I was contacted by her Husband Naeem several weeks ago. Imagine my delight to find that they have been looking for a maternity photographer and didn't like anyone near their area and was drawn to my work even though I was over an hour away from their house (I'm based out of Harrisburg, Pa)!

I went their home today and set-up my studio equipment in their house. After playing with the studio lights for a while we went upstairs and played in the beautiful natural light that was coming into their house through all of their big windows. They have amazing furniture all throughout their house and this lounge was right in their entryway. Everything was right! It was beautiful, the light was beautiful, SHE was beautiful.

NOW STOP STARING and call 888-517-6374 to book your maternity session TODAY!

Maternity Photography

On a side note:

Are you looking for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Photographer?

I hope the Lossings don't mind me using an example from their session but I thought other parents looking for a photographer would be interested in this.

As you look for a photographer obviously technical knowledge and the ability to create portraits are important. I always tell my potential clients that when you are looking for a photographer look BEYOND technical knowledge. Look at their personality, look at their ability to be diplomatic. Do they smile? Do they appear to enjoy what they do? Those can be and are, in my opinion, are more important than technical knowledge. The smartest photographer can create a technically perfect image but if they aren't the type of person to make you feel comfortable it will show in the portrait that he or she has created for you.

When the Lossings showed up behind schedule I only had 15 minutes remaining before the rehearsal began to create the type of portraits that I like to do at the Bimah portrait session. Keep in mind I generally take 1 1/2 to 2 hours to do a full session for Bimah portraits.

What is important here is that I remained very calm and collected and explained that we would do our best with the time remaining before the rehearsal to get as many portraits of Sarah as we can. I even explained and reassured them that I would stay during the rehearsal and improvise by covering the rehearsal itself to achieve some other photographs that we otherwise would not have had the time to create.

I enjoy a challenge. It is far less productive to throw your arms in the air out of frustration, shame your client, and give up because the factors have changed drastically. Plan 'B', 'C' and sometimes even 'D' has to be on my mind because you never know what will happen, and after-all your (my client) comfort is my top priority because without that my camera won't even have a chance to do its' job properly.

Here is a sneak at one of her beautiful portraits created in those 15 minutes.

Also, BECAUSE I CAN (tee hee hee). I took some portraits of my oldest daughter the other day and wanted to show off how beautiful she is. So you, my captive audience, gets to see what we did the other day. She is only 8 so her Bat Mitzvah won't be for another 5 years!

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I have my computer back and am now chipping away at my to-do list one by one. Thanks for you patience everyone.

Actually my computer is the one that is down for the count. My computer has now been at the computer hospital for almost a week now. I was completely blindsided. One minute I am workflowing wedding photos and the next minute my computer is coughing, hacking, and weezing due to a nasty case of spyware/virus that has totally disabled the machine.

Even yours truly can't figure out the problem. That is why it is being worked on by pros. I was supposed to had it back by today but they still are finding problems with it they have yet to overcome.

TO ANYONE THAT HAS ORDERED REPRINTS OR HAS E-MAILED ME, OR IS CURRENTLY CORESPONDING WITH ME ABOUT ANYTHING:

I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. As soon as I have my brain…uh…I mean my computer back I will be able to finish speaking with you and/or processing your order or event photos.

If it weren't for the iPod I am using to type this on I wouldn't have a way to make this blog post. Thank goodness for this little device. =)

Please, if anyone has any questions or needs to speak with me please call me at 888-517-6374 or locally at 717-541-0681. I am able to check e-mail on this iPod but I may not reply back to you due to how rediculously tiny everything is as far a typing a response. But I will contact you once my computer has come back from the 'hospital'

Thanks you and I appreciate everyones patience.

Josh B

Come to think of it I think there is a sickness down in Olney at B'nai Shalom because EVERYONE I have photographed so far was too wasy. Hmmmmm….maybe there is something in the water.

Anyway, these were taken the Thursday before the reception. The party was on saturday at the Crowne Plaza in Rockville, MD.

Mark Burch from Everything Entertainment
was the DJ. This is the third time I have worked along side of him. This time he had an MC on the MIC most of the time. Either way you look at it Mark and the MC did another phenominal job. I look forward to adding them to my recommended vendors list.

Since the party fell on my youngest daughter's FIRST birthday I snuck in a portrait of her I just created yesterday for her birthday.

Bar Mitzvah Photography

I used to travel a lot and found myself in airports frequently for about a year straight. I would always see men and women coming home from overseas dressed in their uniform. I always felt like people in their airport should be going up to them and thanking them for their efforts, their risks and their sacrifices. I wanted to walk up to each and every one of them and shake their hand. I felt they deserved recognition rather than demoralizing banter from non supportive individuals who aren't truly appreciative of their efforts.

I thought about what I COULD do to show appreciation. Send stuff in care packages? Adopt a soldier? All good ideas. However, I remember being away from home and really taking comfort in the photos I had to help remind me of home. I think these men and women deserve the same thing. Something professional and perfect. Something better than the chain studios who only treat you like cattle with checkbook.

If you are a service member and would like a photo session with your family please keep reading. Whether you are single and would like a photo session with your parents or you have a family of your own and want the session to be with your children and your husband or wife. As long as one of you in the immediate family (son, daughter, father, mother, husband, or wife) is an ACTIVE service member this offer applies to you.

You have earned a free in-studio or on-location ($200 value) family photo session. Also included with your free session is a free no strings attached $100 reprint credit for you to use towards any reprints.

Call 717-541-0681 to book your session. I am not sure I can create family portraits for every family that calls due to filling up on my bookings. I may decide to end it once I get too many requests that I cannot handle. So please book sooner than later to ensure you have something special and unique to take back overseas with you on your next deployment.

I am based out of Harrisburg, Pa and will go on location to most of my surrounding areas. If you are reading this and you are in Maryland (which is an area I cover) I welcome you to come up to my studio for your family session. Call 888-517-6374 if you are out of state.

*****Offer limited to active personnel only. Must have valid military ID present on day of session. Session only good for service members and their immediate family. Soldier must be present and in the photos. Session will be done in a family style only, sorry no substitutions. Cannot be combined with any other offer. No hidden fees or charges. This is the real deal.*****

P.S. I would also like it if you would take a photo or two with me in it =)

I am currently hoping to catch up by the end of next week since my downtime due to my strained back muscles. Exercising is going to be key for me from now on. My daughter and I are going to the pool and the gym 3 times a week now so hopefully that helps. =) thanks for all your kind words.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Photographer

Family Photographer Harrisburg Pa

I posted a few photographs way back after I photographed the BImah Portraits and the reception. Here is their finished product. I tried some different things I have never tried before and I really like the way it turned out. Very challenging, but in the end it was well worth the extra time it took to create this for the Lipka's.

So in case anyone was wondering yes I cover all the way down into Olney as well so don't hesitate to call if you are down in Olney and looking for a photographer for your son or daughter's Bar or Bat Mitzvah. 888-517-6374

Bar Mitzvah Photographer

He recently did a Trash the Dress session down there and took some video of this and put it up on You Tube.

Enjoy