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Pittsburgh North Shore Senior Portraits | Baley
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Pittsburgh North Shore Senior Portraits | Baley

Pittsburgh North Shore Senior Portraits | Baley

When we have access to the Phipps outdoor gardens, I swoon. It is amazing, especially during the summer. Full of blooms and (if we’re lucky) sunlight, it is the perfect background for senior portraits. After we got our fill of flowers, we headed to the North Shore for some city skyline views.

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Newborn Session | Beth, James, & Autumn
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Newborn Session | Beth, James, & Autumn

Newborn Session | Beth, James, & Autumn

This family is one of my favorites! I’ve been there from engagement, to wedding, to now baby! Congratulations for your new parenthood journey. I love capturing newborn photos in the home. You are just already comfortable and at ease (plus have all the things you need for baby). As a bonus, we get to include pets!

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Sheraton at Station Square Wedding | Emily & Travis
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Sheraton at Station Square Wedding | Emily & Travis

Sheraton at Station Square Wedding | Emily & Travis

Emily and Travis were just the nicest couple, and they were up for anything! Their venue was being renovated, and I fell in love with a wall of drywall that was half-done. Luckily, Emily & Travis were both up for it, and using that wall as a backdrop made for some of my favorite new photos!

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Mellon Park Senior Portraits | Isabel
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Mellon Park Senior Portraits | Isabel

Summertime is a great option for senior portraits. Especially when we start around that perfect golden hour, we get portrait magic like Isabel’s session. We started her session at the popular Mellon Park location in Shadyside, then headed down to Oakland to wrap things up at Phipps.

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Mattress Factory Wedding | Cass and Tyler
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Mattress Factory Wedding | Cass and Tyler

When you look through Cass & Tyler’s wedding photos, you get a sense of how fun the day was. We went on slides (more than once!), and climbed all over a playground. Yes - in a big poofy wedding dress! Their wedding reminds me that weddings should be FUN! How often do you get to take photos with a rotating plastic horse?

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Rainy Pittsburgh Engagement Session | Sam and Curt
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Rainy Pittsburgh Engagement Session | Sam and Curt

These two flew in from out of state for this engagement session, so there was no rescheduling even with the threat of thunderstorms. By the end of the shoot, there actually ended up being a tornado warning! We dealt with some crazy downpours, but had enough breaks to get some great images. To start things off, we switched locations to the Columns in Oakland to have a spot with some cover. It ended up being a great option with Sam’s gorgeous dress! Sometimes it is fun to dance in the rain.

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