polk a dot portraits

I have been so blessed in my life with good health, wonderful friends & family, a job I love, and the ability to have fun seeing a bit of the world and generally doing what I want to do.  Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky as I have been.  I've been involved in a couple programs throughout t...

Brittany and Toph's wedding will be revealed on the blog soon!  I usually post a nice moment between a couple for a teaser, but thought I'd change it up today.  For now, I thought I'd tease Brittany with her piles and piles of hair!  Hehe, not to worry, she will be seeing the entire wedding this we...

I've been itching to try out some boudoir photography over the last couple years and I finally found a great test subject - one of my brides Brittany!  She is the epitome of a client putting her absolute trust in me.  And it doesn't hurt that she has fabulous fashion taste!  We finally got to...

My blogging has been all over the place this summer, so why stop now!  Many of you will recognize baby Andrew from my first hanging baby image.  I never posted some other images from the session, so I thought I'd start to get a little caught up on the blogging with him!

I'm so pleased to announce that I have picked a winner for the wedding photography contest!  Britt + Mike with their LA wedding!  This whole process has been fun for me, getting to know these couples through their entries and mood boards.  The final decision was tough as I was falling in love wi...

I'm slowly, but surely getting caught up on blog postings!  Erin + Waiel were such good sports for their e-session.  We must have had the shoot on one of the hottest days of summer, but we didn't let the heat stop us from a great session.  I probably looked a little worse for the wear af...

Alyson + Shane had a wonderfully intimate ceremony at the Joseph Ambler Inn this summer.  You may remember them from their Italian Market e session.  Much like myself and Zach, these two have been together for forever!  Though it seems like they can't remember what life was like before they met, th...

Please join me at life (as an artform) - Philly !  I'll be hosting my friend Jesh de Rox's workshop on October 13-15th.  I can say from first hand experience how amazing this workshop is.  If you don't want to take my word for it, check out what some other recent attendees had to say:Never in my...

When not shooting a wedding of my own, I've been quite busy second shooting this season with some fellow friends and colleagues.  I've been able to tag along on a bunch of Ryan Estes's weddings this summer and we have a few more this fall I'll be working on for him.  Here are a few of my f...

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A good friend of mine sent me the link for Color Suckr last week and I've been having a ball testing it out!  All you have to do is link the url of an image you'd like to pull a color scheme out of and it automatically pulls the most common colors out of it!  It also gives you all the info needed o...

So, I'm finally starting to blog some weddings from this season.  This whole summer has seemed to revolve around portraits on the blog!  Amy and Josh were married at the spectacular Masonic Temple in Philadelphia.  I think this place is one of Philly's best kept secrets for both weddings and ar...

I was so excited to hear from Mac's mom, Stephanie about shooting her newbie, Mac.  She contacted me after seeing the new birth announcements I designed.  Now that I'm getting more and more comfortable with each newborn shoot, I was ready to branch out for more outdoor shooting.  I absolutely LO...

Meet Madison Rose!  Her mommy and I go way back so I was super excited to photograph this little one.  She wasn't quite ready for her close up when I first got there, but after a good feeding, she was happy to pose in any way we wanted.  She has the funniest way of curling up her fingers near he...