Hartwood Acres Senior Portraits | Claire
Hartwood Acres in the fall season is such a beautiful place to be. The sunlight at sunset shines perfectly through the leaded glass windows. Between this beautiful setting and Claire’s awesome choice of wardrobe, this session was a standout!
Hartwood Acres Senior Portraits | Claire
Hartwood Acres in the fall season is such a beautiful place to be. The sunlight at sunset shines perfectly through the leaded glass windows. Between this beautiful setting and Claire’s awesome choice of wardrobe, this session was a standout!
Hartwood Acres Senior Portraits | Lulu
For those of you who live to the North of the city, you know all about Hartwood Acres. The mansion itself is gorgeous of course, but the grounds in the summer time are incredible. They are a manicured garden just in front of the mansion, and towards the end of summer this beautiful meadow of black-eye susans appears. Lulu wanted flowers, so what better locations!
Hartwood Acres Senior Portraits | Lulu
For those of you who live to the North of the city, you know all about Hartwood Acres. The mansion itself is gorgeous of course, but the grounds in the summer time are incredible. They are a manicured garden just in front of the mansion, and towards the end of summer this beautiful meadow of black-eye susans appears. Lulu wanted flowers, so what better locations!
Hartwood Acres | Fall Mommy & Me Session
Just as we started getting the best of fall colors, we had Laura and her son Charlie’s mommy & me session. I’m obsessed with their outfit selection (side note, I own the same skirt she wore, and it is amazing for portraits and comes in so many colors!!!). I’ve been photographing these two for a few years now, and they only get more adorable together. Their bond is incredible and so beautiful to photograph.
Hartwood Acres | Fall Mommy & Me Session
Just as we started getting the best of fall colors, we had Laura and her son Charlie’s mommy & me session. I’m obsessed with their outfit selection (side note, I own the same skirt she wore, and it is amazing for portraits and comes in so many colors!!!). I’ve been photographing these two for a few years now, and they only get more adorable together. Their bond is incredible and so beautiful to photograph.
Laura & Ryan | A Hartwood Acres Engagement | Pittsburgh
Laura & Ryan | A Hartwood Acres Engagement | Pittsburgh
Laura and Ryan wanted a more formal look to their engagement session. She rented an AMAZING dress from Rent the Runway, and rocked it! Hartwood Acres was the perfect setting for this fashion forward shoot. I'm so excited to shoot their wedding next year!!!
Deena & Adam | A Hartwood Acres Engagement Session | Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer
Deena and Adam drove in from Ohio at 5 am (yes, 5 AM!) for their sunrise engagement shoot at 6:30am at Hartwood Acres. Actually, when we arrived at Hartwood, the gates weren't even open yet! We were hoping for a gorgeous sunrise, but unfortunately it ended up being a cloudy morning. However, that didn't stop us from having an amazing session!
Deena is a big Harry Potter fan, as well as a big Disney fan (just like me!). She wanted her and Adam to have a magical, fairytale-like shoot, and I think we succeeded! Between the mansion, the blossoming trees, and their adorable puppies, it was a great time.
Also, that gorgeous save-the-date sign was hand-lettered by Deena herself! She does beautiful work, and made that sign using pages from Harry Potter. She was overwhelmed with orders and is taking a break to focus on her current projects, but when she returns you can commission custom work from her shop here.
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Kristen & Steve | A Pittsburgh Engagement Session | Hartwood Acres
The first time we had scheduled for Kristen & Steve's engagement photos ended up being freezing (and snowing!) even though it was early October. So we pushed it back, which made me nervous since the weather usually just goes downhill as we get closer and closer to November. However, luck smiled on us and we had perfect (even warm-ish!) weather!
It actually ended up being one of my favorite fall sessions this season. The leaves were beautiful colors and there were just enough on the ground for some fun pictures. Their puppy even joined in for a few shots - and he was super excited to be included!
