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Kelsey – Penn State Senior Photos

vjmStudios — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:54:59 +0000

Here’s a few favorites from our recent session with Kelsey, a senior at Penn State. We met at the Lion Shrine for some fun photos with the Nittany Lion, then hopped over to the Arboretum at Penn State for some photos with the flowers and fountain. We finished the session with some cap and gown shots at the big PSU sign at Beaver Stadium. Thanks Kelsey – we had a great time working with you, and congratulations!

Erin and Matt’s Penn State Wedding

vjmStudios — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:58:45 +0000

Erin and Matt were married on a windy, but beautiful day in March on the campus of Penn State University. The guys and girls both dressed at the Nittany Lion Inn, then rode the Molley Trolley to the ceremony at Eisenhower Chapel. After exiting the chapel to a spray of flowers, we went on a whirlwind campus photo tour, with stops at the Lion Shrine, Old Main, Beaver Stadium, the Arboretum, and even Zenos Pub (one of their favorite hangouts)! By the time our photo tour was finished, the sun was setting and it was getting very cold, and we all looked forward to the warmth of the reception at the Nittany Lion Inn.

The ballroom was beautifully decorated by Daniel Vaughn Designs, and Kevin Ramaley of Rockin Ramaley DJ service was in charge of the night’s entertainment. This was the first time we worked with Kevin, and he had most of the guests on the dance floor the entire night. One of the highlights of the evening was the amazing father-daughter dance – Erin and her father really put on a show (check out the video for a small sample)! It was a wonderful day, full of great people (especially the wedding party – you guys were amazing!) and great times.

Congratulations Erin and Matt!

Erin and Matt

You can view all the images from their wedding here: Erin and Matt’s Penn State Wedding

Emily – Dance Portraits

vjmStudios — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:12:16 +0000

I often get the pleasure of combining two of my passions, dance and photography. Since I am a dancer, photographing dancers gives me great satisfaction in both areas. Jim loves dancers because of the wonderful body control they have!

We had a great time photographing Emily in our studio in Boalsburg recently. We’ve known her for some time now – I taught dance to Emily, we took her sister’s senior photos (which also included a dance session!), and we did a family session for the whole crew.

Here’s a few favorites from Emily’s dance session… As you can see, she likes lots of different styles of dance!

Our latest Finao wedding album

vjmStudios — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:04:46 +0000

Here’s a few photos of our most recent wedding album to arrive, a beautiful Finao One from Gwen and Eric’s wedding. They put together a really unique cover – it’s called Armour, which is a metallic print emulsion adhered to a metal cover panel. The spine and back material is called Ludicrous (Finao has some very unique material names!). As with all Finao albums, the packaging is both beautiful and environmentally friendly, as the photo above shows. Here’s a few more photos, as well as the page layouts we designed for them. Enjoy!

A closeup of the spine construction – the quality of Finao albums is amazing…

And here’s the final album design, after three rounds of changes. We don’t charge for or limit album revisions, as we want every one of our clients to get the perfect album!

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PA Academy of the Arts Spring Portraits – Dance Photography

vjmStudios — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:54:57 +0000

This is our first year photographing the dancers at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, located in Potters Mills, PA. The school is owned by Sarah and Chuck Mason, and we were thrilled when they contacted us about providing portraits for their dancers. Here are a few of the many images we took last Saturday (scroll down to the bottom of the post to see what happens at the end of a long day of shooting!).

Their 2012 Annual Recital is this Saturday the 31st at 6pm at the Penns Valley High School auditorium – it will be a great show!

Here’s where things started to get a little bit goofy…

Pretty good vertical leap, don’t you think? I probably should stay behind the camera from now on…

Penn State Ice Show Portraits – State College Photographer

vjmStudios — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:23:49 +0000

It’s hard to believe that this is our sixth year photographing the skaters for the Penn State Ice Show! In addition to doing their portraits, we also photograph their performance each year. This year’s performance is scheduled for April 13 and 14 at the Penn State Ice Pavilion on the University Park Campus – come to the show if you can!

45 hours, 35 games, 10,580 photos later…

vjmStudios — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:33:00 +0000

Today is Thursday, and I think we may have finally recovered from photographing the 2012 Hockey Valley Invitational Tournament last weekend! The tournament is an annual event run by the State College Junior Icers Hockey Team, and brings teams from around the state and eastern U.S. to the Penn State Ice Pavilion for a long weekend of competitive hockey. While this type of photography may seem to be a bit of a stretch for us as wedding and portrait photographers, we actually enjoy sports photography very much. It’s all about knowing your equipment inside and out, evaluating the lighting, and most importantly, knowing when to take the shot (sounds a lot like wedding photography, doesn’t it!).

We want to extend a big thank-you to our two employees, Allison and Adam, who edited those 10,580 photos, had them on the big TV moments after each game ended, answered hundreds of questions from customers, and managed to keep a smile through it all.

Here are a few random favorites from the tournament – check out the entire gallery on our proofing site: 2012 Hockey Valley Tournament.

A few images from our first wedding of the season!

vjmStudios — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:25:27 +0000

We had a great time at Erin and Matt’s wedding on Saturday! It turned out to be a beautiful day for early March, although the wind did catch Erin’s veil on a couple of occasions!

A nice moment during the ceremony…the sun was streaming through the chapel windows.

Here’s the wind we were talking about!

A very quick stop at the Arboretum before heading to the reception – it was cold!

Welcome Sophia Helene!

vjmStudios — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Here’s a few favorites from our newborn session with Sophia – 5 weeks old!

Off to Erin and Matt’s Wedding

vjmStudios — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:06:00 +0000

It’s a windy, but beautiful day for a wedding, especially in March, and we’re off to spend the day with Erin and Matt, who are getting married at the Eisenhower Chapel on the Penn State Campus. We’re planning a campus photo tour before the Nittany Lion Inn reception, and we hope the wind doesn’t blow read more