Memorial Day with the kids

Sunday we went to the family burial plot in Westerlo to pay our respects and plant new flowers as we do every year. It's hard to believe that my dad has been gone 13 years now - seems like yesterday I turned 30...




Nancy and I decided to completely devote Monday to having fun with the kids, so we let them sleep late and rest up. Once they woke up I made corn fritters and eggs which was a rare treat for all of us. After breakfast we took the kids into Scotia to enjoy the park. Asa and Delaney played on the swings, slides and jungle gyms. We played for a couple of hours and then headed over to Jumpin Jacks for lunch.

After lunch we headed over to the Bow Tie Cinemas and watched the 4th itteration of the Indiana Jones saga. Great movie by the way according to the kids ;-)

Sarah & Jason

So today I met with Sarah & Jason who flew in from San Francisco last night in preparation of their wedding next Saturday. Normally I do a session with my couples about a month in advance not just a week, but since they live on the west coast...

They both spent a LOT of time in Troy so they wanted their signature photo shoot to take place there. What a wonderful couple with such great chemistry! We shot along River Street and in a couple alley ways, plus on the steps of the Bush Memorial at Russell Sage College.

Their wedding will take place at the gorgeous Lake George Club and I can't wait to play!!! They are a fun and energetic couple that will be a blast to photograph next Saturday!

Here are some of the images from todays shoot...
Jeff

Is it May already???

April was an amazingly busy month with Spring Break, a fantastic seminar in Syracuse and the third installation of the Upstate NY DWF get together...

Delaney and I decided to tour New England this year for our daughter father get away which is a slight departure from our usual history trek. We drove to Portland Maine and had a nice lobster dinner. Well OK Delaney wanted lobster so dad had to break it open for her ;-)

We also stopped and saw the Portland Head lighthouse, then the Nubble lighthouse before heading off to see Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA. We ended our weeks vacation with our first motorcycle ride of the season. Don't tell Nancy I took the photo while driving :-)



On April 20th I had the pleasure to get together with 17 other NY photographers and 12 fantastic models to continue our Upstate NY DWF (Digital Wedding Forum) self teaching get togethers. We had the pleasure of shooting at St. Mary's RC church in downtown Albany, the Palace Theater and the Empire State Plaza.

Every time we get together we share ideas, techniques and experience with one another in the effort to be better at what we do. We're a very close knit group and are very dynamic - some of us have been shooting for 20 years and some for 6 months but we're all equals here.






After shooting with our models at the Albany DWF get together I had the honor of shooting with Aubrey this past weekend. Aubrey wanted to do some shots for her upcoming anniversary with her boyfriend Stephen, so we did a little urban grunge in downtown Troy. Here are a couple of the images...