I was born in Nebraska and yes we had indoor plumbing I’ve lived in Colorado, Iowa, Chicago, Ohio, Cape Cod, Manhattan, & Queens I am both a city boy and a nature boy I recently married the love of my life We got married in a barn…no really! If I’m on the computer I probably have my dog, Ruby, in my lap I have a strong theatre design background and love all things visual I have a rusty old bike from 1976 and riding it makes me happy
That’s me in 8 lines or less. Photography has been a great way for me to meet some truly amazing people. I have a lot of fun with what I do and with the people I meet. Everyone has a different story to tell which makes every day an adventure.
It's my goal to make my clients feel as comfortable as possible and to make their time, be it a wedding day, headshots, or a theatrical event, as stress free as I can...and capture beautiful pictures along the way.
If you are following my blog posts, you’ll notice all of my cousins are keeping me busy…and I couldn’t be happier! My cousin Nathan with his wife Kathy have an 8 month old, Kaleb. This was the first time I’ve been able to make it out to their house to meet him, and I’m so glad I did! This guy was so well behaved I couldn’t believe it! Just the sweetest little boy you’ve ever seen.
Congratulations Nathan and Kathy! I can’t wait to see you guys again!
Thanks to Ashley for a few of these pictures. She’s going to have to get her own photo blog soon!
Kaleb already has quite a collection of souvenir bats that his father picks up for him while on the road for work.
Two teeth!
One of the hazards of photographing on the floor. No one’s safe from that tongue!
My cousin, Tessa, just had her baby, Ethan, and I’m so excited to have met him! He is so cute! Welcome to the family Ethan!
He is quite a handful for Tessa and Luke right now but you could tell they couldn’t be prouder. I think they are going to be great parents to this little guy. He didn’t really like being photographed. Hopefully he doesn’t hold it against me because I did bring him an “I heart NY” onesie as a birthday present!
Congratulations again Tessa and Luke! I’m looking forward to seeing you guys again soon!
What’s more fun than having a drink with your friends at the bar? Knowing that your money is going towards a great cause like finding a cure for cancer! Ashley Delegal, my fiance, has been training for the New York City Triathlon with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training, a group which raises money for cancer research while helping it’s members cross the finish line at one of the biggest races in New York! I can’t tell you how proud of her I am! You can read about her progress here and donate to help her reach her goal if you like: http://pages.teamintraining.org/nyc/nyctri09/adelegal
She needs to raise $2,600 by race day and is so close to her goal but not quite there, so she decided to take it upon herself to throw a fundraiser at Jake’s Dilemma on the upper east side. Buying a ticket at the door got you drinks at the bar for the evening and entered into a raffle. I thought I would do my part by recording the event but also offered, to the winning ticket holder, a free photography session! The other two winners received an original piece of artwork by Anna Hewett and a pair of tickets to Broadway’s Hair! Thanks to everyone who came out!
As many of you know, as well as being a photographer, I’m also a freelance theatrical and event designer. The project I’m currently working on required that I spend a week at the Atlantis in the Bahamas for meetings and site surveys. This was an amazing resort in one of the earth’s most beautiful areas.
I was sent there for work and I know what you are thinking, but it actually is a bit difficult to get any work done when everyone around you is on vacation! I snapped as many pictures that I could along the way between meetings and thought I would share.
We woke up this morning to a blanket of whiteness! Central Park got between 7″ – 8″ of snow and NYC schools were canceled for the first time in 5 years apparently. Because of this and the fact that we’ve been putting in some long hours lately, the studio declared this a snow day! Of course, snow day for most people means lighting a fire and staying warm inside all day, but because I’m a glutton for punishment I grabbed my gloves and camera and headed to Central Park. It was beautiful if you don’t mind the frost bite!
It was wonderfully peaceful in the park. It was just me, the snow, and the ducks surrounded by the quiet buildings of 8 million New Yorkers.
I’m am excited to announce that I asked Ashley Delegal to marry me…and she said yes!
We had planned on going to Central park for the day just to walk around and try out my new camera lens (a macro which I had purchaced for the sole purpose of photographing her ring). We made it to Belvedere Castle, which is a beautiful place in the center of the park. I recommended we rest for a bit and have some hot chocolate which I had so conveniently brought along. I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me! She totally wasn’t expecting it!
So, after being the photographer for weddings, it looks like I’m going to be on the other side of the lens for once! I’ve been joking that I’m just going to bring my tripod and a remote for my camera for our wedding pictures. I don’t think she’s going to let me. Oh well. Probably not a good idea anyway!
Thank you to everyone for your love and support! We both are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.
Ashley and I were invited to a wedding for Virginia and Izee which is one of her co-workers at the Public Theatre. Although I wasn’t hired as the photographer, I couldn’t resist taking my camera! The ceremony and reception was held at Giando on the Water in Brooklyn. It was a beautiful space with nice big windows overlooking the Manhattan skyline and the Williamsburg Bridge. It was nice to simply relax and for once just be a guest at a wedding. Congratulations to Virginia and Izee!
When we went home for Thanksgiving Ashley and I took a trip to see my grandparent’s old farm outside of Lyman, NE. It’s been years since I’d been back out there. The weather was very cold and windy and it was a little sad to see that many people have moved away from that sleepy little town. At least two things were the same as they’ve always been: plenty of sky and a 360 degree horizon.
I had the chance to fly home to Nebraska for thanksgiving. Lots of food, football, and time spent with my favorite 2 1/2 year old nephew, Baylen. There also happened to be a fair amount of time devoted to singing and playing “wheels on the bus”. Thank goodness we all buckled our imaginary seat belts or we might have had rug burns!
The sirens were a little two loud for some of us at the Christmas parade.
