That would be me casting a Patronus charm at a wedding last week and for all the techie geeks out there it wasn’t done with a pocket wizard.

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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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My wife inspires me!!

• heighten or intensify; “These paintings exalt the imagination”
• supply the inspiration for; “The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work”
• prompt: serve as the inciting cause of; “She prompted me to call my relatives”
• cheer: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; “The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”
• revolutionize: fill with revolutionary ideas
• inhale: draw in (air); “Inhale deeply”; “inhale the fresh mountain air”; “The patient has trouble inspiring”; “The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well”
  
• To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to …
• inspiration – arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
• inspiration – a product of your creative thinking and work; “he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists”; “after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality”
• inspired – divine: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; “her pies were simply divine”; “the divine Shakespeare”; “an …
• inspiring – stimulating or exalting to the spirit

Just a few of the definitions I could find….

Today I was inspired by my wife. She encouraged me when I needed encouragement.

What inspired you today?

I want to hear about it in your comments!!

~Daniel~

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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~

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The office is officially closing for the next 9 days. JJ and I are heading out for our family vacation and this year we will be spending time in Sunny California enjoying a little beach time and ending our trip in Yosemite National Park. Whenever we travel together we end embarrassing our future children.

I’m not kidding…. We have enough fun to last the rest of the year.

I apologize to all requesting last minute Christmas photos but it has been an incredibly busy year for us and we just need to get away.

We will be open up for business again on Monday the 21st of December although I will be in Philadelphia shooting an engagement session all day. The best way to get in touch with me between now and then would be by email Dlanton@darkershadesofbrown.com I will try to get back to you from time to time when we have Internet access.

Just a few pictures from last years extravaganzacation!

Vacation…

Talk to ya all soon….

Well hopfully not too soon…

~Daniel~

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Autumn in PA after the first snowfall.

A spiritual time for me.

It makes me feel like I am in a Japaneese mid 19th century abstract painting.
 

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Every now and then people ask me about the music on my website. For those who don’t know it is by one of my favorite musicians Sigur Ros. They not only inspire me as musicians but also as people. I can’t imagine having anything else playing on my website but them. If you have never seen this documentary on their music it is a thing of beauty. It probably should be seen in high def but maybe this will encourage you to go out and get it.

If you are looking for a good album to start with I would suggest Takk. You can pick it up on itunes for under $10

~Daniel~

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Another post with pictures of Janet just because I can’t ever take enough pictures of her.

Thanks for making me chicken soup for the last couple of days while I was on the mends…

Love you 

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This is the road I live on and today I thought I would  share it with you as I take my camera along with me on one of my walkabouts.

This will be my second attempt at posting non portrait work on this blog. For some of you that will be a welcome addition while others will wonder where all the wedding pictures have gone today.

Don’t worry those wedding pictures will be back later this week

Almost all of these images are right out of my 1d. I did very little post work on these images and I only brought two lenses with me.

My 24mm tilt and 180mm macro.

Those of you who follow me on Facebook or twitter know that I was pretty much assaulted by Poison Ivy two weeks ago. I don’t really need to be more then 10 feet away from it for an allergic reaction to break out. It’s partially my own fault for wearing shorts and a t-shirt on a shoot in the middle of a strange field a few miles from my house.

Anyways…

Here it is in all it’s glory.

Probably 50% of my body is covered in this.

Thankfully, my face was left out of the attack otherwise I would be one scary looking dude right now.

I’m on the mends so more walkabouts to come in the future

~Daniel~

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Today I had a day off from work…

Just me…

My 1D….

and some sexy time with my 24mm tilt shift. This week I ordered my second tilt shift to add to my growing arsenal of

ridiculous equipment. I have been playing around with the 90MM for some time now but I think the 24 fits my shooting style a bit better then the other tilt.

For those who know me you know I tend to be a bit of a nerd when it comes to photography. I spend hours up at night dreaming of building my own camera from scratch so why wouldn’t I shoot with manual focus tilt shift lenses?

People keep shooting me emails about how I rack focus

Other then a small curve adjustment and vignette this is what my pictures look like right out of the camera with this lens.

No racking…

Just manual focus tilt shifts.

My favorite shot of the day….