Yesterday, Brooke's family celebrated her brother, Taylor's, graduation from Liberty University with a picnic, hotdogs, yard games and of course the Smilebooth. While Taylor did graduate from college, I still think his greatest accomplishment/skill is his ability to make faces in the Smilebooth. - T.J.
So this whole having an office thing has made me super productive. Seriously... I haven't even blogged some of the weddings below and I'm already posting the working at work images! BOOM!
These are always some of my favorite posts. This one is basically just Jeff working at work. He and I have been shooting together a lot and I've made a point to take photos of him working. You can see our other posts here - Volume 1 // Volume 2 // Volume 3 // Volume 4 // ENJOY!
This was a wedding that I was beyond excited to be a part of. I've known Paul for quite a few years going back to my days spent living in Philadelphia. He came to the city and immediately bonded with our group of friends. That's how he met Bryn, who has an enormous eye for design and creativity. She currently works at the Anthropologie in Philly and recycled a ton of store displays that she created herself. All the details were made by her, including the groomsmen's boutonnieres. Something that Brooke and I adored was how she lightly dipped the bottom of her dress to match her wedding colors. It looked absolutely stunning. As the night carried on, it was so much fun spending time with old friends and to share this moment with them. Brooke and I had a great time capturing this wedding and here are some of our favorites! -Jeff
Two weeks ago, Jeff and I shot the beautiful, spring-filled wedding of Eric + Kristen. Their celebration was traditional yet laid back. Kristen and her girls were simply beautiful in black, white and pink - which was the perfect color choice for the time of year. Eric and his guys were nothing but gentlemans.. including Eric's son Logan, who was downright hysterical. All day when I'd ask Logan if he was excited for the day, or what he was looking forward to most, he kept responding "I just can't wait to get on the dance floor!" - to which I'd smile and say "Sounds good to me!" Little did I know how much he truly meant that statment.
Following the sun drenched ceremony, bridal party photos on the golf course, bride and groom photos under the cherry tree, the reception started off with the uber cute first dance of the newlyweds. Followed then by Logan getting the entire crowd pumped up with a semi-choreographed fist-pumping song that I'll never forget. It was amazing.
Eric + Kristen's entire day was held at the Heritage Hills Resort in York, PA which is one of the easiest golf courses to shoot on for sure. Enjoy the images, I really feel like their photographs captured everyone's personalities perfectly. Enjoy! -Brooke
Anthony, Amanda and Kiley (their super spunky dog!) met up with Brooke and I a few weeks ago for a fun engagement shoot around Lancaster City. We went from rooftop, to alleyways to the park and got some great images along the way. We shared stories with one another, about how they met working at a restaurant, to living life with Kiley running wild, to being full time photographers. Every time I knelt down to take a photo, Kiley would run over to me (as if I bent down to greet her personally) and lick me ferociously. We definitely all became best friends on that beautiful evening. Here are some of our favorites! -Jeff
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending Jennie Love's floral workshop at her organic flower farm in Philly. It was so much fun. And so darn beautiful. Meeting the ladies at the workshop was great and the afternoon was such a lovely break away from my computer and work.
I hope you'll check out Jennie's site and consider attending one of her workshops. I can't WAIT to attend her "Flower Child" workshop in June. Flower crowns for everyone!!!!!
Enjoy the beautiful flowers! -Brooke
I will always remember Rob + Suzy's wedding because of it's light. The bright, vibrantly lit portraits and the moody, grainy ceremony which seem to compliment each other brilliantly. Suprisingly. But the light wasn't the only wonderful thing about their day - Rob + Suzy were simply delightful. They were certainly two of kindest people I'd ever had the priveledge of shooting. (You might remember their engagements which gave us a little glimpse into their personalities!)
Jeff and I had a great time shooting their wedding day festivities. Rob + Suzy's bridal party was a ton of fun and so cooperative! (Always a plus when there's such a large group to work with!) The ceremony was sweet and the dance floor at the reception was on fire, with much thanks to the band.
I've posted some of my favorite images from their day below. Isn't Suzy so gorgeous!?!? Leave comments and enjoy! -Brooke
For those of you who think that all I do is photograph weddings in life, that's way off. So, here is a super fast recap to get you up to speed as to who Tess is.
T.J. started selling t-shirts in college for a mission's trip fundraiser. People liked them. He started selling more. We got married. We started selling them at our local mall. Then we raised 30K and opened our first retail store. Two years later we are opening our second store - this time in Stone Harbor, NJ. Who doesn't love the beach, right!? We had to hire more poeple to work at our new store. One of those fabulous people is Tess. This is Tess.
Ya follow? You can actually read about Tess on the walk in love. blog, right HERE. Last night I shot a few photos of Tess to introduce her to the world and wanted to share some of them with you. As we were walking towards the sunlight, before I'd shot anything of her, she said "So, I'm pretty awkward and strange in front of the camera." I told her she'd be fine. And HECK! She looks amazing and so comfortable! One of my absolute favorite things about being a portrait photographer is taking amazing shots of people who think they're "not photogenic". It's so rewarding.
Have a great day! -Brooke
Spring. If only it was spring. Technically it is spring... I get that - but it does NOT feel like spring outside my windows right now. This morning it was snowing. So I thought a round up of my favorite wedding bouquets from the last year or so would help my life feel a little more springish. Yea?! Some of these are just so darn beautiful. The perfect inspiration for a day like today. -Brooke
