I messed up. Big time. This fall was so busy with weddings, portraits, and PhD work that I completely missed blogging a few incredible sessions!! (I could have sworn that I blogged this one - but it turns out that I didn’t.) I have a few weeks of down time while I wait for feedback on my dissertation draft, so I’m going to make it right - starting now.

When Meghan and Sean reached out to me about photographing their New Year’s Eve wedding in Delaware this coming winter, I was thrilled! We clicked right away and I knew we would make a great team. But then they asked me if we could photograph their engagement session at the Philadelphia Zoo, and I got even more excited!

This is a couple that loves animals, colors, and most of all - having fun! Their engagement session was part photoshoot, part just hanging out at the zoo reminiscing about my childhood. I had such a blast that day, and I love being able to look through their images all over again. There happened to be about 2,356,418 kids visiting the zoo on field trips that day, but we still managed to get a bunch of great shots. We even had some school kids controlling pedestrian traffic for us!

Congratulations again, Meghan and Sean. I am so, so, so excited for your wedding this New Year’s Eve!!

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A few weeks ago, my oldest daughter was supposed to have a snowboard race in Jackson, Wyoming. The race was cancelled due to lack of snow, but our plane tickets and hotel were nonrefundable, so we decided to go on our trip anyway. Neither of us had ever been to Wyoming, so I thought it would be a great experience for both of us. We packed up our laptops, camera gear, and sense of adventure, and headed west.

On our first day in Wyoming, we went out in search of a grocery store and Starbucks... and found much, much more! My daughter noticed something moving in the tall brush on the side of the road, so I pulled over to check it out. What we stumbled upon was a migrating herd of elk. I grabbed my camera, hopped out of the car, and ran alongside the herd snapping as many photos as I could. It was absolutely incredible and breathtaking to witness. On a separate trip, we encountered bighorn sheep, moose, a coyote, and various waterfowl! (We eventually did find the grocery store and the Starbucks.)

Here are some of my wildlife photos from our trip. I definitely plan to go back again when I have more time to explore... and next time I'm planning on bringing some bigger lenses!