Colleen + Tony Photobooth

Montdale Country Club was the setting for Colleen and Tony's awesome wedding. We were there with our photo booth. When they go in the booth, you never quite know what's going to pop up on the screen! Congrats!

The Hidden Lake

The Dunns found us with an internet search. They are from Jersey, but have a home up here, on a lake. This property has been in their family for years, so Tara decided it was time to get a family session done at the lake that she loved so much.

Keep in mind that I have lived on the same street my entire life. I grew up here! But, I never knew this place existed. It's tucked away, off a side road, then turn off to a dirt road. We had to call them when we got so far, so they could talk us in the rest of the way. I'm going to say that's because it's off the beaten path, and not because I'm bad at directions. haha

As we were driving in, it was all reminding me of my own lake house where I grew up as a kid. As Tara was telling me stories of when she was younger, I was really relating to that. It was the same kind of memories I have of my own childhood.

Tara didn't want stuffy formal shots. She wanted real life, kids playing, having a good time shots. Those are the kiNds we love!

Since the dock and the lake are the view that they see from the shore, we decided we would put them into that setting first. The kids did such an awesome job! The girls were pretty shy about the whole thing, but Charlie made up for them! He was so cute. We had a lot of fun with the Dunns, and we hope to see them again!

Julie!

I swear that this is the last mask blog post! I think Ed has gotten the masks out of his system. For now. haha.
Ed found Julie on Model Mayhem, a place where models, makeup artists and photographers all go to work together. So we called her up to come do some posing. She brought along her boyfriend, Kevin, who is also a model. He was just there for support, but we do have some ideas for him, so we will be giving him a call after the fall/holiday rush!

We also called in our awesome friend and makeup artist Monica Scaduto. We have worked with her many times before and she is awesome at helping to relax the clients before the shoot so we can get the best images of them.

We did a few mask images, but not too many, since she was also there to do some portfolio building. She did great and I can't wait to work with both her and Kevin (and Monica) again!

Trouble Times Three!

Next up on our mask parade is Carleen, Brittany and Kaity. These three together in a photo, can go one of two ways, it can be complete chaos, or we can get some awesome images. They really did a great job posing. We pulled out my husband's Jeep. I've been wanting to use this for a while as a prop, but haven't had the right idea in my head to use it.

So we made the girls climb up there to do some shots. We did all these as it was parked in my front yard, so we had the rubberneckers and the people slowing down as they drove by to see what was going on. We even had a few beep at us as they were modeling, which the girls found hysterical.

After the Jeep, we dragged them over to the driveway. It was overcast that day, but the rain just wouldn't come. So, we made our own. They brought their rain boots, we gave them some umbrellas, and turned on the hose!

These girls really rocked their session! We had a blast shooting them. We even entered the image of the three of them standing with the umbrellas into a contest at the GDS fair and won first place.

Devon's Forest

Devon was another volunteer for the mask images. How many masks did Ed get, you may be wondering. haha. There are still a few more that you haven't seen yet.

We took Devon over to Ed's house to do some shooting by the creek. She brought a costume from a previous year, so this one was new to us. We liked how the costume had wings, so we made her bird-like.

Kristy and Alysa's Turn

Kristy and Alysa are next on the blog! They are also girls from the dance studio who came to do some crazy mask posing. These two are usually pretty quiet around us when we come to the studio to do their candids and their posed photos. Kristy likes to hide from the camera, so we thought we'd drag her out front and center.
I think they did an awesome job. They both gave us that attitude that I know they both have in there! Thanks for coming over and helping us out girls!

Emily's Back!

Emily came back to model for us this summer. She was one of the girls who braved the 10 degree days of this last winter to do some Rock the Frock Promo shots for us. We asked her then if she would come back again in the summer. Since Ed had all these masks, we figured she would be great for that. Who other than a dancer would have all the costumy types of outfits we would need for these types of images?

Our intern, Harley, was working with Ed on this shoot. She held the reflector and flashes and such for him while he shot. She was also there to help tease Ed as he worked. We always need help for that!

Liz - Dance Portraits

Once in a while we decide that we need to do some fun shooting. Something just for us. Sometimes it's to help us learn a new lighting technique that we've found. Or sometimes it's for a new prop or set that we aquired. But, sometimes, it's something just for us; something to help us get some of the creative juices flowing.

Ed had been itching to do some masquerade images. He didn't know what exactly he wanted to do, but he bought a box full of them. Next, we needed some models, so we put out a casting call to some of the girls from Arabesque. We work with these girls quite a bit at the dance studio, so we know them enomodeling for us!ugh to know which ones would be well suited for what we need.

Liz was our first volunteer. She was an instructor at Arabesqe, but is now the owner of Love to Dance Consignment. We loosened her up first by having her do some leaps in the clover out in the field. We then decided to take her out to the corn field to do some "scarecrow" poses. We backed the Jeep right into the corn and had her stand on the roof. The images turned out awesome! Thanks Liz, for volunteering! You did awesome!

Roxie and Adam - Scranton Pet Photography

Brenda brought Roxie and Adam to visit us a few weeks ago. We  love to do animal portraits, but we are sometimes leary of doing two at once. I know Id never be able to get my two beasts in the same image unless I photoshopped them in. But, these are the dogs from Springbrook Kennels and I knew they would be good.

Both dogs were great posing for us. They would even close their mouths on Brenda's command! These are some of our favorites from the session.