Capturing Moments of Achievement: Zainab Hamidullah's Graduation Photoshoot

Capturing Moments of Achievement: Zainab Hamidullah's Graduation Photoshoot

Graduation marks a significant milestone in one's life, a testament to years of hard work, dedication, and growth. It's a moment worth cherishing and celebrating. Recently, I had the privilege of photographing Zainab Hamidullah, a graduate from the Texas Woman's University, Class of 2023, as she embarked on a new chapter as a registered nurse.

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Capturing the Magic of Dance: Ella Sanfilippo's Heirloom High School Senior Album

Capturing the Magic of Dance: Ella Sanfilippo's Heirloom High School Senior Album

“Thank you so much for your beautiful work and for making the photography process so seamless and comfortable! I love how the images turned out, and I’m so glad you are helping us document this part of my life :D”…”also I’m still so completely in love with my @edeaskates and they look GORGEOUS in your photos”

~ Ella S.

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Sherman Bailey - Headshots for a Certified Engineer

Sherman Bailey - Headshots for a Certified Engineer

Congratulations to Sherman Bailey for achieving an important career milestone - becoming a certified engineer. Thank you for trusting me to create your business portraits and purchasing a few extra prints for personal use.

Great job on preparing perfect outfits and looking confident and handsome during our session.

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Christmas at New York City: a portrait session with Danté Crichlow
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Christmas at New York City: a portrait session with Danté Crichlow

Day 5, Part One of photography workshop with Joe McNally in a New York City studio.

Danté Crichlow is an actor known for Netflix movies “See You Yesterday” (2019 and 2017)and he studied at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Dante was part of our photography group and he graciously agreed to pose for me. I was following Joe McNally’s advice from his book “Sketching Light” to always watch for dusty windows as they are some of the best light diffusers available in the real world. That Sunday morning we found ourselves on an abandoned and badly dilapidated floor of an industrial building with huge windows that hadn't been washed for at least half-century. The bright midday sun rays were bouncing from the opposite buildings and creating ice-like patterns on the glass surfaces. Just gorgeous.

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Portraits of Ella

Portraits of Ella

Ella performed as Leaf's Mom and was also the show’s scenic designer at Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”. While this was her ninth Senior School production, she hadn’t acted since the 5th grade, and was usually backstage as an irreplaceable part of the tech crew.

Stay tuned for Ella’s studio portraits in her ice-skating costumes!

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