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Jun 03 2010

Ghostlight Productions Shakespeare In The Park

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My friends Jonathan & Rachel Strayer from Ghostlight Productions are once again putting on a production this year in the Clarks Summit Abington Park square. This year they have chosen A midsummer’s Nights Dream and I spent some time with them this week getting some images for the prodution.I just felt like I had to share and pass on all the info I can about the event.

There will be six performances this year on June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, & 13.

This show is FREE to the public.

That’s right! It’s free to the public so be sure to bring the family and enjoy!

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Mar 06 2010

Date night

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So it’s no big secret that the JJ and I are “tree huggers”. We pretty much would live on the Appalachian trail if we could. Have a conversation with either one of us for very long and somehow it will end up about hiking. It’s a passion that we have shared for most of our marriage and this has been the first time in a few months that it was warm enough to really enjoy a good day hike.

It’s pretty rare these days for me to have a Saturday without work so we had to hit the trail and get some fresh air in our lungs.

All hikers on the east coast recognize these white blazes. They are our guiding light.

Deep breaths.

The adorable JJ

A good day!

Spring is near.

~Daniel~

Feb 09 2010

Tablescape featured in TheRuffledblog.com

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A few months back I was contacted by my friend and colleague Kristy Rice from Momental Designs here in NEPA to photograph a few tablescape ideas that had been rolling around in her head for the better part of a year. Living here in NEPA can be tough when trying to collaborate with other wedding vendors in the area. NEPA seems to be 10 years behind everything around here. I met Kristy about a year ago when she contacted me to get some pictures for her website and immediately found a kindred spirit of sorts. Kristy introduced me to Dorian Butovich from Central Park Flowers here in Scranton and we ended up designing two tablescape sessions of which I am sharing one of today. Those of you who follow my blog may have seen the ridiculously awesome designs he comes up with. If you haven’t seen his work you can see some of it by clicking here on my blog.

This morning I was made aware that these pictures are featured on the Ruffledblog.com. For those of you in the wedding industry the Ruffledblog is probably one of the top 10 blogs to follow in the U.S. If you’re feeling short of inspiration and need to find something inspiring to get the creative juices flowing Ruffledblog is the place to go.

You can see the full blog post on TheRuffledblog by clicking here.

There are so many pictures from this session that could be shared so I thought I would post a few more for those who want to see them….

The following vendors made this happen. Without any one of them this would not have been possible.
Table Designer and Stationer: Kristy Rice of Momental Designs
Floral Design: Central Park Flowers
Cake: Cathy Reppert, Truly Scrumptious
Venue: The Cottage at Hillside Farms, Dallas, Pennsylvania
Linens: LaTavola Linens

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Nov 03 2009

Behind the scenes here at Darkershadesofbrown.

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I get a ton of questions from people about where I get the inspiration for my photography so I thought I would give you a behind the scenes look at what we do at Darkershadesofbrown photography to keep ourselves fresh and inspired.

Wedding photography is a bit behind the times here in PA. Most of the people who want to provide for a family end up moving to a warmer climate as they can work pretty much all year round and keep their schedules full every week. I tend to love Pennsylvania so my wife and I decided to make it our home a few years ago. Honestly, I am sometimes saddened by my lack of piers to share and collaborate with. About a year ago Kristy Rice from Rice Ink whom I did not know contacted and hired me to do some work for her website. For those of you who follow my blog you know that we have become friends over the last year. I think we tend to both inspire each other and I have really enjoyed getting to know the girls of rice ink over the last 12 months.

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