Beth, Chris and N were kind enough to invite me up to Philadelphia to photograph them in the neighborhood where Beth grew up. It’s a really cool area, where we couldn’t go more than half a block without running into someone Beth knows. I met this rad family at another client’s wedding and it was great to see them again. And always exciting when folks are looking for that documentary angle to their family pictures (because I really don’t do any other kind of family sessions).

Emily and Matt are pretty seriously awesome. You don’t need to know much more than that they picked the Natural History Museum for their engagement photos. I’ve become something of a specialist in shooting in the DC museums (thank you DC museums!!) but this was my first go the Natural History. It was rad, I tell you, rad.

Ah, 2012 (here’s 2011). What a crazy year, the one George keeps referring to as “the best in our lives.” Seems pretty premature to put that label on it, but by all accounts, it has certainly been the best year yet. I’ve got my eye on 2013, though, don’t you worry. Without too much musing, I’m going to move right on into the images. There are a lot, so go grab a cup of coffee and come back and take a walk through the last year with me. What follows are a set of images – one for each session I photographed in 2012. No personal work, no second shooting and one choice I made just now mostly through gut – not necessarily my favorite, just the one that caught my eye, just now. My 2012, in order: