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Meet Simone. His curly hair reminds me of Tyler, but even more curly. I never thought that I would ever get a chance to photograph Simone (or even his brother seen in a bit). Why? Because Simone lives in Italy. His dad is an old friend of mine during graduate school. But dad now teaches at a university in Palermo, Italy and who ever thought Simone would come to my own personal studio in Atlanta, GA.

It’s hard enough to photograph kids in general, but since Simone is 100% Italian, I have to depend on his parents to get his attention.

Here he is with his mom, Ivana. She cooked an amazing meal for us years ago.

I can’t forget to introduce his brother, Gabriele. These Italian names are hard to spell! Gabriele really likes hamburgers, but as they call it in Italy, “Umberger”.

And finally, my old friend, Antonio.

Amber starts tennis lessons this week. We were doing some friends’ portraits and decided to sneak in a few shots of Amber styling her new birthday present from Uncle and Auntie.

Of course her sister would like to join in on the session.

Seraphim Music has asked me to photograph their Liturgical Harp Retreat at the Amicalola Falls Lodge. During the retreat, I was able to capture a few portraits of Rhett and Victoria.

This year, we took a two-family trek to New England. That’s four adults vs six kids through Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston in a 12-passenger van. It wasn’t as bad as it sounded at all. The weather was probably the worse part of it all.

We woke up early at 5am trying to get to Philly by lunchtime.

Here’s the Liberty Bell.

And a view of Philadelphia from the top steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This is the famous “Rocky” steps.

In New York City, our first stop was B&H Photo. I’m impressed with its size and how packed it is with customers.

Later that day, we arrived at the Apple Store on 5th Ave. Here’s a view of it from the elevator going down.

And here’s Times Square, the location of the New Years Big Apple drop.

The next day, we visited the Statue of Liberty.

And Ellis Island.

Here’s a view of New York City coming back from Ellis Island.

And Walls Street where it’s blocked off from tourists.

We ended the day eating at Big Wong. Not bad, except the portion size was kinda small.

Then, we’re off to Boston. First off was the tour of Harvard University. This was one of the best campus tours I’ve ever had. Here’s a view inside the Memorial Hall.

Then, we walked The Freedom Trail. Boston is such a walk-able city, and this is a great walk.

The location of the Boston Massacre.

Paul Revere’s house.

And the Bunker Hill Monument. I just want to note that Amber climbed up and down this monument twice. That’s 1,176 steps in all.

Over two years ago, I photographed Brian and Alexandra’s wedding. Fast forward to today, I’m photographing their loving baby girl, Savannah. Below is a few highlights from the session. To see the full gallery, (click here).

I’m told Savannah is wearing the same beautiful dress that Alexandra wore when she was a baby coming home from the hospital.

Every so often, we try to make it out to a nice dinner. With my parents in town, we took the opportunity to go to Canoe. Everything was great, but I must say, the service was the best. Here’s a few pictures of the awesome meal we had. Unfortunately, I can’t really remember the exact names of each dish.

We first had some soup that was cold. I have to admit, I’m not into cold soups! So the waitress swapped it out for a warm pistachio soup below. The warmth was great, but the soup also tasted very unique and we enjoyed it immensely.

Here’s an awesome pork dish served two ways. I can’t describe which ways are the two ways, but they’re good.

And, the peppercorn New York strip. Again, very tasty!

And the highlight of the night, a strawberry cobbler. It may have been the first time I’ve had a cobbler that’s strawberry, but it was amazing.

And a quick shot behind the restaurant from the Chattahoochee River.

I previously blogged about Beth and Doug’s wedding in Suches, Georgia. Here’s some more highlights of the wedding followed by the link to the full gallery at the bottom.

One of the most familiar statements I heard throughout the entire day was “you have Fat Tire?!” I’m not much of a beer drinker enough to appreciate what the big deal Fat Tire was to everyone. But it sure put a smile to each person when they realized Fat Tire was in the house.

Here’s Beth in the morning preparing for the wedding with the help of her family. She was calm and collected. Well, knowing her for years, it’s not uncommon.

At Lake Winfield Scott, Beth and Doug had their ceremony. It was a beautiful afternoon as the lake provided for a scenic backdrop with a fresh mountain lake breeze.

And here’s the newlyweds shortly after the ceremony.

In the earlier post, I showed their wedding rings. Doug’s ring is apparently made with carbon-fiber or some high-tech bike technology. Sorry, I’m not up to speed with the latest greatest bike technology as mine was bought over a decade ago. Nevertheless, his ring was pretty darn amazing, perhaps even super light. I guess that’s when he took it off to show one of the guests. Without being there when it happened, the ring must have floated off his hand and landed on the deck, falling into the cracks. I came shortly after this happened to see him try to fish up the ring.

With determination, he was able to retrieve it before the crowbars were needed.

Beth and Doug didn’t have just one wedding cake, they had seven cakes; chocolate six ways and a delicious carrot cake.

I had to photograph this girl as she seemed to be able to best express what a lovely day it was in the North Georgia mountains.

And lastly, a view of the two of them in their back yard as the sun slowly sets over the mountain top.

Click here to see the full gallery of photos.

Just returned from Beth and Doug’s beautiful wedding in Suches, Georgia. I had the time to go through some of the pictures today and picked just a few for Beth and Doug to preview.

Here’s just a taste of the view we all enjoyed during the wedding day.

There’s a story that I’ll have to describe in more detail about Doug’s ring. But that will have to wait for a later date.

I’ll post more photos soon.

My parents were in town and they like to see the Georgia Mountains. So, we decided to grab the entire family and drive up a bit to Vogel State Park. They have lots of nice hiking trails, but we decided to take it safe and hiked to the nearby water fall. Here’s a few shots of the short trip to Vogel State Park.

Over a year ago, I photographed Katie on her way to Homecoming. And shortly after, it was time for her junior prom. This time, she’s going to her senior prom. Soon, she’ll graduate from high school in a few weeks and go to college. We’ll miss having her around and it’s not just because she’s our kids’ babysitter.

Here are a few photos of Katie. A full photo gallery is linked (click here).