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July 2015

Jul 27
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What to do with your images: Vivid Metal Prints

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    Today I’m excited to share with you another installment of “What to do with your images”, our blog series to help you get your photos out of your hard drives, onto your walls and into your life ! We are all guilty of having years of digital photos trapped on our computers, risking the possibility of data loss, and potentially never seeing the light of day.  I am probably more guilty of this than anyone else I know.  I live in a house with naked walls.  I have hundreds of thousands of digital images at my fingertips from family trips, vacations, adventures, but when I want to get something on the wall – I freeze up, become overwhelmed by options and ultimately walk away and leave it till another day.  Does this sound like you?  Do you also live in a house with naked walls?  Or do you have…

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Jul 24
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Ashley & Nate | Yellow Creek State Park Engagement Session

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As most of you know – my sister, Ashley, is getting married next year!  She found herself a keeper 🙂  Ashley and Nate met in college at Slippery Rock University.  Nate is a ranger for the PA State Parks system.  They both love hiking, being outside, and shooting archery together.  We visited Yellow Creek State Park near Indiana, PA for some photos around the lake.                 Clearly, I am hilarious.  Or maybe it was all the talk about sharks.      At the end of the night, we remembered we still had their bows in the car.  Luckily, mother nature gave us a beautiful sunset and an opportunity for a cool shot.  I stood almost waist deep in the lake to get this one, and it was totally worth it!

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Jul 20
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Chris & Skyler – summer engagement photos

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I feel like an old lady writing this – but quite a few years back, I shot Chris’ high school senior pictures.  In fact, I did senior pictures for Chris, his sister Kayla, and their brother Nick!  One of the greatest honors of my job is being a story teller for people’s families.  When people come back again and again at every milestone, I’m thrilled to be a silent part of their story.  This will be the second wedding I’ve had the privilege to document for the McClelland family.  (Kayla has a one year anniversary coming up! 🙂 Skyler had a crush on Chris since the 7th grade, but the first time they “officially” met wasn’t until 9th grade geometry class.  Chris noticed her doodling a set of balloons in her notebook and struck up a conversation.  They dated for two years in high school, but as life often does…

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Jul 13
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Kennedy & Matt | fall pittsburgh engagement photos

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   Kennedy and Matt are getting married this Saturday, so we are kicking off their wedding week with a look back at their fall pittsburgh engagement photos!  We met up on Halloween at Schenley Park for some photos with the leaves.  I don’t know how well you remember last Halloween in Pittsburgh, but it was cold and rainy.  In fact, it rained through their whole session start to finish, but they didn’t let that stop them 🙂  We used umbrellas, we hid out under trees, we took cover under bridges.  If you are willing to be a little adventurous, Pittsburgh has a lot to offer in the way of rainy day photos especially in the fall when a cold rainy day makes you think of pumpkins and hot cider.   Let’s wish them a sunny day this saturday when they tie the knot!         Happy wedding week…

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Jul 09
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Mary & Chris | engagement photos in the rain

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We are having one of the rainiest summers on record here in Pennsylvania (sorry California, we’d send the storm clouds your way if we could).  Mary and Chris proved that nothing was going to rain on their parade when their engagement session date rolled around after a solid week of rain and more showers in the forecast for that evening.  Mary came armed with the cutest pair of turquoise rain boots.  Clearly we had to find a puddle to jump in.  They were up for anything!         It was so wet out that water was bubbling straight up out of the ground at the base of a tree, it was a great spot for a shot of Mary’s engagement ring.           After the storm, we were rewarded with awesome colors as the sun set behind the hill.  A little off camera lighting from…

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