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 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 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. 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 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. 

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!

April & Chris Get Married!

On November 19, 2011 I had the honor of photographing April and Chris' beautiful wedding at the home of Chris' parents in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. I was introduced to the happy couple last summer at Chris' cousin, Janelle's wedding (check out that wedding on my blog Janelle & Frank Get Married!). April is an amazing cater (to check out her website click on this link: Noshes and Nibbles), so I knew that her attention to detail in her work would ooze over into the attention to the details at her wedding. April did not disappoint. She handcrafted a beautiful wedding where every detail looked like it belonged in a wedding magazine. The first photos are of some of those beautiful details. All of the floral arrangements and most of the details were handmade by the bride herself! She is such a talented woman!

I loved April's accessories so I started out photographing them.

Here is a photo of all her jewelry, shoes and purse.

  

I loved these ring pillows that April and Chris' 

sons carried down the aisle for the ceremony.

And his bride looking radiant! I loved her fur coat!

 It was an outdoor ceremony in mid-November in 

Pennsylvania, so it was cold.

The maid of honor and best man, who are also 

husband and wife. Such a great couple and their 

toast and the reception was so touching!

April and Chris opted to see each other before the wedding, 

in what has become known as "The First Look". That 

way we were able to get all the portraits done before 

the ceremony. I love it when a couple chooses to do this. 

It allows them to be able to get right to their reception instead 

of doing a lot of the portraits directly after the ceremony.

This photo is the moment when they first saw each other!

My favorite photo of the beautiful couple!

The ring bearers: one son is April's and one son is Chris'.

Such a sweet photo. April wanted this one!

My favorite photography from the ceremony.

 The rest of the photographs are from the reception
at the chic club, Edge.

Congratulations April and Chris! I am so excited for you and your children! May you have continued happiness, love, laughter and blessings!

Upcoming Posts

I have a several posts that I am going to upload soon. I photographed a wedding, a family for their Christmas cards, a football game, the Baltimore Aquarium, and Thanksgiving. I will start uploading new posts closer to the end of the week, but I wanted to give you a sneak peak of the work I am currently working on. Also, big things are happening for my little business. I am going to be uploading a post on the products I offer (wedding albums, canvas gallery wraps, accordion mini albums, framed prints, engagement session guest book albums, etc.). The possibilities are endless to what I can do when I photograph something. But this post will help my customers and future clients see what I can do with their important memories. Also, on Sunday, January 8, 2012 I will be at the York Expo Center and my photography business, Photography by Lizzie, will have a booth at the largest bridal show in the area. So come check me out at the Wink 103, Winter Wonderland Bridal Show at the York Expo Center. I will be on hand at the booth and all of the great products and services I can offer will be on display. It is a great way to meet and get to know me and see personally how I can turn a photograph into a treasured possession in your home. Also, for the month of February 2012 at the Carlisle Coffee and Smoothie Cafe  at 950 Walnut Bottom Road next to the Nell's Grocery Store, I will be the featured artist and all of my work will be on display on their walls. I will have dozens of pieces up and this will be another way for future clients to check out my work and see if I am the right photographer for them! Come check me out (when the time comes, I will make a post of my work up at the coffee shop so you can all see how it turned out)! And of course a post isn't a post without some photos so here are the previews of what I have been up to!

This week I will do a post of April and Chris' 

beautiful wedding in Nazareth, Pennsylvania (out 

east closer to Philadelphia) that I photographed 

a week ago. All of the details were so amazing 

and I can't wait to share more with you!

 On the same day as April and Chris' wedding, 

I photographed the Green family for their family's 

Christmas cards for this year! The pictures 

turned out great and I will be happy to 

share more from the portrait session with you.

 Back in September, I had the 

opportunity to go to the Alabama vs. Penn State 

game in State College. I went to the University of 

Alabama for college and got to photograph the 

football team while I was a student working 

for the college newspaper. The stadium allows 

large cameras in even if you aren't official 

press for the event, so I was able to take in all 

of my equipment and I got some great shots. 

Here is one of Alabama's #3 - Trent Richardson, 

going in for a touchdown. He is in the running 

for the Heisman Trophy this year and I really 

hope he gets it. He is an amazing football player. 

At the same time, it looks like Alabama might 

get to go to the National Championship game 

this year again for the 2nd time in 3 years and I

couldn't be more excited for my team. Roll Tide!

Also, this fall I was able to go to the National

Aquarium in Baltimore with a friend of mine and 

I am going to post a few of my favorites later this

month. Here is one of a really cool fish amongst 

the coral.

Then, last week I photographed my extended 

family during our visit to Fredericksburg, Virginia

to my aunt's house. It was such a beautiful day

and bittersweet for me now that both of my parents

have passed away. We all have lost many of our

family members recently and my aunt's blessing 

before the meal was beautifully said. 

We miss you all but are thankful for the 

blessings we still receive!

So, as you can see, I have been busy photographing cool events and portrait sessions and I will start sharing more of it all with you this week. So check back often for new posts! Thanks for stopping by today!