It's been a while...

Well the month of April and for that matter May has flown by with Spring Break with the kids spent in Baltimore, my adventure with a swimming pool (always smell the pool for chlorine - long story).

We decided to take the kids to the National Aquarium in Baltimore and explore the surrounding area while there. Delaney and Asa LOVED the aquarium, especially the 3 story shark tank! We also visited the Maryland Science Museum which had some great hands on exhibits, IMax movie theater and finally the Children's Museum in Baltimore. The Children's Museum was more of an indoor playground than a museum but the kids had a BLAST!












After our excursion to Baltimore I had the pleasure of attending a photography workshop lead by George Weir. I'm a firm believer in continuing education and for photographers it's a little different than simply showing up to a structured class. Each year I choose a workshop where the photographer's work moves me or inspires me. George has been a photographer most of his life and truly shines in the area of journalism and shooting from the heart. I walked away from his workshop inspired, motivated and challenged all in a matter of 48 hours!

Traci and Tim's Signature Photo Session

It's hard to believe that six month's has flown by since I met with Traci and Tim about their upcoming June 2009 wedding! What a warm and fun loving couple - they decided to do their Signature Photo at the lookout located in John Boyd Thatcher Park today...

The weather was blustery to say the least with some sprinkles and the occaissional snow flurry but we had a great time. The outlook was a little grey compared to other days but that didn't stop them from making the best of it - as you can see from the photos below, they're warm enough ;-)

March has flown by!

What an unbelievably busy month March was... We took the kids to see their first hockey game starring The Albany River Rats at the Times Union Center with the IT Department at MVP Health - they had a blast and the River Rats won! Delaney caught some coupons dropped by the News Channel 9 blimp - that was pretty cool...




Next on the agenda was my bridal show at Birch Hill on March 8th which was my second one of the year. Earlier in February I had the pleasure of attending the Riverstone Manor bridal show for the 4th straight year - great time at both events!

Here is my latest bridal show display and marketing materials - the large photo is comprised of (12) individual 16x20" prints made on my new Epson 3800 Professional wide pigment printer. It was very humbling to hear all the positive remarks about it. The image was taken at Riverstone Manor last year of Diana - one of my wonderful brides from 2008.




After leasing a 2007 Honda Accord for 2 years it was time to "get what I wanted" as my wife promised me I could do. So after many, many, many weeks of crunching numbers, reading consumer reports, test drives, sales meetings and negotiations I FINALLY decided on a leftover 2008 Ford Edge Limited AWD in Vapor Silver. It was a lot more vehicle than I had intended on purchasing, but Nancy put her thoughts into my decision making process and we came up with a larger vehicle since the kids are getting bigger and will start to pack more gear. Good news is everyone loves the car/truck - can't decide what to call it yet...




My June wedding clients are starting to line up for their Signature Sessions and I had the absolute pleasure of photographing a model's portfolio for submission as well. Here are a couple of shots, some being intimates (budoir) so handle with care ;-)
Jeff

Sabrina & Mike's Wedding

So Saturday was the first of many weddings for 2009 and it could not have started off with a nicer couple... Sabrina and Mike were wed in Waterford's Grace Church and received at the Century House in Latham. I had the pleasure of documenting Sabrina's day starting at Lucca's Spa in Malta, NY...

Here's a taste of things to come Sabrina and Mike!
Congrats...
Jeff

Christmas time is near!

Don't they look cute??? Spend a week with them and you might think otherwise :-) Nancy was in New York City all last week for training and so the kids had to put up with me - we all survived and I'll leave it at that!

Unfortunately with the ice storm, Nancy was stranded due to the cancellation of all northbound Amtrak trains. She rented a car on Sarturday and drove home. Sunday was put up the tree and decorations day.

I took a couple quick shots of the kids as they were working on the tree and mom was outside strining the lights on the bushes...

The big ice storm...

Wow, what a way to wake up. My alarm went off at 5am which is an hour earlier than I planned! Why? Well that's because the ice storm knocked out power somewhere around 1:30am and my alarm clock is on battery back up. I let the kids sleep in (as did I) until around 8:30am and then I made them some eggs with ham (their favorite) since we have a gas range. Pays to have grown up in the country ;-)

So Friday was a total loss in productivity, but when Saturday came and the power had been restored, the scene was beautiful! Enjoy the images from around the house on Friday and the crystal trees from Saturday...