Jamie and Matt Maternity

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of child #2, Jamie, Matt and Matthew came to celebrate with a portrait session. They are a beautiful family that I always enjoy photographing. Thanks and the best of luck with your new little one.

Winter in Catskill

Anyone that knows me, knows full well that I'm not a winter person. I'd much rather be mowing a lawn or playing golf instead of shovelling snow. However, I have to admit that fresh snow can be very pretty. This week we had snow and ice, so the trees in the neighborhood are particularly nice, especially when the sun is shining through them. So I braved the frigid air and went scouting for photo opportunities. It was too cold...shot quick and got back inside where it's warm.

Here's a couple after some processing through Nik software. I think it makes plain white snow a little more interesting.

Winter Wedding - Jennifer & Chris

I had the great pleasure of photographing the wedding of Jennifer and Chris last weekend. It was the day after the big storm. Glad the storm got here early for their sake. But the new snow made for a pretty background.

As always, the folks at Anthony's Banquet did a fabulous job with the reception and Jessica Kozlowski cake was beautiful and delicious.

Congratulations Jennifer and Chris!

High Dynamic Range

Lately I've been playing with High Dynamic Range or HDR. For those of you not familiar, I'll use the definition from Wikipedia since it is much better than mine. "In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wide dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight"

Here are a couple of images to which this technique has been applied.