tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29178950318818392562012-02-16T18:02:55.271-05:00My photographic interpretation on life, people and other silly things...Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-65593793935716704152011-05-30T19:14:00.000-04:002011-05-30T19:14:04.970-04:00

A few weeks ago my siblings had the brilliant idea that we should fly out to AZ to visit them to celebrate both Vanessa and my sister Robynn's birthdays. Not to mention that my sister had just moved into her new house and my borther into a new apartment a few miles down the road. A few hours later we had tickets for a four day excursion to the dry and sunny Mid-West! We flew out of Newark on a

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Our nephew Christopher just got to celebrate his 1st Holy Communion a few weeks ago.  Of course, Uncs and Auntie were there to help celebrate! It was a lovely Spring day and I got some great shots of Christopher, his brother and all the cousins. After the ceremony we all went to Rei da Picanha for a luncheon and had some amazing Paella. The kids ran amok joyfully in the hallway as they were

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Wow! I am really surprised that I hadn't posted these pictures before! Sometimes I forget to post them here when I post them on Facebook first! So, despite having an AWESOME Christmas Eve with my wife and her side of the family and then having a Kick-Ass Christmas Day, where I preceded to give my brother the exclusive "White-Trash Christmas Survival Kit" and the rest of the family Dirty Sanchez

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This was not a "professional" photoshoot, more just a few snapshots of my brother and mom when we travelled home for a weekend together. No photo-techie talk for this one. :) Happy Birthday, buddy.

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I went to visit my Grandma a few weeks ago and snapped a few snapshots of her while we we chatting. She does not try to hide from the lens as much as she used to! I love her so much; my Babschi. :) EDIT: I thought it would be nice to briefly add some details of the shoot! Babschi was sitting in a recliner about 5 feet away from a window with indirect light. I shot her simply and tried to compose

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A new post; YAY! For Valentine's Day weekend this year a few Penn State couples took the journey to Burlington, VT to visit our friends Adam & Jen. they were wonderful hosts and had us on excursions for the entirety of our travels. First we hit up some ski shops to find some last minute ski gear (as almost EVERYTHING was sold out by February in New Jersey!) and later that same afternoon to

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Vanessa and I try to make it an annual tradition when we leave behind the warm comforts of home to travel into NYC at night to view the Christmas Tree and skaters at Rockefeller Center. :D This year, Vanessa's sister came along with her hubs and our two nieces. They thought that no one's Christmas tree could be bigger than theirs, but their little mouths were agape when they saw the tree! We

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In December Vanessa, Ryan and I travelled to Florida for his baby sister's wedding. We took a few additional days off and visited our friends in North Miami for a day and tehy took us out to a sweet party at the Blue Martini, hosted by a local Miami magazine. After being treated to an evening of pampering, we went back to our sleazy dive hotel (yes, we checked the sheets for bedbugs, as the walls

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La Cuba is a tradition in my wife's family when they make the annual Christmas tamales. When all of the plate sized tamales are made, all the remaining meat and cornmeal and other sundries are made into the mother of all tamales; LA CUBA! It is a special treat that our immediate family shares the week before Christmas as a celebration for all the hard work that goes in the production of the

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On the eve of Corrine and Will's wedding, the whole family taxied into downtown Key West to partake in the festivities of Pirate's Week at Cap'n Tony's Bar. The tree where actual pirates were hung is still a prominent part of the establishment, as the bar was built right around the tree! Not to mention the later additions of thousands of business cards and hundreds or bras that plaster the

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I hope you guys are having a GREAT Honeymoon! Vanessa and I had such a blast at your wedding! Here are my favorite few shots from your album! You can follow the link to see the rest of my favorites, but I will send you a DVD soon with all my shots! May this be one of MANY wonderful memories! Congratulations! From Beef & Meghans Wedding! From Beef & Meghans Wedding! From Beef & Meghans

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Nothing too exciting in these photos, but it was a really great time to spend some time with the guys. :) It was a crazy night with a few interesting encounters, but overall the guys were well behaved! I will also shortly be posting Beef (Brian and Meghan's) wedding photos. Those I am really excited about sharing! Of course, here is the link to the full album (21 photos) From Beef's Bachelor

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This week I am stepping back in time a bit to May 2010 when our friends, Melissa & Jake, invited us to their house for a Spring BBQ. It seems few and far between that we all get together, but it is so much fun when we do! Whenever there are kids around, I tend to gravitate towards them; they always express exactly how they are feeling at any given time. They make SO many faces and they pout and

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For those of you living along the East Coast (and who had time to relax near a cool body of water) Fourth of July Weekend was AMAZING! Saturday saw us off on a day trip to Long Beach Island were we soaked up some sun, had some "Chicken or the Egg" Santos Sauce chicken fingers and saw tons of our friends who we rarely get to frequent! A late drive home finished our day so we could catch a few

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Finally! To my dear friends Jake & Jen. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed taking them! From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty From J&J Wedding-reception-afterparty

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The second set of photos from our holiday weekend in Malibu is a compilation of all the side events that occurred while we were gracing the West Coast with our presence! On the recommendation of our delightful concierge we partook of a local haunt called Malibu Seafood. A little shack by the sea, the outdoor seating area was packed with locals enjoying some fresh seafood, especially the amazing

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Vanessa and I spent a fantastic weekend in northern California to celebrate the wedding of our friends Jake and Jen. Set within the sharp hills of coastal West Lake/ Malibu, we shared several breathtaking evenings including a mountaintop wedding celebration in a private vineyard. Tonight I am posting the first of several installments from their wedding. I will send them the entire disk of photos

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-61884079821581874242010-06-26T12:00:00.005-04:002010-06-26T12:00:03.011-04:00

My comfort zone with daily photography is in "Program" Mode. It is kind of a cheat way to take photographs, as the camera does it's automatically selects Aperture and Shutter Speed, without triggering the flash. It's the most semi-automatic mode on the higher end digital SLR cameras, like my Nikon D300. I often reading articles on how to better use my camera and to drill into my thick skull the

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I often take so many photos at family events, that some of them seem more appropriately grouped together in sub-categories. About a week or so ago, I posted pictures of my nephew's birthday party when we visited Jenkinson's Boardwalk. Later, there was a whole carnival themed party back at the house for the kids with a cotton candy machine, Ice Cone Maker, Popcorn cart, etc. It was a lot of fun

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-61420493892526698612010-06-24T00:50:00.001-04:002010-06-24T00:51:16.339-04:00

My sister hass a wonderfully stocked kitchen with so many goodies, we all refer to it as the "Candy Shoppe". :) Pretty much any type of chocolate or jellie or sweet you could want is available in some form or another. It makes for some vacation time binging, that's for sure! We had a nice sunny day last Saturday and I made good use of some indirect afternoon sun and a triangular diffusion screen

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A fun little session this weekend at home with my niece Kaleigh and a little help from my sister with extra lighting gear. I wanted to see if I could "freeze-frame" some jumping shots, by having my niece jump off a chair to my right. I meanwhile had hte camera low to the ground so that each jump looked higher. I hope you enjoy the pics! P.S. I snuck one scary picture of myself in there, because

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Anyone who has hung out with me for more than 30 minutes has probably been regaled with an animated delivery of me talking about one of my hobbies. My wife says I get wild eyed and a silly smile and I wave my hands all around in the air in my excitement of telling my friends (read: ANYONE) my latest story. Lucky, if you get to hear about my photography experiences. Not so lucky, if you have to

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Hello again family! This blog makes it so much easier to share pictures with you! I hope that you are all getting a chance to come visit the site. :) Today's post contains photos from Jenkinson's boardwalk, where we took the kids for a few hours as part of my nephew's birthday party. The boardwalk is a great place for capturing colors and the kids are so excited that it makes for a really easy

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-80623139768184293832010-06-16T07:00:00.015-04:002010-06-16T07:00:07.351-04:00

Hello Everyone! I took photos for my nieces at their shared birthday party in April 2010. The girls got to go horseback riding and groom/pet the horses. It was a lot of fun to watch all the kids. :) I am posting a few images below; you can click to the full gallery to see them all! Kira & Gabriella - Birthday From kira and gabriella birthday 2010 From kira and gabriella birthday 2010

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So many new formatting options on Blogger! I love how all the technologies are linked in to one another. it really makes sharing information soooo easy. I have decided to post a few pictures on this site again to try out some of the features. These photos are from the previous weekend that we spent BBQ-ing with my brother and wife's family during the day and hopped a train to NYC for the evening

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-86674934562884320502009-06-26T00:01:00.002-04:002009-06-26T00:06:26.172-04:00

Today we had a summertime pot-luck and chili contest which went over as a resounding success. As usual, I was requested to take a few shots of the day; in between setting up the buffet and serving my chili, which came in 2nd place! :)I took some shots with my new Nikon D300 camera using both a 50mm prime and my 18-55mm kit lens for the big group photo at the end. Maybe it was becuase I was rushed

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-24487998364878079362009-06-23T01:40:00.002-04:002009-06-23T02:03:10.870-04:00

Of course I mean business. You took one look at me and saw the look of determination in my eyes and knew that I would stop at nothing to work for what I love. :)I spoke with my good friend Kelly today regarding setting up my own business. It is just another small step towards creating my own name in the photography world. It means that I am crossing the threshold from amateur land over into the

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I have never quite grasped the concept of blogging. In the beginning when you are starting out, and have no followers, your blog is essentially just a running journal that you keep for your own entertainment/education/insight/etc.As you populate your corner of the internet with tidbits about your life and love and art, you open a part of yourself to complete strangers. It is exciting to think

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-62435328378904318632008-08-09T07:41:00.000-04:002008-08-09T08:22:57.623-04:00

I have finally posted a large selection of my own wedding photos! Reena Rose and Michael Dempsey did a fantastic job of capturing our big day. Vanessa and I were really pleased with the results. It turned out to be a beautiful day and all of our wedding party and guests had a fantastic time, too.I honestly swear that without the photographers and videographer there we would have forgotten most of

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-66230975794227498992008-07-31T10:06:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:21:17.937-04:00

Hello All!I have posted just a few of the shots I was able to take at my wife's and my rehearsal dinner! It was a little hectic with us trying to coordinate 45 guests, but the evening went off with only one hitch...we forgot to pick up our marriage certifcate. o_O Luckily, some of our family pulled some strings and we were able to get the document before our wedding day. If you'd care to see all

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-86167555069140748752008-07-24T15:52:00.000-04:002008-07-24T15:56:21.396-04:00

My beautiful wife and I got married last month and had the most wonderful Honeymoon in Hawaii. :) Two weeks of sitting poolside and explorign the tropical environs within earshot of the Pacific Ocean. We've visited several Caribbean island before, but those trips paled in comparison to this get-away.I have THOUSANDS of photos from our helicopter ride around Kawai'i and the vistas from the Highway

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So, I survived my first professional photography job. I am waiting for some feedback from my friend and client, Kelly. I really hope she is pleased with the images. It will make all of my work and effort worth it!I learned some important lessons on this shoot that I will have to take into consideration the next time that land a shoot;1. I need to calculate a better method of charging for my time

Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794909479552111981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2917895031881839256.post-42307168497035745972008-07-16T14:23:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:34:03.589-04:00

Hello everyone,My name is Frank and I am an amateur photographer. I pursue photography with a passion and motivation that I show few of my other hobbies. I always enjoyed taking pictures with my portable 35mm film camera in high school, but didn't become fully engrossed in my hobbie until December 2005 when my girlfriend (since then my fiance and now my beautiful wife!) bought me a Nikon D50

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