Posted
on August 31, 2010, 7:27 am,
by Michael Miville,
under E-Session, Portraits.
I met up at Chickie’s Rock Park in Lancaster County for a few engagement photos for Ashleen and Brian. I’ll be photographing their wedding in November and wanted to get with them to have some fun and create some beautiful pics of them before the big day. The great thing about Chickie’s Rock Park is that there are so many little locations and a few big sweeping ones. It overlooks the Susquehanna river and is great for some sweeping views. We had a great time just walking around the park and I ended up climbing a tree with a giant hornets nest. Luckily they didn’t mind me hanging out in their tree. It was fun, thanks for such a great time guys.
Posted
on August 27, 2010, 6:55 am,
by Michael Miville,
under E-Session, Portraits.
I love Philadelphia, especially when one of my couples wants to do something fun. Ya know, like taking some time to get photos in the Phillies stadium. That’s just what I did with Lizzie and Bill for their engagement photos. We also took a little time to get some photos in downtown Philly before having some lunch and heading back. It was a great time and they were up for any fun tricks I could think up. It helps that I’ve known Lizzie for probably 10 years, and Bill for probably around 5-6 years.
We were lucky enough to have a beautiful day when we went down to the Phillies stadium. The sun was shining, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I pulled out the ring flash for some really cool photos and did everything but keeping it simple while we were in the ballpark. They even had shirts made to look like jerseys with Mr. and Mrs. on the back. If you look close you may even see their wedding date. We only had an hour in the stadium, so I had to work fast. Luckily, I had Jana, one of my students from our York Gobo workshop help me out. I really couldn’t have done it without her. We then moved to the dugout and ended up taking a few pics in the stands.
After the ballpark, we headed to center city Philly and South St. to walk down to Penn’s Landing. Here’s where I kept it simple, no lights, just fun and relaxed portraits. We walked around some streets and then then crossed the bridge down to the Delaware River waterfront. We made our way back and decided to stop for some lunch at Downey’s on South St. An Irish pub that’s been a Philadelphia staple for a long time. It was a special session and not something I’ll forget anytime soon.
If you’d like to see more photos from this session, head over to my Facebook page.
This week I take the watermark we made last week in Adobe Photoshop and use it in Adobe Lightroom 3 with the new watermarking feature. It’s great to be able to post your watermark on vertical and horizontal images. Watermarking is great for people to start becoming familiar with your brand and also to keep people from stealing your photos online.
