My Work on Display

My husband and I just got back from going and hanging my work up for an exhibit! It is at the Carlisle Coffee Company's coffee shop at 950 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle, PA 17015. It is located beside the Nell's/Shur fine grocery store and Subway (scroll down to the bottom of this post to see their hours of operation). The photographs on display include shots of weddings, pets, newborns, engagement sessions, children, maternity, etc. You can go and see my work during the entire month of February. If you know of anyone looking for a photographer for their wedding, engagement session, family portraits, etc. please pass this post along so they can go and check out my work. There are business cards and pamphlets that one can pick up while they are there. There are also examples of Save the Dates and wedding invitations.

Here's what the place looks like from outside.

Business sign in the window

 My work is hanging on the walls as well as 

on the mantle of the fireplace and on the shelves.

Here's a close-up shot of the fireplace mantle.

The large photo hanging on the wall is 

of a whole bridal party at a wedding. 

 My work also fills the shelves leading to 

and around the cash register.

 Examples of some of my large canvas gallery wraps.

On the left: 7 month old baby Liam.

On the right: detail shot from a wedding of the bride and 

her bridesmaids and all their bouquets.

 Close-up of a large canvas gallery wrap. 

Detail shot of the bouquets from a wedding.

On the left is a slim canvas gallery wrap of a bride and groom.

On the right is a floating framed gallery wrap 

of a bride and groom's first dance.

 Framed portrait of a newborn.

 floating framed canvas gallery wrap of a bridal portrait.

 pet portrait (the breed of dog is a pug) canvas gallery wrap.

I hope you are able to go and check out my work! It really showcases all the different products that I can offer when I photograph a portrait session or event for you. Remember that it is only up until February 29, 2012. Their new hours of operation are: Monday - Thursday 6:30 am - 6:30 pm; Friday 6:30 am - 7:30 pm; Saturday 7:30 am - 7:30 pm; and Sunday 7:30 am - 2 pm.

Accordion Albums

This post is all about the one type of fun album I offer to my clients: it's the accordion album. It is 2.5  inches by 3.5 inches in size and it is perfect to carry in your purse to pull out to show to your friends, family and co-workers the photos from your wedding, engagement portrait session or even from your family portrait session with all your kids' photos in it. It is a really cool little "brag book". There are two different ways you can order it: (#1) one has 42 photos and you order a single album (#2) or another has 14 photos and you get three albums bundled together for the price of one. There are over 60 different cover options: from leather covers to fabric covers (in a ton of different colors and patterns). They come in a little black organza bag and all the photos have UV coating to make the photos last a lifetime. I gift wrap them all in a little bag with tissue paper and I am happy to mail it straight to the client and any of their family members that they want to get them for. I also offer it (#2 - three accordion albums with 14 photos in each) as a free gift to my clients when they book a wedding with products and services that total over $1500. All of my albums are proudly "Made in the USA" and showcase superior craftsmanship.

This photo displays the accordion album (in the black and 

white damask pattern), the black organza bag that it comes in 

and the gift wrapping bag, with tissue paper, that I present it in.

 Side-view of the accordion album

Two accordion albums with fabric covers (1) one in purple 

and (2) another in a black and white damask pattern

This shows how the album folds out like an accordion. The 

covers have magnetic plates in them that hold it all together.

 This photo shows how it looks when 

it is completely folded open.

 Close-up to see how vivid the colors of the 

photos are. They really look fantastic!

I hope you like the accordion albums. They really are fun and make great gifts for you and your loved ones!

Bridal Show Exhibit

 On Sunday, January 8, 2012 I had the opportunity to have a photography booth at the Wedding Wonderland Bridal Show at the York Expo Center in York, Pennsylvania. We had hundreds of brides and their friends and families stop by our booth. I was there along with my husband, Toby, and my mother-in-law, Crystal. It was a family affair with all of us doing meet-and-greets with everyone stopping by the booth. I am posting photos of the booth along with some descriptions because everything you see in the photographs, I offer to my clients to purchase using their photos from their weddings and engagement portraits. Please feel free to give me a call and I can email you my whole price list for 2012! If you like what you see, I would love to set up a free in-home consultation where I sit down with the soon-to-be bride and groom and bring many of these products to show you the endless possibilities of how to turn your photographs into priceless works of art and gorgeous albums.

Here's an overview shot of the whole booth. My business colors

are red, white and black and those are used throughout the booth.

Me and my husband, Toby.

 I had large canvas gallery wraps and my business name on a 

banner hanging up around the booth. Then I had albums, 

prints, sample Save the Dates and other items on two tables.

 On this side of the booth I had three large photographs on 

easels. One is a sample from the custom framing company I 

use. The other two are canvas gallery wraps with a floating 

wood frame around it. They turn out beautifully. They really 

make a statement when hanging in the home!

 A corner view on one of the tables.

 A different corner shot on the other end of the main table.

Different "Save the Dates", "wedding invitations" and 

"wedding announcements" using photos from engagement 

portraits and weddings. I can also custom create "thank you" 

cards and "Christmas/Hanukkah" cards using your favorite 

photos from your wedding. I can change and customize the 

colors and text fonts to fit the individual colors and style 

of your wedding. Call today to find out more information 

on these great press printed products!

 An overview photograph of four different albums I have to 

showcase the different styles and wide range of how I can 

custom design an album from your wedding or engagement 

session. I offer three different styles of albums: (1) accordion 

albums (2) Press printed books and (3) Willowbook Sequoia 

albums. The accordion album is the perfect size to carry in your 

purse to show friends, family and co-workers photos from your 

wedding. It is a really cool little "brag book" style of album that 

I am proud to offer to my clients. It is a perfect for the bride or 

as gifts to the mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom. 

Then there is the "Press Printed Book" style of album which is an 

economical choice for either a wedding album or as a guest book

 album using your engagement portraits. The last style of album 

I offer is the "Willowbook Sequoia Album". It comes in over a 

dozen different colors of leather, linen or brushed metal cover 

styles. You can have text or photos on the cover as well. It is a 

high-end album and is guaranteed to last a lifetime. All of my 

albums are proudly "Made in the USA" and showcase superior 

craftsmanship.

 Canvas gallery wraps are a new, modern, 3-dimensional way to 

showcase photographs on your walls instead of the traditional 

picture in a frame. You can get one large gallery wrap or have 

several that you cluster together to make a statement wall.

This is a photograph of an entire bridal party.

 Here is a vertical-shaped gallery wrap of a bride and groom.

 A bridal portrait as a floating framed, canvas gallery wrap.

 At the top of this photo is a sample of an accordion album 

(this one holds 42 photos). Then below it is a sample of an 

11x14 print in a 16x20 frame with white mat that you can 

have all your guests sign at your wedding. The photo is of a 

couple from their engagement session. Later, many like to 

change out the photo to their favorite photo from their 

wedding and hang it in their new place.

I hope you like the products and services that I can offer. Please call me at 717-422-5050 today to schedule a consultation and I will be happy to email you my current price list. Good luck planning your wedding and I look forward to hearing from you soon! All the best, Lizzie

Happy Holidays!

I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This year was life changing for me and I will be glad to see a new year begin. It was very difficult for me in so many ways and I couldn't have gotten through it without the love of my husband, my in-laws and my extended family. It is hard to imagine that I lost both of my parents before I turned 30 this year, but I did. I have had to deal with the cards I was dealt and I am just glad that I made it through. Some of the hardships are going to bleed over into the new year, but I know with the help of the people I mentioned previously and the Lord that I can get through it. This Christmas will be very different but my husband and family are doing a lot of amazing things to make it nice for me even though I will be missing my parents and how are holidays used to be growing up. I am starting over. It is much like the first year after my husband and I got married and how we had to form new traditions of our own. It is like that for every newly married couple. You get to decide what traditions you liked or didn't like growing up and meld them with your spouse's traditions and then you get to make new traditions as well. So to all my future brides and grooms, try not to stress over the holidays about how to see everyone on both sides of your families and make sure you spend precious time together as new husbands and wives. All the best to all my past and future clients that this holiday season be the best yet! God Bless, Lizzie

And because I always post a photo with each new 

entry on my website, here is a photo I took a few years 

ago of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in 

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania after a snow storm. It is such 

a beautiful, wintry photo that I thought it was perfect 

to post for my holiday entry.

Green Family Christmas Portraits

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to photography my favorite family, The Greens, when they welcomed their son, Josiah (you can check out that post here). I have been friends for years with the mom and dad, Frank & Janelle, and I even photographed their wedding (you can check out that post here). What a beautiful family they have!

From left to right: Naomi, Frank (holding Josiah), 

Mia, Janelle, and Myanna.

Josiah (at 8 months old)

I loved the next series of photos of the girls. 

They all looked so beautiful! Here's Mia.

Naomi

Myanna

All the children together

Just the girls

Thanksgiving

This year was a hard year for me personally. I had my mother pass away in March (and I also had my father pass away in 2006). So, I didn't feel like I would have a place to go to for Thanksgiving to be with my family until my aunt and cousins invited me and my husband to their home. It was wonderful to spend time with everyone. I took a bunch of portraits of everybody before the meal and was then able to turn them into Christmas presents. 

This is a photo of me and my husband, Toby, 

and we later used it for our Christmas cards.

From Left to Right: my cousin Rachael, my Aunt Val, 

my cousin Mandi, Aunt Val's mom, June and up 

front and center is Bishop, Rachael's son.

Mandi and her husband, Danny

Rachael and Bishop

 Aunt Val and her fiance, Nick. Now both Nick and 

Aunt Val lost their spouses a few years ago and 

we are all so excited that they found each other.

 Nick and his two grandsons

 Nick's son's family (who drove down for the 

day from Alexandria, VA).

 After dinner who got this great shot of all of us. I love my

 family and all they have done for me this year. They have 

all truly blessed my life in so many ways!

 I couldn't do a Thanksgiving posts without a few food shots.

Here's a pecan pie.

 I made and brought the fruit salad (or ambrosia as we call 

it). I made it every year for my family's Thanksgivings, so

 it was special for me to make it this year.

 After dinner all the kids (as we are still called) went out to 

see a light show. I set up my tri-pod and ran back and forth 

to get this shot of all of us as we waited for the show to begin.

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends. Even though I have been through the ringer this year, I am still standing and it is because of my husband, his family and the family that I have left. Here's to new traditions!