Liberty Avenue

While walking through downtown Pittsburgh last evening, in between photo assignments, I stumbled across an abandoned book in a doorway. I assumed it had been left there by a homeless person and that it was a bible. Out of respect, I didn't touch it, but the book was clean and in good shape. When I got home I blew the image up to see what the text was on the pages that were open. It was William Shakespeare's, The Tempest, Pages 4-5 Act One scene two. I can't help but wonder about the person who left it in the doorway and why.

Sarah and Mark Wedding

Yesterday was the wedding of Sarah and Mark. The wedding was held at St. Cyril of Alexandria Church in Brighton Heights and the reception was at the Concordia Club in Oakland. There were about 150 friends and family in attendance. The bride wore a lovely traditional beaded bridal gown with veil. Sarah and Mark live in Virginia back came back home for their special day. The weather was perfect, maybe a bit too hot, but there was no rain. Congratulations and good luck to them and there families. I have two shoots today, one is for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Downtown, the other is for a smaller paper and the shoot is in Highland Park, My old neighborhood.

Penn and Gross

I moved to Penn Avenue 2 years ago from Highland Park. I loved my old apartment but felt cut off from the city. Now I live in between Shadyside and Downtown. This street has been neglected for 50 years, however there has been a S-L-O-W revival going on. Penn Avenue is one of the longest streets in the city, it should (and will someday) be a grand boulevard. It's rich with both history and neglect. The building in the picture was a crack house when I first moved here. Lots of shady deals going on in front of it. Some out of town artists bought it and are making it into some sort of art and music venue, the land next door is going be be three townhouses, originally supposed to have been completed 2 years ago. At least it's started and I look forward to taking many more photos of this corner as the work progresses.

Soft Focus Portrait

From a portrait shoot I did at Phipps Conservatory a few months ago.
Felt like re-editing it today. It's nice and sunny out. Going to take a quick
shower and run to the gym.

Cork Factory

I went to a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis at the Cork Factory Lofts tonight.

I used to hang out around this space back when it was abandoned and graffitied.

Looks much nicer now. The river in the one shot is the Allegheny.

NYC

NYC Author boice-Terrel Allen, re-edited from a shoot we did in February 2008.

Megan and Tony Wedding

Hi! Wedding went well. Two quick photos from shoot today.

Wedding was at Shadyside Unitarian Church, Reception at PAA.

So many wonderful photos and what a great time. Congratulations to

Megan and Tony!

Hienz Field

Unidentified Woman from "Rebuilding Together" Club Noir Party at Heinz Field last night.

iPhone 2.0

I woke up very early today, 7AM, which was a bummer until I realized that today was the iPhone 2.0 update. I had my coffee and clicked update a million times. It finally went through
then stopped part way. By this time everyone in the world was trying to update their phones so I kept waiting for the server to let me in. It took forever. Anyway, phone is running normally now with the new software and my favorite App is the iTunes remote, it makes my phone a remote control for my desktop iTunes. I can change the music and adjust the volume from all over my studio. Oh speaking of studio, wedding shoot tomorrow. The photo above is a test shot I did today to see what I am up against light wise. Later this evening I have a shoot for the Post-Gazette. And I'm updating my web site and my galleries. Can't wait as it's all looking good! Have a great weekend.

Clarksburg, WV

I went to Clarksburg, WV (Place of my birth) to visit with my father today.

My father lives in Parkersburg, and that's where I grew up. We were visiting his twin brother

and as we were leaving I spied this across the street. Well since I did have two camera's slung over my shoulder I felt compelled to shoot this. Pretty cool.

Three's a charm

On Saturday I ended up at three different weddings. The first one I shot. The second one I accidentally crashed, and the third one I was a guest. I went to the wrong location in Fox Chapel on the way to my invited wedding (2nd of the day) and ended up at someone Else's wedding. The strangers wedding was gorgeous, I would have like to have stayed for a bit, after all I was hauling two cameras over my shoulder, but I was late for the real wedding so I left.

Busy Schedule

I've been keeping very busy with shoots. Doing a wedding on Saturday.

This is a photo from an event on Mt. Washington 2 weeks ago.