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I took a lot of walks when I was a kid. Sometimes, the sky was gray and ominous, and I would consider whether or not to bring an umbrella with me on my walk.  My father told me if I take the [...]

An assignment for Farm and Ranch Living magazine had me traveling north to East Canaan, CT recently to photograph a dairy farm. Started in 1949 by Eugene and Esther Freund, Freund’s Farm is [...]

Despite the crazy world outside my corner of CT, my world was pretty awesome in 2018.  Here are the top 20 reasons why (with my favorite pictures to illustrate.)   20. I got to photograph [...]

I have been photographing weddings for 10 years now, so I have seen a lot of brides through their wedding days.  If there was one piece of advice I could offer brides-to-be, it would be this: [...]

I get this question all the time from clients: “What should I wear?” I think every photographer probably has slightly different suggestions or “rules”, but the following is a list of guidelines I [...]

Last weekend, the Barkery Bootique hosted a pet portraits event to raise money for the Wellsville Cat Sanctuary.  I got to meet some crazy gorgeous pets – thank you to everybody who [...]

In order to make it easier for people to choose the perfect location for their portrait session, I have begun compiling a catalog of gorgeous portrait locations. When you look at these pictures, [...]

When starting a new business, it’s important to decide what kind of image you want your business to project.  Good photography can help establish that image and give you material to use on [...]

I know how lucky I am to have a gorgeous backyard – the yard was what sold me on our fixer-upper of a house!  I fell in love with the yard before I ever set foot in this house.  Between the [...]

I realized recently that I prefer outdoor portraits to indoor.  I decided to challenge myself to put that into practice with a type of photo shoot that typically needs to occur indoors — [...]