Journal
Category: family portraiture
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The Photograph They Brought to the Beach
There is a framed photograph in the middle of this family portrait, held down at the front of the group where everybody could reach it. The family brought it, and I did not know it was coming. I want to tell you what it is before I say anything else about the day. Autumn, 2016…
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A Bay Beach Family Session at Sunset on Long Beach Island
I have photographed this family for years. Different towns, different backdrops, different ages on the girls every time. When we started talking about doing another one, I was the one who brought up Long Beach Island, because in all that time we had somehow never shot there. Why the Bay Side and Not the Ocean…
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A Golden Hour Family Session at the Philadelphia Water Works
The Fairmount Water Works is the best sunset location in Philadelphia and I will argue about it with anyone. Columns, a stone terrace, the river, the Art Museum sitting up on the hill behind you, and a west facing view with nothing in the way of it. There is no other spot in the city…
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An October Family Session at Laurel Acres Park in Mount Laurel, New Jersey
I went back and checked the file dates on this session before I wrote any of this, because I had it in my head as a summer shoot. It was the middle of October. The canopy is still green, there are roses still open, and the whole thing ran on late morning light. I Photographed…
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A Sunset Family Session Under the Bridge in Ocean City, New Jersey
There is a spot at the north end of Ocean City, underneath the bridge, where you can stand in one place and watch the sun go down over the bay on one side and the light come off the ocean on the other. Almost nobody is ever there. You can park twenty feet away. I…
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A Fall Session in the Woods Behind the Medford Library
I grew up in Medford. The hill behind the library is where I went sledding every winter I can remember, and the ravine at the bottom of it runs back into the park behind the property. I have known that piece of ground since I was too small to drag a sled up it by…
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A Family Reunion and a Surprise Proposal at The Rittenhouse in Philadelphia
Most families manage a group photograph every few years, usually at a holiday, usually rushed, usually with somebody blinking. This family books a city instead. A Reunion That Moves Every Year They are spread across the world. Different countries, different time zones, lives that do not naturally overlap. So every year they pick a date…
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33 of the Best Moments captured in 2019!
I feel like this year absolutely flew by! We had some amazing weddings, events, portraits, and families we got to photograph in 2019. I wanted to share 33 of the best moments captured in 2019 of my favorite Philly wedding photos, NJ shore wedding photos, and everything in-between! I had the pleasure of getting to…
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Father’s Day Sessions in honor of Helicopter pilot Mike Murphy
A Special thanks to all the families that donated with the purchase of one of our mini-sessions. Also thanks to all those that bought or will buy additional photographs. All proceeds and purchases will be donated to the Murphy Family. Brief History After hearing about the horrific sudden loss of her husband I quickly thought…