Max Peluso in Sewickley Academy’s Fall Play “12 Angry Jurors”
“Great headshots, Karina!! Your show pics are amazing! “ ~ Jessica Peluso, mother
Studio Portraits for Erin Bestic
“Love them! Thank you so much!”
~ Erin Bestic
High School Senior Portraits for Lily
“Thank you for Lily’s senior pictures - they are great!”
~ Denise M., mother
Corporate Headshots for Cornerstone Wellness Center
I had an honor creating headshots for this incredible team at Cornerstone Wellness Center in Beaver, PA.
The Center provides excellent affordable care and specializes in anxiety and depression management, relationship building, trauma care, parenting strategies, marital strengthening, life transitions, assertiveness training and communication skills.
Each member of Cornerstone Wellness Center is exceptionally trained in research based interventions and provide compassionate, goal-oriented care for adults, teens, and children.
Cap and Gown portraits for Teresa
“Dear Karina, Thank you so much for making me feel so comfortable at the photo shoot. You are truly gifted and I love my pictures. Thank you so much!”
~ Teresa P.
Avani’s Portraits for acting and musical theater college applications and auditions
“Thank you so much for these incredible photos!!” ~ Avani V.
“Thanks, Karina. The pictures turned out great!” ~ Veena V., mother
Family Mini-Sessions: Jessica, Dan, Max, Luca and Lila
“They are so great! Thanks so much for your beautiful work.”
~ Jessica P.
50th Wedding Anniversary and family photo session for Carol and Mario
Happy 50th wedding anniversary to Carol and Mario! What a wonderful way to celebrate the day with all the children and grandchildren.
Senior photos for William
What About My Photography that Caught Your Eye?
“Your pictures speak for themselves” ~ Shannon M., mother
Audition Headshots for Amanda
Best of luck to this gorgeous actress in her applications for acting roles. Checkout Amanda’s impressive achievements on her Instagram accounts: @supernatural3002 and @messy_ever_after_art
Portrait series for Michelle
Before our session: “I HATE my pictures being taken and I am VERY hard to photograph. (My smile makes me squint and then my eyes looked closed). I ONLY like candid shots and loved how natural Amy's pictures looked that could still be used as head shots.”
~ Michelle S.
Audition Headshots for Todd
“I really like how professional the photos were and how the website was formatted!” ~ Todd
A portrait session in a hotel lobby
I was reminded today of a hotel shoot we did with Alena last summer in Washington DC. The city was empty and the hotel atrium was completely desolate. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to do a spontaneous mini-session. We utilised the midday sun diffused by the hotel roof and the on-camera flash to get a variety of shots within a short period of time.
I really like the results but if I were doing a personal branding shoot for a client, I would have used a couple of softboxes of white umbrellas to achieve the complete feeling of natural light and of course would shoot tethered and take my time to get each shot absolutely perfect.
A 10-min fall mini-session, natural light only
I needed to do a 10-min fall mini-session photo challenge, natural light only, any place, any time. So I asked my favorite model in the world to pose for me in our backyard. It was raining really hard this week but there was a short window yesterday when we could go outside and do it. Love these impromptu moments.
Joyka’s portraits at Lake Erie (part 2)
You should have seen Joyka yesterday when we took him to Lake Erie for probably the last time this year to spend time on the beach and splash in warm waves. He didn’t sit still for a second and swam back and forth retrieving a stick from the deep turquoise waters countless times. I wish we lived a bit closer to come here more often.
Portraits of Ibrahim
Ibrahim performed as William Barfée at Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”.
Ibrahim shines in every theater production and transforms seamlessly into his multifaceted roles: Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Pumbaa in The Lion King, and Jean Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days.
Joyka’s portraits at Lake Erie
I haven’t posted Joyka for a while, so here’s a bit of dog portraits and candids from one of our trips to Lake Erie.
Swimming (and everything to do with water) is Joyka’s favorite activity, mine as well, and Presque Isle State Park is a perfect location for that.
I wish it was a bit closer to home or we lived a little closer to the lake.
10th Wedding Anniversary in Pittsburgh: Stacy and Dae
Stacy and Dae have a special connection with Pittsburgh, so it was only natural that they came over to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary.
We spent an hour capturing their feelings for each other and the city vibes and colors and these were their favorite portraits from our session.
Portraits of Abby
“You are such a talented photographer and all of the photos are so well done!”
~ Kim B., mother of Abby
Portraits of Luke
Luke was a Stage Manager in Sewickley Academy’s senior school musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”.
Luke had been doing tech theatre since 6th grade and the Spelling Bee as his 4th show as stage manager. Tech work is his special talent and countless shows and presentations would not have gone as smoothly without his input.