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I shot Jessica & Jeff’s wedding in Delaware last year and one of the things I love is meeting up with my clients when they have their first child. For this session I was brought down to Jersey shore a few days before the hurricane hit a few weeks ago. I met up with their family and spent the day photographing their beautiful son.

It’s always nice to get out of the studio every now and then to photograph newborns especially when I get to sit on the beach for a few days when I’m done.

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Two black & white blog posts today because I just feel like I needed to give the blog some love. I don’t know why but I just love family sessions so much. Other then weddings it’s probably my favorite way to spend my day with my camera. MJ and Steve live about three miles from me so it was a very quick ride to work yesterday.

Love this session so much.

The energy this family has is endless.

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This is the second time I have had the opportunity to work with the Romero family. Last year I did Savannah’s newborn pictures and this time I was asked to photograph a lifestyle family session here in the Summit. It’s not every day that I photograph family sessions as my schedule doesn’t permit it but when I do them I always walk away thinking that I need to make time to do more of them.

Such a beautiful family.

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I first met Chris, Julie & Hallie last year when they started planning their wedding and when we sat down and talked I realized that they really wanted Hallie included in their E session as she is an important part of their relationship. Chris used to work with my wife and when she mentioned to him that I was a photographer they headed on over to my website and noticed that I had posted a family session that included a young girl the age of Julie’s daughter.  By the time I sat down with them they had already decided that they wanted a family/E session feel to these pictures.

Normally I spend the majority of my time just working with two people on an E session and we still did spend time with just Chris & Julie but I just couldn’t resist focusing on them as a family unit as that is what they are soon to become.

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Last week this lovely family invited me to their home for a session and since I almost never post family sessions on this blog I thought it would be a good idea to turn a new leaf and start posting them.

I love me some awesome family chemistry and these guys did not disappoint.

For information on how to book lifestyle family sessions with us send us a line at Dlanton@Darkershadesofbrown.com and we will be sure to get you in our books for an afternoon of fun.

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Luke & Brittney are the owners of Open Vision Photography here in Scranton and last month we connected on facebook and started to form a friendship.

That’s right people….We actually became real life friends and not just FB friends.

We have so much in common it’s a bit ridiculous and have found out it only begins with our passion for photography.

Peace & Grace to you both,

~Daniel~

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Jeff and Heather are my friends…. Jeff actually was in my wedding five years ago so at one point in time we were pretty good friends and then you know life happens and we didn’t talk all that much. About a year ago Jeff and I started meeting pretty regularly to encourage each other as we are both self employed and once upon a time in a galaxy far far away we were employed by the same company.

I say all this because I am happy to be his friend and a few weeks ago he and Heather had their second child…

Let’s just say there are small benefits every now and then to being friends with a photographer.

It was a joy to give them this gift.

I love how hands and little baby feet make hearts…

~Daniel~

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One of the most often questions I get are questions about family pictures. I don’t do them very often and not because I don’t like photographing families but because my schedule does not permit me to do them very often.

Living in Scranton PA your average family is not use to lifestyle sessions. It’s always a little awkward when the conversation begins about family sessions as I try to describe what it is I do. I don’t do Christmas card photos with a family under the tree wearing the ugly sweaters that you see come in your mailbox this time of year.

It’s just not what I do…

So today I post a family session. Maybe this will start opening people to the idea of bringing a little creativity into their family pictures.

Family lifestyle sessions start at $350 and beginning early this coming year I will be offering time slots for many of them so I hope you are as excited to get them as I am to take them.

It’s time to celebrate the awesomeness of family.

~Daniel~

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My neighbors the Kepler family just introduced a new life into this world….

May the Christmas Photo sessions officially begin.

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Smile it’s almost the weekend

~Daniel~