highland Country Session

Krista and Sam| Pittsburgh Portrait Photography| Laurel Highland Country Session

Meet Krista, my youngest sister. And her fiance Sam. This is Rose. On the day we shot Krista and Sams’ engagement session Krista had to put down her dog of 15 years. So this is in memory of one of the greatest dogs ever. When we were younger, and Rose would go on vacation with [...]


Cory and Daniela| Pittsburgh Wedding Photography| St Pauls Cathedral| Westin Convention Center Hotel

Cory and Daniela| Pittsburgh Wedding Photography| St Pauls Cathedral| Westin Convention Center Hotel

Cory and Daniela had a wonderful wedding on a beautiful September day in Pittsburgh. They are such a cool couple, and they pulled off a great wedding just weeks after Cory opened the new Dante Salon in Shadyside! Congratulations on your wedding and your opening! Check out Dante Salon if you need a cut or [...]


Julie and Blair| Amazing people| Amazing Wedding|Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer|Omni William Penn

Julie and Blair| Amazing people| Amazing Wedding|Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer|Omni William Penn

Julie and Blair were married on September 11, 2010. They are an amazing couple, who found me just a few months before their wedding. They have such compassionate hearts, as was evident when we went to visit Julie’s grandmother at a nursing home after the wedding ceremony. As you both make a difference in this [...]


Deanna and Dan| and a room full of beer!

Deanna and Dan were married in July but between Nicaragua, and catching up, I havent posted any of there photos yet. I will be doing that soon, but here is a slideshow from their wedding until then.


Intense Healing-Intense Laughter

Intense Healing-Intense Laughter

After more than a year of walking on crutches, he began to take small baby steps, free of pain, with out crutches! Before I tell that story though, look at the view from where we are staying! Migdonio was sitting on the side of the road talking to his brother when we walked up and [...]


Nicaragua to Date: Just a Pittsburgh photographer trying to capture the life around him.

Nicaragua to Date: Just a Pittsburgh photographer trying to capture the life around him.

Wow, its Wednesday already. The days fly by as we spend time in La Chureca (the city dump) and spend time as a group, worshiping, praying, and seeking God, and his purpose of this trip. As the days move on, the intensity of what we see continues to build. Yesterday, on a path in La [...]


Nicaragua day 2

Nicaragua day 2

Our first day in Nicaragua was a success! The group leader, Pastor Doug followed a day behind due to some difficulties on the home front, but we are all here now. Yesterday we visited La Chureca for a few hours with Love light and melody director Daniel Baine. Daniel is also a friend, and our [...]


Emily and Matt: Longue Vue Country Club| Pittsburgh Wedding Photography

Emily and Matt: Longue Vue Country Club| Pittsburgh Wedding Photography

Emily and Matt were married on a beautiful April day. The skies threatened rain all day, but it held off till late into the night. The ceremony was held at The Old Stone Church in Monroeville, Pa. Its a very cool little church right in the heart of town, but thanks to some awesome blooming [...]


Light love and Melody-Jamie and Ryan: Pittsburgh Engagement Photos-Tartan Day at the Duquesne Club

Light love and Melody-Jamie and Ryan: Pittsburgh Engagement Photos-Tartan Day at the Duquesne Club

As a brief summer stretch finally passes by, and spring with all its color and sounds slips in, wedding season is slowly gearing up. After a few scattered and beautiful weddings throughout the winter, I am excited for the upcoming nuptials that I am going to be a part of. But truth be told, my [...]


Pittsburgh Restaurant and Portrait Photography: Bistro Soul: Chef Matty

Pittsburgh Restaurant and Portrait Photography: Bistro Soul: Chef Matty

My Dad has been working with a wonderful restaurant on the North Side of Pittsburgh called Bistro To Go. After meeting with him for lunch a few times and getting to know the owner Nikkie, and wonderful staff, I was asked to come and do some work for them on a few different levels. One [...]


Krista and Sam: A North Side Urban Portrait session!

 Krista and Sam: A North Side Urban Portrait session!

I shot a beautiful wedding last weekend, and while I was shooting the portraits, I got a wonderful phone call from my little sister Krista, announcing her engagement to the man of her dreams, and now my soon to be brother in law! It feels so weird to say that! They came into town this [...]


Past favorites: Pittsburgh Wedding and Portrait Photography

I hope that 2010 is off to a good start for you! I’m busy booking weddings, and skiing, but I wanted to take some time to create and share a slideshow using my print lab Pictage! I love these guys because they make life easy for you the client! After your wedding, we upload your [...]


Pittsburgh Portrait Photography: January Special: Happy 2010 from my family to yours

Pittsburgh Portrait Photography: January Special: Happy 2010 from my family to yours

I love Christmas time. Not only because if the real meaning, and celebration, but because I get to spend time with my whole family, and its not just dinner. It’s a chance for us to catch up, and this year, since my parents have the far for sale, a chance to grab fun photos around [...]


Emily and Matt NYC Enagement Session Slideshow by a Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

Here is a fun slideshow of all of my favorite images from their winter engagement session running around Manhattan. I cant wait to get them into Pittsburgh for their Wedding at the Old Stone Church, and Longe Vue Country Club. Enjoy!


Emily and Matt: A NYC Winter engagement session by a Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

Emily and Matt: A NYC Winter engagement session by a Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

In December I traveled to the Big Apple to photograph Emily and Matt’s engagement session in what I consider to be the Wild and not always so Wonderful New York City. This time however, I loved my trip to Manhattan. Emily and Matt were referred to me by a friend, and since they live in [...]


Shooting for you- Slowing down to be better for your clients.

Shooting for you- Slowing down to be better for your clients.

I cant wait for winter to come! My goggles, ski pants, boots, and snowboard, are all ready for the white stuff to come. Im so excited to get out on the slopes and start shooting some winter lifestyle, be it families playing and having fun, or kids throwing cork 9′s off of a big table [...]


Pittsburgh Portrait Photography: Winter Lifestyle Family Sessions: Enjoying life, and getting ready for winter

Pittsburgh Portrait Photography: Winter Lifestyle Family Sessions: Enjoying life, and getting ready for winter

Since winter is just around the bend, I’m getting ready to launch my new winter lifestyle sessions, where we spend a day skiing, sledding, hiking, snow tubing, or anything else that you like to do in the winter, and capture you and your family having a fun day together. The idea came to me when [...]


Downtown Pittsburgh Wedding Photography: Holiday Inn North HIlls wedding Reception-JIll and Eric Part 2

Downtown Pittsburgh Wedding Photography: Holiday Inn North HIlls wedding Reception-JIll and Eric Part 2

Here is the second part of Jill and Eric’s beautiful fall wedding at Mothers of Sorrows Church, and some fun dancing photos of Jill and her father, Eric and his mother, and their first dance. After a beautiful Ceremony, we headed to the beer distributor in the limo, before heading to Mellon Park in Downtown [...]


Pittsburgh Wedding Photography- Downtown Engagement Photos| Jill and Eric

Pittsburgh Wedding Photography- Downtown Engagement Photos| Jill and Eric

Jill and Eric were married a few weeks ago, and I have been going through and editing their photos, and am planning on blogging my favorite images from their wedding tomorrow or Friday, but I wanted to post a new slide show created through my professional lab Pictage. We had a great time shooting in [...]


Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer|The Willow Room: Shannon and Mike| Belle Vernon Wedding Photography

Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer|The Willow Room: Shannon and Mike| Belle Vernon Wedding Photography

After a month hiatus from blogging and tweeting (for the most part), and a much needed vacation, I am please to blog Shannon and Mikes great wedding. Mikes father is battling cancer: so since he wasn’t able to make the ceremony, we went to him and grabbed some family portraits. My prayers will continue to [...]


Kelly and Matt: Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

Kelly and Matt were married back in April on the Gateway Clipper Princess. Kelly and Matt met while in college, and their relationship has developed into an awesome love. Here are some of my favorites from their wedding. Kelly started the day getting ready at the Station Square Sheraton and then moved the party onto [...]


Nikkie

Nikkie contacted me a while back about shooting some lifestyle photos! So after going back and forth for a while, we finally nailed down a date and went out for some fun. Nikkie is vivacious, funny, and a great person. It also turns out that she is the event coordinator for Heinz Field and does [...]


Crazy week of shooting

Thursday started off nice and mellow. Till I got a call to come up to my buddies studio to help shoot a large group of models for a new salon that is opening up. As soon as the website is up and running I’ll post that on here. So generally I hate to shoot in [...]


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