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No, do not adjust your teevee set and no, this is not Groundhog Day. I was back on Boathouse Row for another engagement session and this time it was Kristen and Rob who are getting married this fall at the beautiful Hotel DuPont.

We already started discussing our plans for the wedding day and I’m getting charged up for this one!

Kristin and Rob are huge Phillies fans so for their engagement session, I really had to knock it out of the park, especially the day after Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game. So we headed over to the Piazza at Schmidts where the Phillies were playing on the jumbotron.

They’re both so playful and it’s not hard for Rob to make Kristin laugh so shooting them was a breeze.

Beautiful light and settings everywhere.

Just had to get one more shot of the Phillies red shoes!

Stay tuned for their August wedding at Knowlton Mansion!

Just got done another amazing shoot with Béke Beau, Dar Clinton and wardrobe stylist, Catie Joyce. Our models Alex and Star were incredible!

And I have to give an super-big thanks to Krista Valla who was an incredible help all day and was extremely patient with my artistic vision ).

Yahoo! Another successful Super Monday workshop! This time we had a full house of 10 participants coming from as far away as Ohio. We had a natural-light-shootin’, coffee-drinkin’, bagel-eatin’ good time and learned a few things about light and how to find it.

The whole idea was how to simplify shooting by playing the hand you are dealt. Sometimes we don’t shoot at the Hotel DuPont with our brides dressing in rooms with floor to ceiling windows on two sides. And sometimes we just don’t have Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue sunlight. But by looking for reflected, diffused and directional light, you can nail it in-camera, walk away looking like the pro that you are and make your post-processing life easier, too.

And just to prove the point that it can be done, we did the whole workshop in and around my house. I purposely didn’t pick some cool location with lots of distracting scenery because in real life, you sometimes don’t get it. F’rinstance, this one was shot in front of my house with light reflected off the siding. I tilted Alyssa’s chin down a bit so she didn’t get sunlight hitting her nose from the noon sun.

On my front porch.

Under my deck.

A “family shot” under the deck.

Light peeking in the studio window.

In my driveway.

In front of my chimney flue. See? It ain’t no big deal!

Special thanks to Alyssa, Steve, Rachel and Joe.

We really dodged a bullet with the weather at Julie’s and Pat’s wedding last weekend. But at the end of the day, we got some really fun and beautiful photos. The people at Hershey’s Mill were really nice and Schaffer Sound pumped that room full of beats!

Special thanks (again) to Mark Deniken and to Nick Gould. I couldn’t have pulled it off without them.

Winter is behind us and the weather is perfect for engagement sessions! Natalie and David met me at the Schmidts Piazza in Northern Liberties yesterday for an awesome session.

Yes, I actually convinced the owners of the property to let me show a live slideshow of Natalie and David while shooting! (not!)

Caught some great light bouncing between two buildings so we worked with it for a little while.

Hmmm, there was this old scooter just sitting there on the sidewalk … well, better to ask forgiveness than permission, I always say!

Natalie and David are pulling out all the stops for their September 2010 wedding at the Hotel DuPont. Looking forward to that one!

Just had an awesome opportunity to meet with lots of couples who have weddings coming up at the beautiful Hyatt Penns Landing. Everyone was super nice and the food for completely off the hook! Even the table setups were second to none.

The food stations were incredible. I hope it’s not in poor taste for me to bring a doggie bag next time!

Wow! The desserts were to die for.

Asian food stations, Italian … you name it!

Dude! Marble chocolate tulip? I had never heard of such a thing but it made me drool just photographing it!

Oh, and an open bar.

My new buddy, Bart Wlocynski, pro DJ was there spinning stacks o’ wax.

Teddy was representin’ the Philadelphia Trolley Works and 76 Carriage Company.

Khalir Love from the Philly Horn Band hams it up with some potential clients.

And here’s my humble display featuring banners from Simply Canvas and albums from Finao. Photo courtesy of Dan Cohen from the Philly Horn Band.

It was a fun day with the incredible people at the Hyatt. Hope to get back there this coming season!

I teamed up with the dynamic duo once again to fight for hair, make-up and beauty for every woman! Béke Beau and Dar Clinton are completely off the hook with their respective talents and our shoots have just been getting better and better. Today we were joined by Stephanie and Caitlin. Neither has modeled before but you could never tell. They look like pros!

Despite there being a foot of snow on the ground outside and dense cloud cover, that didn’t us from having all the sun we could ever want pouring through the windows of the studio (more on that when I post the “behind the scenes) photos)!

These photos are completely unretouched. That’s how good Béke and Dar are!

Wow! What a blast! I just love seeing all these great photos at the end of a long day of shooting. Lots more on Facebook.

Just got done an all-day photoshoot with Béke Beau, Dar Clinton and three gorgeous models. We went from mild to wild and had a blast doing it!

I channeled my inner Joyce Tenneson.

Ashley and Margaux were young models but worked hard all day and looked so darned cute doing it!

Olya brought her years of international experience to the table and it showed!

Then it was time for Dar to go funky on the hair.

What a blast! Can’t wait to do it again!