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Craig Bickhardt plays at the Rose Tree in Media!

kateslens — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:18:21 +0000

Craig Bickhardt is a one of a kind artist. He’s sincere, dedicated to his craft, talented in his craft, and he’s always trying to help fellow artists. As mentioned before, he sent me his beautiful albums, “Easy Fires” and “Brother to the Wind” here. Well, he invited me and my husband to see him perform live at Rose Tree, which is a gorgeous venue. I had to take photos, so here’s a little preview of the outstanding show Craig and his buddies put on that night!

Oh and check out his site here:

http://www.craigbickhardt.com/

Liz and John are married at Rockwood!

kateslens — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:23:13 +0000

Liz and John had an elegant wedding on the grounds of Rockwood Mansion, one of my favorite wedding locations! Liz looked beautiful in her lace veil and the event was decorated with natural soft details, as well as unique items from Etsy.com (a website offering artists’ work for sale), including the ring holding dish! The cake’s icing, done by Sweets to You by Ginger, was made to look like tree bark and they had a wonderful candy bar during cocktail hour with rustic accents, including old wooden crates used as platforms. Chris Horne played acoustic music during the ceremony and once the party started for the reception, it was MC’d by DJ Baby Bubba! Congrats Liz and John!

Their first meeting!

Craziest wedding party photo!

First bridal show a success!

kateslens — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:25:07 +0000

Thanks to all the brides who stopped by our booth, it was great hearing about your upcoming plans for the big day! Thanks to my awesome assistant photographer, Albert, for manning the booth with me! And last but not least, thanks to my hubby, Justin, who helped me and Albert lug all of our equipment in and lug it all out at the end of the night!

Photos of our booth after the jump!

And finally…CONGRATS to our brides who won our raffles! Tiffany Renninger won an engagement session, Myngo Nelson won the door prize of a bridal/trash the dress session, and Laura Kuehl won our boudoir session. What an eventful night!

Our right booth was primarily for wedding photography, with our newly printed DE Bride Magazine showing Carly and Artie’s wedding featured. We also had our Fine Art albums being displayed!

We had a little bookshelf with framed 4x6s to give the booth a little bit of warm, homey feeling! Justin thought I was crazy staying up the night before arranging flowers, but I think he now agrees that it was totally worth it!Albert is in the back filling out a raffle ticket for someone!

Our left booth had a slide show for our newly launched boudoir photography, as well as a funky cool retro guestbook and of course, CANDY!

In the back, we had larger prints displayed on a fun divider. (Our booth had the runway behind it for the fashion show, so that’s why there are so many people sitting there )

Phew, what a success, the night was fun and the vendors around me were wonderful! I was able to chat briefly with Valerie Fiedler of Silpada Jewelry and Cory of Dorothy Cinema Co., they were so helpful and had great services to offer. I saw Cory’s video, I was blown away by the talent! I’ll end with a short sample reel of his:

Short and Sweet Demo Reel from Dorothy Cinema Co. on Vimeo.

Kasey and Felix’s Engagement Shoot around Center City!

kateslens — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:10:45 +0000

I had a great engagement shoot around Center City with Kasey and Felix. We started off at the Love Park and finished with a jump in the fountain! It was springtime in the city, so tulips were blossoming and William Penn was shining! Enjoy!

Kourtney and Jesse’s Country Wedding at Rockford Plantation!

kateslens — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:42:05 +0000

Kourtney and Jesse decided to have a chic country wedding at Rockford Plantation in Lancaster, PA! The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the peonies were blooming…a photographer’s dream! They had the ceremony in front of the main building, making it a unique setting with it’s gorgeous red brick and ivory columns!

More Photos after the jump!

Rockford also had a stunning barn with vibrant red doors, perfect for Kourtney’s color palette! Her elegant dress is a Jessica McClintock, one of my absolute favorites this season!

Each bridesmaid had matching accessories that completed their fashionable look! I was personally drooling over these chic statement rings!

Kourtney was effortlessly dazzling with her birdcage veil made by Etsy Designer Claudia, her lace parasol, and her lovely bouquet with it’s peacock feather flair!

Jesse matched perfectly with some unique accessories of his own, including the patterned bow tie made by Etsy Designer E W McCall and (my favorite) red Converses!

All the flowers were arranged by Alison Sullivan (Contact me for her info). Such a wonderful job!

I fell in love with the fresh peonies and the country jars for table settings!

Red was the color of the day!

Instead of a traditional guestbook, Kourtney and Jesse had guests thumb print and write their names and messages on this adorable picture!

Kourtney and the girls make their grand entrance, no peeking for Jesse allowed!

Such an adorable ring bearer!

I had to grab this shot of Kourtney and her flowergirl, both matching in vibrant red!

She was so silly and cute!

The much needed “jump!” photo!

I’m so fortunate to have so many awesome couples as clients, because they aren’t afraid to have some fun and get a little goofy!

Retro flip up sunglasses, watch out!!

If you squint really hard, you can see me taking the photo in the sunglasses’ reflection! Congrats Jesse and Kourtney!