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February Mini Shoot Promo

vard — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:16:46 +0000

Tis the season when shooting has slowed to a manageable pace and I am finally catching/finishing up on last season’s edit work. I’ve got a bit left, but there’s definitely a light at the end of the tunnel. So, as life slows down just a bit I finally have time to run a promo that I’ve been wanting to for some time. The February Mini Shoot – designed around the idea that life is always more fun with more than one person. $50 for a two people, be it a couple or just friends.

Details:

1 outfit
Studio or Location
Online Proofing
Piles of Fun

…and you can add friends for $20/person. This will run the entire month of Feb, but book ASAP for better shooting slots. Drop us a line in the studio (570-752-4119) to book a Mini Shoot or if you have any questions about the promo.

Thanks for reading and we’ll see you on the flip side of the lens!

I Found a Hobby

vard — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:57:28 +0000

Finally! I’ve finally found a hobby that doesn’t require a camera…not that I was looking for one, but it’s nice to be able to enjoy something without creating more work to get to.

A few months back some friends and I decided we wanted to take a stab at making our own beer. We drink enough of it, and we like good craft beers, so why not. Benny got to work studying what we’d need to make it happen. A couple of small investments later, we were ready to brew.

The first beer up was an IPA…there’s no way it wouldn’t be. Benny and I both drink our fare share of it, so why not start with what we like. The brew went well and we had a great time. The only hard part was not being able to drink it immediately. That first IPA had to sit for 3 weeks before it was ready for bottling! So we kept ourselves busy with other beers…

Next up was a Belgian Wheat. I’m not the biggest wheat fan, but at this point we’re just learning, so we’re brewing pretty much anything and everything. We had another great 5+ hour brew session that night as well. The wheat was brewed a week after the IPA, but both would be ready for bottling at the same time, as the wheat takes a week less.

So, two weeks after brewing the wheat Benny and I sat down to bottle 93 bottles of our own making. A simple process really, but again we were cursed with beer not yet ready to drink. Patience…it’s important to beer making, apparently. With the bottling of the first two batches out of the way we got to work planning our next 2 brews…

For the next round of brewing we ran back to our favorite, the IPA. This time we mixed it up a bit. I tried a Dogfishhead 90 recipe and Benny went after a Ruination. Two nights in a row of great brewing and learning…learning that mixing up your yeasts will probably not result in the beer you were aiming for…Oops! Yep, we accidentally swapped the yeasts between the recipes. Doh! Oh well…lesson learned…the beers should actually be fine…we’ll know in a few weeks.

While these two IPA’s were fermenting, we finally had our first real beer casualty. Benny’s Ruination was fermenting so intensely it blew the airlock off the top of the carboy. Not a huge mess, and the beer wasn’t ruined, but something different for sure.

And that about brings us to this weekend. This time we pushed the capacity of our setup and went for a double batch of the Belgian Wheat. It’s takes nearly the same time and the grain costs are minimally different…and the first round of wheat was so popular with the folks that tried it, we thought we’d give it a go on a larger scale. As has been the case, we had a blast brewing and are very much looking forward to the weekend before Xmas when a whole bunch of this stuff will start to be ready for sampling…

We’re having fun…We’re eventually going to be saving money…We’re learning lots of cool stuff…and it’s pretty neat to be able to create something we dig so much. Oh, and the first 2 brews, the IPA and the Belgian Wheat…both are effing awesome! They didn’t last long, but they were damn good while we had them…

Rock on!

Lucky You

vard — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:07:29 +0000

One of the cooler parts of this gig is the variety of life I run into while working. Such was the case last night while doing some recon for a promo shoot with Luck You we’ll be shooting next week. The guys played an incredibly energetic set in front of hundreds of screaming drinkers, at times having to share the stage with upwards of 20 stunning women at the same time; tis the rough life of a rocker I guess.

Anyway…it was a great show and it was perfect for seeing this band in their natural element. Should be a great shoot next week.

Rock on!

Back To Work – Seniors

vard — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:19:48 +0000

It’s been a bit since I’ve had a chance to post images from the ‘work’ side of shooting. This time of year the blog always suffers while I try to keep my head above water. Here’s a few from the last couple of months from some of the high school students I work with. I have another post with more seniors coming ASAP, as well as weddings and ‘everything else’ in the not too distant future.

Rock on!

Highland Games ’11

vard — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:16:08 +0000

Another awesome time out at BriggsFarm in Nescopeck, PA. The Highland Games is another one of those days I plan my schedule around; you can’t miss it…it’s just way too much fun. Aside from the extremely juicy fields and huge ponds of mud we were again gifted with killer weather which does tend to make it a bit more fun for everyone watching the Games.

Get out and enjoy life!

Susquehanna River Flood 2011

vard — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:33:22 +0000

On our way to dinner last night we stopped by the bridge in town to see the Susquehanna River swollen beyond its banks. Most of Berwick sits way up from the river, but across the bridge in Nescopeck it’s a much different story. In 2006 something very similar happened here, but this seems quite a bit more intense. The bridge closing is a big deal…it never happens. Like 5 years ago, throngs of people came out to see the river at near record levels. And seeing the river flowing through Nescopeck making it impossible to get from ‘here’ to ‘there’ without going way out of your way was wild.

Just crazy, that’s about all you can say. Life’s adventures happen all around you…some are big…some are small…noticing them is the part the matters.

Rock on

I found a few shots from the 2006 event…added them at the end of these.

Maine 2011

vard — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:46:06 +0000

Every year we head up to Maine to hang with whatever part of my family happens to be living there at the time. An annual voyage of lobster, beer, family and breaking dads toys. Had a great time as always; whipped out a few ‘camp projects’, did some knee-boarding and ignored quite a bit of real life for a few days. I tend not to shoot much when I’m on vacation; one hand for beer, the other for s’mores…it’s tough, y’know. But I couldn’t resist a few snaps of the girls playing with their Maniac cousins – plus my mom wouldn’t let me NOT shoot.

Reality is back in full swing…lots of editing to catch up on; weddings, seniors, families and whatnot…Maine was a nice break from it for a bit. Here’s to making great memories with the ones that count the most!

Rock on

Grab Your Balls!

vard — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:21:55 +0000

Finally had a chance to make it to a friends charity Dodgeball event this year. Wow, what a crazy time that was. I was blown away by the amount of people, the number of teams and the intensity of the play. It was awesome to watch! Thinking about putting a team together for next year. Win or loose it looks like fun!

Game on!

BriggsFest ’11 – Day One

vard — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:54:03 +0000

Wooooooo! Day 1 of BriggsFest ’11 is in the bag. Like always, a generally awesome time was had by tons of people.

The rain helped keep everyone cool and looking forward to today’s perfect weather! If you’ve never made it to Briggs before, or just couldn’t make it out last night, today should be one for the ages!

Hope to see you here…Rock on!

It’s “Take The Family To Work Day”!

vard — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:48:58 +0000

As often as possible we try to keep our little crew of ladies with us…if we can take them on a job, we do it. They’ve had some crazy cool experiences and we’re pretty sure that’s a good thing! For sure it can add to the logistics and whatnot that go into planning a shoot, particularly a location shoot with a few hours of driving in between, but it’s totally worth it. I’m hoping they learn something about the balance between work and play…and perhaps realize that if you can make your play your work, you’re doing pretty well…

This past weekend we cruised down to Ocean City, Maryland to do some family portraits. We put in the time Sunday evening and Monday morning getting what we needed for ‘work’, then took some time to hang out and enjoy a little of what going to the beach has to offer. Watching Jazzy & Nora playing tag with the surf will never get old; and when the weather turned a little south we ran inside to do some underwater shooting in the hotel pool. I love documenting the girls being girls…it’s what being a parent is all about!

…Jazzy also wanted me to make sure I mentioned that they were catching jellyfish too. Sadly, I don’t think I got any shots of them as they were doing this while I was working with the family we were there to shoot. Regardless, I can confirm that she actually did catch some…and yes, I think she’s crazy!

Love you girls!