My Class Reunion (BHS Class of 1983)

25 Years...25 Years...25 Years???????? Ugh! Oh well. We had our class reunion in August and it was a lot of fun to see a lot of some of my classmates that I haven't seen in a really long time.

I moved away from my home town of Biglerville, PA for good a little over 10 years ago. It's fun to go back and visit, as well as rent the old studio where I used to work (Ziegler Studio in Gettysburg) to do a little commerce during the late Summer. Enjoy the photo taken by none other than Premiere Imaging. Yes, it was a very small class...

Outdoor Fall Family Portrait time is almost here!

It's that time of the year again. Summer is winding down, the kids are back to school, there's a slight chill in the air (some days...) and the leaves are going to turn what could be a very depressing time of the year into one of the most beautiful displays of Mother Nature, giving us a feeling of joy before it gets cold and gray for months.

This is the time of the year when we shed the air-conditioned studio for a couple weekends and enoy the brisk Fall weather.

We will be 'parked' outdoors for a few days this Fall so that families can create a visually stunning portrait of their family and children that will be cherished for a lifetime. On October 18, 19, and 25th we have a limited number of sessions for families in the park. On October 18 we will be at Playwicki Park, on October 19th we will be at beautiful Bucks County Community College, and then on October 25th we will be back at Playwicki Park.

Since we will be outdoor waiting for you to come to us, we are cutting our normal outdoor session fee nearly in half for these sessions on these days to only $39!

We are not offering these sessions to the general public - only for past clients and their friends and family. If you know of someone who you think would like to have a beautiful casual family portrait taken this Fall, please pass this alone, as we are not doing a mass mailing to the general public - just our friends.

Congratulations to our monthly winner for August!

The winner of our August drawing for great ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery is a little girl celebrating her first birthday, Gabriella. Congratulations, Gabriella - enjoy your treat!

Summer was fun!

I've certainly neglected the blog this Summer, but here are a few images from what I've been up to:

We went to Baltimore for a couple games so Brock could see his favorite baseball team, the Detroit Tigers, play Stephanie's favorite team, the Baltimore Orioles. It was a little bit contradictory as I took a photograph of Brock sitting on the Orioles' dugout wearing a Tigers hat and Orioles shirt during the stadium tour before the game. He's conflicted.

Brock really enjoyed when the Tigers went up 6-0 in the first inning, but Steph had the last laugh as the Orioles' Ramon Hernandez crushed a 10th-inning walk-off homer into Eutaw Street. Did I ever mention that Brock has a temper and hates to lose?

We were also able to get away to Las Vegas for a few days and visit family and friends in Gettysburg for a short time. I can honestly say that I had a lot of fun this summer. As always, it went way too fast.

Congratulations to our first monthly winner!

And our first monthly winner of a Cold Stone Creamery gift certificate is...

Cecelia Ciavarelli!

Cecelia has been coming to the studio for 2 years now and finally decided to give us a recorded smile. My guess is that she doesn't find me very amusing. It took her mommy to say "Beat it!" to crack her. Believe me, it was nothing I said or did - I only know whoopie cushions and raspberries. works like a charm on little boys...

We will be randomly choosing a winner each month from clients that were photographed each month.

Congratulations, Cece! We will be sending your gift certificate to you this week!

Sports, sports, and more sports!

We're branching out to new markets! We are starting a new business to serve a new market for which we have a lot of experience, the sports market. When I first got out of photography school I started out in the Public Relations department at Gettysburg College and I had the opportunity to work with one of the legends in Division III sports information, Robert Kenworthy. He gave me the opportunity to photograph all the sports at Gettysburg College while I was there, and shortly thereafter had me do all the photography for the football program and press releases. I have kept that job providing the team and player photos for the football program for 19 years, even though I am now almost 3 hours away.We have been photographing other teams and posed player photos since then and have recently decided to take on more of that type of work. Along with the standard posed photographs, we have been photographing action, as well, which is where I began my career. With all the technological advances in the cameras and lenses, it is quite enjoyable to do this.
The photos attached are some I took of my boys, Connor and Brock. Connor really began to blossom this year into a good pole-vaulter, taking 4th place in the Junior High Berks County Championships. Brock is shown here digging for first after the game-winning RBI single.(or so I will have you believe...)
We have a brand new way of working with leagues that is stress-free for the organizers, and also enables parents to see the photos of their children first before purchasing. The benefits don't end there, so if you are involved in a youth sports league and are looking to make a change to something better than what is there, please give us a call to discuss how we can make youth sports photography something much better than it is currently.

Images from our Limited Edition Sets

In the past couple weeks we set up our studio pond for our "Gone Fishin'" set and our Western scene for "Cowboys and Cowgirls." I had a great time with the kids and they had a good time playing in the elaborate sets.Our current set is the "Take Me out to The Ballgame" nostalgic baseball field. We have old-style uniforms for children up to 4 years of age.