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Surprise! | Bucks County Newborn Photographer

June 20, 2010

I’m always impressed when parents have the restraint to be surprised by the sex of their baby in the delivery room. But this family was really surprised, to even be there in the first place! This little girl decided to make her entrance three weeks early! She just couldn’t wait to meet them! And with good reason, quite honestly. They are awesome – such a great, supportive team for each other already. Mama has this mommy thing down, even her own mom was impressed. Daddy, too. And, he is just in love with his little girl, too, there was no hiding that. It was easy to see all of the love in this house!
Anyway, thanks, J and J, your baby is darling. I know you know that, I only told you ten million times. And, thank you, baby H, for waiting until I was done! Can’t wait to show you the rest of these. And there are a lot!

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Sweet Smiles | Philadelphia Baby and Tattooed Parent Photographer

May 16, 2010

I was so happy to be going back to see this family on Saturday! Mr. X and his parents are some of my most favorite clients ever! I wind up chatting with both parents half of the time because they are so cool. Mom and Dad have made all of these really cool things for Baby X, from drool bibs to shoes! Meaning, they created their own patterns, sewed them (Dad is really the one who can take the credit for this part), everything. They’re just cool, interesting and fun. Not to mention, they impress neurotic little me with how laid back they are! (They let me put temporary tattoos on their six month old baby. Let me? They were happy to, because they had their own!) I was also happy once I got there, because this boy who I photographed as a newborn has become the sweetest, smiliest, most darling boy ever. They say he was putting on a show for me, that he’s not always that sweet, but I don’t believe them. Anyway, K family, it was so great to hang out with you and chat. Hope you love these as much as I do! Many more to come, but I was excited to get a few quick ones up to show you.

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Tattoo Convention, After | Philadelphia Tattoo Photographer

March 28, 2010

I spent the weekend at the Tattoo Convention at the Sheraton Center City. It was pretty incredible! I thank all of you who had kind words to say about my work. It was a pleasure meeting everyone!

I also had the pleasure of meeting some of the other amazing vendors at the convention. Two of the local ones were near and dear to my heart. One was Pinups for Pitbulls, a non profit organization dedicated to restoring the image of the bully breeds. http://www.pinupsforpitbulls.com/ Their slogan is “Punish the deed, not the breed”. Here is a pinup in action, signing their 2010 calendar. These girls were so sweet!

But it was really these guys and their project who stole my heart https://gritcityinc.com/ with their book “Tatted”. The producers of the book, Brian and Dan, are awesome guys! I enjoyed talking with both of them about this amazing project they’ve been a part of and the incredible product that is its end result, the book, “Tatted”. Philly photographer Marianne Bernstein did a project on South Street for a year, asking people who were tattooed if she could take their picture, and had them write a note about the tattoo she shot. They printed the book with some of the notes, and it’s just interesting, captivating, brilliant. I could go on… Do what you can to get your hands on a copy of this book to buy – I got mine at the convention and haven’t put it down! It’s incredible.

Below: Brian with their marketing person, Stephanie.

Great weekend, all in all. I’m exhausted, but I met some amazing people and had a great time!

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Tattoo Convention 2010 | Philadelphia Tattoo Photographer

March 24, 2010

Come check my table out at the Philly Tattoo Convention this Friday and Saturday! Say hello, let’s talk! You can check out my work, sign up for my email list, enjoy my witty repartee. Check this space out for a post-convention special as well. Hope to see you there!

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Appreciation | Philadelphia Tattooed Parent Photographer

March 23, 2010

“Appreciation” was the subject line of an email I received this morning from an unfamiliar email address. Intrigued, I clicked on the email from “Jennifer”, as the name said.

The body of the email read,

“I was looking for Images of people with tattoos. For a project I am doing in school on discrimination on those with body art. I came across your photos and I was brought to tears. Never have I seen us with tattoos and different forms of body mod, shown is such a gentle way. I truly appreciate and enjoy your depictions of those with tattoos as gentle and loving parents which we all are.. Thank you.”

I had to share this. I hope that the people who hire me to photograph them and their children and their art do feel that this is true of how I approach and see them. Being stereotyped, misunderstood, assumed about, and otherwise thought about negatively by people who don’t even know you just plain sucks. I’ve always been someone who aims to prove people wrong (some might call that rebellious, wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been called that!), and I hope that in doing that, if I can’t make them realize they’re wrong, maybe someone else will.

Thank you to all of my tattooed parents and parents to be.

What could be more perfect than this?

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