This groom will never have an excuse to forget his anniversary – it’s 08-08-08! Shawn & Sarah had a day that started out gloomy & drizzly, then turned out to be beautiful after all. It was a nice bonus but not really necessary, because these two can have fun anywhere and look great while they’re at it. You know that I always try to do something a little unique and personal in the images for all of my wedding clients…as soon as I found out that Shawn was a Pittsburgh city policeman, it was a no-brainer! Here are some of my favs -
The beautiful bride:

Love the emotion in this one with Mom:

Up to the West End Overlook after the ceremony:

And wadda ya know – a police car!

I have been hearing about this type of mounting from some of my other photographer friends, so I finally decided to try it out for myself. These are called Gallery Mounts – the company describes them as "a modern and cost-effective way to present your images as finished
   pieces and display them without the additional time and cost of traditional framing
   and matting. The prints are completely sealed with a durable, transparent matte or semi-gloss
   laminate, then heat-fused to a densely engineered substrate.
   Providing a classic look, each flush edge is then finished with a bevel and an edge
   color, heat-fused and available in black or white."

I had those images of me with the granddolls that I have wanted to print, and I wanted to write something about each image to accompany it. These are printed as 10x30s, and they are on the white 3/4" mount. They really are a very nice product! They are fairly substantial, but with a clean modern look. OK, so I’m no product photographer, but I took pictures of one of them today to show you. They will hang in my office in the new house, so I just stuck this one on a hook for now to snap these.

See the beveled edge?

Keyhole hanging slot on the back

OK, adding one of the pair:

I managed to score some GREAT deals on shower curtains & towels for the bathrooms in the new house when I visited Stacey a few weekends ago. She took me to Home Goods, which I’d never even heard of. They were both in shades of sand, turquoise, and  other blues and browns.  I found this quilt online a while ago and remembered it, so I ordered it and got it today. It will go great with the private guest bath for that bedroom. It’s from The Company Store and I see others on there that I like, too….might not be done yet!

We really wanted to concentrate on one-year-old Angelo for this session, because Mom wanted to match what we had done for Ray when he was that age. We tried to do some at their home, but Angelo was just a little too comfortable there and was an almost impossible moving target. We moved to an unfamiliar park, and it slowed him down enough to do the trick. Ray was as cute as ever, and who can resist the eyes on these guys?

I love, love, love my morning coffee with Hazelnut creamer. But I swear I was going through a bottle a week, and where I live now – well, it’s not that convenient to run to the grocery store when I’m out of something. So I was delighted when Jessica brought me a 1.5 liter (yes, liter) of hazelnut flavored concentrate in a pump dispenser, and it doesn’t even have to be refrigerated! Whoo Hoo! And it is only around ten dollars, way cheaper than buying all of those smaller bottles. The downside is that you can only buy it at Sam’s, which I don’t belong to, but my neighbor has graciously offered to pick it up whenever she is there, so I’m all set.

I have scheduled two weekends in PA for sessions, which will take place at Cecil Park, just a few miles from my old home studio and a really good spot!  They will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friday October 17th: 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm, and 5pm
Saturday October 18th: 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm, and 5pm
Sunday will be the rain day

Friday November 7th: 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm
Saturday November 8th: 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 3:30pm
Sunday will be the rain day

If you can’t get in because these sessions are booked, I may be able to offer "stand-by" sessions on these two Sundays if the weather cooperates and we don’t need the make-up days.

Give me a call at 864-719-0130 or shoot me an email at jnafziger@charter.net if any of these work for you!

and a coffee mug…isn’t it cute? He also has one with a guy playing the guitar that he has worn to death. These shirts always make me smile!

You can get it here: Overtons

Took these the other night when we were out on our boat with our neighbors and Cheryl was able to drive so that I could snap some pics of Jim…not bad, huh?

This has been all over the internet, but in case you haven’t seen it I promise you it is worth watching to the end!

So sometimes my job is really, really tough. I have to go out on a sunny day and take photographs of handsome young blue-eyed men for their Senior pictures. Don’t you feel bad for me?