Baby Ryder Session 2

Wow Ryder has grown so much and is so cute I could just take him home, no worries I would never do that. He has changed so much since our first session in January! It always amazes me how fast these babies grow up. Tina and Nick are more excited in love with this boy every day! It was so funny listening to them behind me as we got the black velvet series of shots, they can sure make that little boy crack up. I had a wonderful time as usual, this family is always fun to be around.

Ryder looks a lot like Nick right now but there is no mistaking he has his mothers gorgeous eyes.

See what I mean about those eyes! No enhancing on my part.

A fun little grouping

See what I mean about getting this kid to crack up, just wait for the slideshow!

Love this of mother and son.

My favorite family portrait.

It was a warm day, so why not go in the pool?

This one is all about the moment. This was the very first time they submerged him under water.

Swimming makes you hungry

And guess who gets to finish the bottle! YUM!

Again it was a pleasure you guys! I always love my visits and can't wait to see how much Ryder grows over the summer! See you this fall.

Enjoy the slideshow

Baby AJ, One Year

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hanging out with baby AJ and his parents. It is actually a little bit of six degrees of separation with this family. I first met AJ's dad Mark back in October when shooting Erika and Ryan's engagement session. Mark had seen us wandering the neighborhood and invited us up to his roof deck to take some shots. An awesome gesture that just made the already awesome day even better. Erika and Ryan actually had one of the shots from the roof deck framed at the wedding last weekend. Anyway, I had mentioned to Mark that I did children sessions, I noticed baby stuff, but Annemarie was not in town at that time. So time went by and I hear from Annemarie, turns out she is in the same play group as baby Abbie and her parents recommended me. She showed Mark images from baby Abbie's session and his response was "yeah thats the girl I told you about!" HA, small world. So we finally got a session scheduled for AJ's one year. I love this family, you guys are awesome. I had such a blast. Lets look at some images and the slideshow is at the bottom.

My favorite of Mark and AJ.

Cracking up at AJ, wanting to eat the triangle.

AJ loves to help make the bed, you will see why in the slideshow.

Their house is AMAZING, love this skylight from the 3rd floor looking down.

You can really see how in love these parents are with this little boy.

This is actually one of my favorites. Just something about the light from the fridge, food on the ledge, foot on the ledge for support and just the beauty in little everyday things.

Trying to escape!

The interaction of this family is very fun, tender and genuine.

high five on the swings!

hahahaha! Mark has this thing between him and AJ. Mark always tries to "eat" him. You know its a father son thing, AJ just loves it. I love this one.

We browsed a little garage sale on the way back, AJ really liked this mirror.

There are many many more, check the slideshow out. You guys are awesome and I can't tell you enough how much I enjoyed our session.

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Marybeth & Adam Engagement Shoot

Where to begin!! Marybeth and I met in College, we both went to Towson State in Baltimore for one year during our sophomore year. We were roommates for half the year and we to this day have said our sole purpose for going to Towson was to meet each other. Seems a little silly but hey, Marybeth is one of my best friends and I am so thankful for that year at Towson. We don't see each other all that much these days but we do keep in touch and make a trip at least once a year. I remember when Marybeth was first talking about Adam. She had a crush from afar and was just coming out of a long relationship so was a bit timid. We soon found out that Adam had the same feelings and they naturally made a fantastic couple. They both work at Seacrets in Ocean City Maryland, they met there, work there and basically live there, really they live 500 feet from Seacrets.. It was the obvious choice of location to do their engagement shoot. It was also my first time meeting Adam in person! Yeah sounds crazy I know, he is a fantastic guy and totally adores Marybeth. Thumbs up from me MB!

This is the very spot that they met. Marybeth has worked at Seacrets for many years and Adam was just starting when she noticed him. Now Adam is her boss, haha go figure!

Some American Gothic Jamaica USA style.

Marybeth gets a thumbs up from Adam.

You will notice that Marybeth is all smiles and just glowing when she is near Adam.

The sand bar, a favorite spot.

Ring the bell for good tips!

They both bar tend, so uh yeah we had to have a drink.

No mistaking, they made a ticket and paid for it!

This just makes me laugh every time. All of Adams favorite things.

Marybeth is one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out.

They are all favorites, but love the color in this.

Marybeth doing her Miss Seacrets pose.

Jammin in the Vdub.

We had to take the cruisers out for a little spin.

Major props to Adam! He will do anything for his love even if it means holding hands while riding bikes and running around posing for pictures while being subjected to much ridicule from Seacrets employees!

Another favorite. Special request by Marybeth for this one.

And ya know, have to end with some bling.

These two love birds are getting married this coming October in Rehoboth Beach. I can't wait, I am so excited for you guys!

Blair & Mark Married 6-6-09

Blair and Mark's wedding was full of surprises! We were laughing about it because I always ask if there are any special surprises that will happen during the day so that I can watch for them and be ready but they said no there wasn't anything in particular planned. Well that was because they had no idea! They were surprised by Blair's dad and brother with beautiful music and singing, another one of Blair's friends came out belting Tina Turner, the bridesmaids surprised Blair with the song she had originally wanted to dance their first dance to, and it just seemed to keep going. It was a great time, I was so happy to be a part of it.

Before I get too ahead of myself here, check out all the vendors and details that helped this come together:
Venue: Villanova Conference Center Tim Sweeney the coordinator did an awesome job.
Flowers: Ilonka Floral Decorator
Dress: Romona K from the Bridal Garden
Cake: Doughman Baked Goods
Band: Big Ric + Vegas Band
Second Shooter: Steve Langdon Another great day shooting with Steve! Thank you so much for coming out!
On to some images shall we?

Blair's shoes. She was excited about the shoes and more excited about the shot I would get for her.

Steve got some awesome ring shots.

Handling of the dress.

Love this one Steve got of Mark!

Blair was simply beaming all day.

My favorite shot of Blair.

They didn't see each other before hand, this is Marks first look at Blair coming down the isle.

The kiss

Married!!!

Blair showing off her bling and some flare.

Its funny I took this shot just to get a meter reading on Blair's skin tone, it was only a shot for technical purposes, but I really like it.

Walking on air.

Great light, great couple, what more could you ask for?

Another favorite.

The first Dance

Blair's brother Seth and one of the Bridesmaids sang Lucky by Jason Mraz. It was fantastic.

Big Ric even got Mark out to sing to Blair, which was hilarious! Most men would have caved under the pressure and while Mark is not the most musically talented he surprised everyone with his new found ability. Blair and everyone else including me loved every minute of it.

I just love this reaction. It was so fantastic to see the love and support behind Blair and Mark.

YEAH! You go Mark! I love this one.

With all of the surprises that kept popping up during the reception we did manage to get away for some shots with the Meadowcroft sign. They had been talking about this sign since I first met them over a year and a half ago! There had been some mention that we might not be able to make it work with the timing and such of the day but I was not going to let this photo opportunity slip and I knew it was important. Mark and Blair piled into my car and we snuck out of the reception for a few to get these. TOTALLY worth it.

Be sure to watch the slideshow for some more images and dancing. The song was written and perfomed by Blair's brother Seth, he has an amazing voice.

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Coming soon to a blog near you!

Okay, so yes I have been a tad absent with the blog posts as of late. I do have a good reason, I have been traveling and shooting and traveling and shooting, well you get the idea! I have a ton on deck, so I thought I would give you the line up in order of whats next here at the Joy Moody blog!

First up will be Blair and Mark married June 6th! Such a fun evening full of surprises. This image is one they talked about when I first met with them a year and a half ago! Meadowcroft is their new last name so it only seemed appropriate to do a little shoot with this sign which was conveniently located down the street from the reception.

Then we have Marybeth and Adam. Marybeth happens to be one of my best friends, we were roommates for a semester in College. I traveled down to Ocean City Maryland to have a little visit and engagement session with these two beautiful people. They both work at Seacrets and they also met there so it was the obvious choice to do the engagement session there.

These are all of Adams favorite things.

Some moodybabies will grace the blog as well! This is baby A.J. Talk about a small world but I first met A.J's dad during Erika and Ryan's engagement session, he let us take some pictures up on their roof deck, we then figured out that AJ was in a play group with baby Abbie! We had such a fun time, cant' wait to share these!

Then baby Ryder! Oh my how this little boy has grown since our first session. He is so adorable I can't even express his cuteness.

Then up is Mandy and Ryan's wedding. They were married in Nebraska this past weekend, June 20th. Don and I had a most enjoyable time with their family and friends and the wedding was so much fun!

I am playing a lot of catchup this week and gearing up for Erika and Ryans wedding on Saturday! So keep an eye out on all the eye candy that will soon grace the blog.

Kristina & Dave Engagement Shoot

I met up with Kristina & Dave a few weekends ago at Longwood gardens for their engagement session. They are a super fun and funky couple. The camera obviously loved them and we had a great time wandering the gardens. Its not hard to find great spots at Longwood. They are getting married this July so be sure to check back for the wedding images.

This is one of my favorites of the day.

Here comes the fun funky attitude I told you about.

These two are definitely hot!

Kristina had me cracking up the whole time, she can work the camera!

Even with all the fun we had playing around there were still some really great little moments.

They make an awesome couple!

Great one to end on! Happy I found a wall, a really cool one too.

It was a pleasure you guys! I had a blast.