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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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This past week I collaborated with Kristy Rice from Momental Designs and Anne-Marie Scali from Perfect bound on a sculpted bloom session in and around Scranton PA. Both Kristy and Anne-Marie have incredible taste and contacted me about a month ago to begin the process of thinking about how we wanted to portray their designs.

Big shout out to my assistants “The Bryan” and “The Bradley” for helping me out with this shoot and taking some awesome images.

Love these hand made paper blooms.  Truly an inspirational concept I have  not seen being done anywhere in the wedding industry today.

Architecturegasm

Anne Marie’s sense of color and style is unmatched as far as I am concerned.

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~Daniel~

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Sarah & Alex were married at the Stroudsmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg PA this past Saturday and I have to say that I truly loved getting to know this couple over the last couple of days. They live in Montana which just happens to be the place my wife and I dream of raising our children.

That’s not a proclamation now folks…. JJ and I are still DINKS…

Alex and Sarah were kind enough to invite JJ and I up for a night of tubing down Shawnee mountain the night before the wedding. As you can imagine we enjoyed ourselves.

Here are a few pictures from their day here in the Poconos.

Sarah just glowed all day long and it began to interfere with the light meter on the top of my camera

63 Candles.

Peace & Love,

~Daniel~

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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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Dear Friends,  

     Many of you know that we are not available to shoot every wedding that we are requested for. Being in two places at one time is not a skill we have been able to figure out. This doesn’t have to mean that we won’t have the opportunity to work with each other. The images that you receive from our engagement sessions will blow your mind and free you from those evil robot controlled photographs you see of two people square to the camera under a tree in your local state park. We travel all over the country now shooting engagement photos and it is honestly one of my favorite parts of being a photographer. For the next month we are going to be giving a $50 discount to all people who have emailed us about shooting their wedding and not been able to book us due to our schedule. We want to give you images that will withstand the test of time and even though we can’t be there for your wedding we still think we can give you images that will hang on the walls of your home for years.

So here is how it works…..

Once your date is booked and a deposit is received for your session we will apply the discount from the remainder that is due at the time of your session.

It’s that simple!

Want to learn more about our portrait pricing and packages? Get your happy scroll finger working and scroll down for a download of all the infor you will ever need.

 Looking forward to working with you,

~Daniel~

To download our engagement session info you can get it by clicking on the link below.

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It’s here! All the emails can stop about upcoming workshops. Get yourself “Old Schooled” via Darkershadesofbrown Photography.

Instructor: Daniel Lanton

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What can I say… This wedding just blew up on the blog. I don’t think I have ever posted so many pictures from a wedding but wedding season closing a few months ago is getting me excited about sharing images

I really do love what I do!

To find out more information on how Darkershadesofbrown can work for you at your wedding feel free to email me at Dlanton@Darkershadesofbrown.com to set up your consultation. 2011 is booking quickly so be sure to get your date in the books.

~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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I love wedding details… The things either people don’t see or things that people have never seen. My job as a wedding photographer is to capture every piece of the day that I can. These days my clients receive somewhere between 800 and 1,200 images from their wedding day.  They can’t all be of just the bride and groom square to the camera in front of a tree

Sometimes I see beauty in the smallest of places and a big shout out to my assistant the Bryan for grabbing these ridiculous ring shots… Amazing job bro and yes girls he will be there at your wedding in 2010 capturing stuff like this for you.

To find out more information on how Darkershadesofbrown can help you capture your wedding you can go to www.Darkershadesofbrown.com or email me at Dlanton@Darkershadesofbrown.com

~Daniel~

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Last week Janet and I vacationed in California for 9 days…. Well actually our vacation lasted 11 days thanks to coming home in the middle of two feet of snow being dumped in Philadelphia. I’m glad we were able to see so much during our travels as I was about to call off vacations for a few years after our experience flying home. Between almost killing a German man on a train, not being able to find a hotel for three hours and a broken shuttle that stranded us on top of the 295 for two hours at 11:00PM after getting up at 3:00AM California time.  You get the idea…

It was a crazy adventure that tested my ability to remain calm   

The good shizzle about California..

All I can say is that state has to be the most diverse place on the planet. You can be swimming in the ocean and in a two hour drive find yourself surrounded by a 30 story Sequoia tree in 4 feet of snow 5000 feet above sea level. During my time there I only worked one full day so it really was a great time to re-energize myself for what is to come in 2010 and reflect upon the adventure that is 2009. 

As you can imagine the JJ was in heaven among all those trees. It really is very much the experience to be standing amoung trees that predate the time of Jesus.

Anyways on to our adventures….

By far the most most scenic way to climb half Dome.

Nintendo game tester hat

Gamestop $9.99

One of the coolest dudes to ever walk the planet.

The rest of these are pretty much right out of the camera…

All the camera nerds in the world understand how tricky this next exposure was. I think I took about 20 pictures until I nailed it.

This last one… My favorite of the day….

I wish I would have had more time to actually take pictures. Most of the time I was just in awe of all there was to look at in one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

~Daniel~