Rjewellphotography

Last weekend, I got the chance to do an engagement session with Don and Ellen.  The weather was quite iffey and Even while we shooting, I wasn’t sure the weather would hold out.  Thankfully, it did long enough to get some great shots.  I was really looking forward to getting the chance to work with Don and Ellen- right after meeting them, I liked them.  Ellen is a woman after my own heart- she loves sweeping landscapes, classic elegance, photography, Indian culture, and even working with people with MR/DD!  One thing I can say about her that I wish I could say about myself is that she knows exactly what she wants.  It’s clear in her relationship with Don that she has exactly what she wants and she wouldn’t give it up for anything (it’s also quite clear that he considers himself the luckiest man alive to be the one lucky enough to marry Ellen).

We started out by stopping by a set of train tracks around the corner from where Rob works

After feeling a few sprinkles, we drove out the Japanese Gardens by the Historical Society

They did this one all on their own…

Would you believe that this guy is camera shy?

I think his expression in this photo says it all-

There were so many wedding parties at the Japanese Gardens and the Art Museum, so we decided to
take the road less traveled and walk over by Shakespeare Hill.

This was another idea of Ellen’s…  Working with these two makes my job so easy!

Love…

Thank you guys for a great session!  Good luck with all your planning- and I can’t wait until the wedding (in January with a reception at the Pearl Street Brewery)!

Last weekend, I was out by Shakeaspere Hill taking engagement pictures for Don & Ellen- we were fighting the weather the whole time so I grabbed this as we were walking to th next spot.

Just a quick post to hold you over while I decide which photos to post from their session…

While I was working on some more of Samantha’s portfolio pictures, I found an adorable one of a moment shared with my baby girl…

This was taken while shooting a boudior portion in my studio.  Pixel decided that she was tired of Samantha getting all the attention and wanted some love from the camera too.  Sure, I may be pathetic for posting this, but you have to admit- it is too cute to sit in a folder buried away on my computer!

Earlier this month, I went home for an old friend and former neighbor’s wedding and was so happy to be surrounded with friends I had grown up so close to that I consider family (that post will be coming soon- I promise).  After connecting with Samantha, the cousin of my neighbor growing up, I discovered that she was considering going into modeling and wanted to put a portfolio.  I managed to talk my mom into coming out to Buffalo with her for the job; which we did this past Sunday.  It was a marathon day, trying to shoot for an entire portfolio, and by the end of the day we were unbelievably worn out.

We started out at the Roycroft Inn in East Aurora-

Then we shot over to Taste to use the awesome alley just outside (and pick up some coffee)…

On our way back, we hit this awesome loading dock near my apartment…

After picking up my husband, we headed up Broadway to shoot by a wall that I have been dreaming of using for almost a year now…
Oh yes, we used the blue brick wall!

After that, we jumped over to the Japanese gardens and History Museum

And we finished off at my studio…

Pixel decided that she wanted in on the action and pounced on Samantha just after we took this one!
To make it even more amusing, she came from in between the backdrops!

I had a great time working with my mom and Samantha.  Thanks for a great session and good luck with your modeling career!

Hey everyone!  Sorry to have been silent for so long!  I have alot of older stuff to blog about, including parts of our trip to Cincinatti (yes, that was back in August).  While we were in Cincinatti, Rob and had to compromise- I wanted to spend most of the weekend at Ikea, and he wanted to spend the whole time at the Creation Museum.  So, on our first day there, we hit Ikea (and I suceeded in making Rob fall in love with the store).  The next day we went to the Creation Museum until lunch and then back the next day.  Honestly, I was dragging my feet about going- I wanted to stay back and go swimming, sleep in, or o back to Ikea.  I ended up being happy that we had set aside 2 days for the museum.  If you are ever in Cincinatti, I highly recommend stopping by!  Here are a few of my favorite shots from the museum-

I’m a sucker for walls with stuff written on them…

What the feline ancestor of my baby Pixel could have looked like-
This was in a display on the Garden of Eden

Adam and Eve.  I think you can figure out how awesome this is with out any elabooration…

A depiction of what Satan may have looked like as a serpant.
One thing I have to say about this place, (aside from its cool stuff)
Is that there were so many displays with really interesting lighting.

I fell in love with these signs!  They were scattered through out- sadly, none for sale in the gift shop!

<Roar!>

the gardens- they are going to be amazing once they finish!
I have been trying to talk Rob into building one of these for our backyard…

How could I not include a waterfall?

This guy seemed to really like my husband- he kept walking away from me!

Zorses!  Zebra and horse mixes!