Importance of Prints

As a child going through my grandparents’ cookie tins filled with black and white family photos was the way I learned my history. Those images made people come to life.  Sometimes just having my grandparents glimpse at an image would spark an afternoon of  stories that soon became an evening filled with laughter, food, and drink. To me those cookie tins of photos was my connection to the past.  Even now pulling out those worn fragile images is the way I  bring up memories of those story filled afternoons, the way I remember loved ones both I knew and who I never met. And outside of my memories those photos are one of the few tangible mementos of many loved ones long gone.

Images were not intended to sit on a hard drive, to be clicked through and passed along via email and Facebook. They were meant to be touched, relished, cherished, and handed down generation to generation. I am so proud to be a keeper of my family photos. They are precious gifts from loved ones. They are pieces of my history and a piece of me.

I love that we live in a digital age, however, I am also cautious of letting things of importance die and fade. What will be your legacy to your family? Surely not a hard drive of images or a link to a Facebook album. As my business has grown and my photography has begun to go in new directions with incorporating film, preserving memories with prints has become even more important to me. I am proud to now offer a line of  products that shows off printed images in a beautiful and classic way.  A reminder that your memories should be made tangible and real. A reminder that the physical act of sharing images is still relevant and important.

June 19, 2013 - 11:02 am

tamika - Love!

Ashley | Film Portraits

I am so happy to share with you this all film session shot with the lovely Ashley.

All images below were shot with a Nikon F100 35mm camera with a 50mm f1.4 or 85 f1.4 lens and with the Mamiya 645E camera with 80mm f2.8 lens.

All film was Kodak Portra 400 rated at 320 and developed by Indie Film Lab.


June 3, 2013 - 12:31 pm

ashleylynnfry - FANTASTIC! :)

June 3, 2013 - 1:36 pm

Isabel - LOVE them! You did a fantastic job!

June 3, 2013 - 6:48 pm

Amber B. - Wow! Gorgeous light and pretty lady. :) Loving your film posts.

Ingi and Dave | Normandy Farm | Blue Bell, PA

Ingi and Dave were one of the most laid back and easiest couples I have ever had the pleasure of working with. I just adored their small intimate wedding at Normandy Farm in their restaurant The Farmer’s Daughter. I am truly humbled and grateful for the opportunity to document their wedding and to spend a short but wonderful time in their presence.

Enjoy some of the images from their day.

May 28, 2013 - 5:36 am

Heather O'Mara - These are wonderful! I love the shot of the couple coming up the aisle.

May 28, 2013 - 5:50 am

Isabel - So pretty! I’m in LOVE with all the ring shots!

Gina and Alonzo | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA

I am honored that I could document Gina and Alonzo’s journey into marriage beginning with their lovely engagement session last fall around Center City and ending with their beautiful wedding at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

A deep and heartfelt thanks to Gina and Alonzo for being so wonderful. Congrats!

Pre-Ceremony Preparations : Loews Hotel | Church : Christ Community Church of Philadelphia | Officiant : Senior Pastor Terry M Davis | Reception : Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts | DJ :  DJ Lady FX from A Woman’s Touch | Photographer : Nicole Young of Girl Photography

And here are a couple behind the scenes shots thanks to my second shooter for the day Ashley.

Yes sometimes I do get to sit and have a laugh during the day.

And yes I do take a break to be silly and have fun with the clients.

May 24, 2013 - 9:30 am

Lori - Wow NICOLE. JUST WOW. That gorgeous light! Seriously beautiful work.

May 24, 2013 - 10:57 am

Abbey - Beautiful work as always Nicole. Your reception lighting is killer!!

June 18, 2013 - 8:32 am

Vanessa - Beautiful wedding!!! And I LOVE the new look of your blog!