[karen and mike]

I was thrilled when Mike emailed me and suggested going to Lewiston for their engagement session. I had shown artwork at the Lewiston Art Festival for years, but never really had a chance to walk around the town. What a quaint village...I would move there in a minute if it wouldn't then be such a haul to get to work each day. We met up at the Silo down on the water at around 9 am- the light was beautiful. Then we ventured up to the main drag and even though it was somewhat early on a Saturday, the town was hopping. Mike and Karen were awesome to work with- Mike is hilarious and Karen is so sweet....and they were both very open to all of my ideas (and had some great ones of their own too!)

[jenn and tim]

Back in the mid 1990's, my hubs introduced me to the wonder that is the Buffalo Central Terminal. Growing up in Clarence, I had never even seen it, and being from out of town, Bryan discovered it. We climbed up through a broken window and I photographed away. Amazing. 14 years or so later, the Terminal has seen a lot of changes and is taking on new life...how appropriate that Jenn and Tim chose it for their engagement shoot. Awesome lighting at 9 am, so many details and interesting spaces, that I think we all got a little distracted! If you want to check out the Terminal, they are celebrating their 80th anniversary in June. Otherwise hire me and I'll be happy to photograph you there too :).

[deanna and kurt]

Saturday was supposed to be a miserable, rainy day. but it wasn't. the weather forecasters were off again, which was a good thing for Deanna and Kurt. Deanna said that it was actually Kurt who paid somebody off to make the beautfiul day happen. Little did she know that it was actually their own awesomeness that influenced the skies to be perfect.

[erin and jeff]

on probably the most perfect day EVER, I met erin and jeff at knox farms for a pretty intense engagement shoot.....we explored every corner of the park (legally and somewhat illegally), embraced nature at its finest (black flies!) and finally saved some wildlife from their uncertain fate with oncoming traffic. erin and jeff were great at knowing how to work with the camera....erin revealed to me that she prepped by looking at other engagement shoots....which by the way is invaluable advice for anyone who is about to be photographed (or in my case who is about to be the photographer...I look at countless other photographers for inspiration all the time!) enjoy....

[a photographer's dream photoshoot]

Sophia was the flower girl in her cousin Nicole's wedding two weeks ago.....it was my first excuse to be able to "stalk" the flower girl at a wedding without getting into trouble :) The best part was that she did not need much prompting to give me some great material. The wedding was in Ohio; we went to Mill Creek Park in Youngstown for the formals....what an amazing place...I wish we had something similar to this in Buffalo! After almost falling into a fountain and a taking more than a few tumbles into the grass, Sophia's dress was no worse for the wear and I was pretty happy with my images.




Sophia was all business....one petal at a time and she never once looked up....I think she was nervous!

I love this shot- so very Alice in Wonderland!


Sophia was setting the standard for posing......




So this shot was a little risky....but totally worth it.