As we were driving up to Ocean City, Maryland, there was a certain excitement in the car. There are only a handful of weddings each year where we all (Josh, Dillon, and myself) get to work together. Our Exclusive Experience package is straight up awesome, and that’s exactly what Brittany + Carl chose for their […]

We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and it’s important to know where you shine (or don’t).  For us, we’re not good at planning small get-togethers.  Our backyard parties have an average attendance of 100 people.  Our wedding had around 300.  We love people, and it’s hard for us to pare down a guest list because our […]

Over the past few months we’ve received more than a few questions about video mentoring.  Many who have asked know that their DSLR is capable of capturing high quality video and are interested in using it, but don’t know how. There’s no way we can keep up with the amount of one on one time […]

Over Christmas I had about a zillion photo sessions planned back in my hometown.  We’d been planning them for months and were excited that the weather was pretty warm.  But then it rained… and rained… and rained some more.  It poured for a week straight!  We did have a few breaks in the weather, so we managed […]

Newborns are amazing, and nothing makes a Wednesday morning better than snuggling one!  McKenna (Mac for short) looks like an absolute doll.  She has two older brothers who are fiercely protective of her and even decorated their home with welcome home signs when she came home from the hospital!  Her parents are enjoying the twists […]

Claire is completely adorable, and we had to get this photo session in quick before she lost more of her front teeth!  🙂  So this little champ came out on a snowy Monday and totally rocked the session like she wasn’t freezing cold.  She even did some of her dance moves for us!

When these ladies asked if I offered mentoring, the answer was an excited Yes!  I just haven’t advertised it because honestly, I didn’t know people wanted to learn from me.  I love love teaching, especially one-on-one.  Instead of me preparing a long speech with references and worksheets, we get to focus on exactly what the person wants to […]

If you’ve ever been the person to set up family photos, you know that it’s a huge task to coordinate!  Add adult kids in the mix, long distance families, and a rainy afternoon, and you have the Donatelli family photos!  But look at them– they totally nailed family photos.  They were fun, relaxed, and made […]

Back in the spring I got word that a bride was looking for someone to do her engagement photos– and quick!  She’d had several sessions set up that had fallen through and her fiancé was about to deploy.  We talked and she was the sweetest person ever!  She had one window of time left in their […]

My kid turns 4 today. Correction: My oldest child turns 4 today. Last night I told her stories about the day she was born.  She loved it.  I appreciated it– I mean, she’ll only want to hear that story one or two more times before it becomes awful, right? We looked through pictures of her as a […]