Not the fourth but the time to Celebrate!
This past Friday Lancaster City held its annual Celebrate! festival and it was the best ever. The food, the symphony, even a brief and intense rainstorm couldn’t stop this event. If you missed it, some highlights are below. You can view the entire gallery here. I’m really proud of these images. Sure, I could say about a lot of my work but I really like this set a lot.
Don’t forget, there is a slideshow option on the main gallery page in the upper right. Click on that and you and watch the entire set at your own pace.
Nothing like a carnival
It’s one of those de rigueur photographer things. Why? Well, it’s, as the saying goes, ducks on a pond-fish in a barrel-the proverbial piece of cake. The people, the lights, the motion, it’s one of those perfect events.
And for me, as someone who has always been obsessed with illustrating motion in still images, this kind of twilight event is a dream come true.
So yeah, I had a great time shooting at the LCHS carnival this evening. I’m really happy with a lot of the shots.
Speaking technically, almost all of this stuff (except for the fireworks shots) were hand-held. The magic of the D300 sensor is something to behold.
Enjoy a taste of the midway…
If you want to view the entire gallery click here.
See more images below the jump…
The latest work
Principal Cammile Hopkins of Ross Elementary and some of her students for a special project.

Here is the entire shoot.
Cylo taken during Schwanger Bros annual Customer Appreciation Day.

View all the shots from this great annual event here.
June First Friday.

View all the June First Friday images here.
Fireworks over the houses on New Street after a Barnstormer’s game for a special project.

You can see the entire set here.
The fountain in Penn Square, just because.

The Convention Center at night.

The Convention Center during the big storm June 12th.

A shot from the Lancaster County Community Foundation annual meeting. I want to welcome the LCCF as my newest client.

You can see all the shots here.
One of a series of shots from the Amtrak station for an upcoming print project.

You can see all the Amtrak shots here.
Finally, I just finished these shots this weekend. Every year I shoot the homes in the Lancaster Parade of Homes that WeeBee Audio/Video has worked on. Here are two shots from the Parade.


You can both sets of the Parade images here and here.
I’ve been so busy working
I haven’t spent any time here talking about it.
So, starting from right after the Sertoma BBQ, here is quick wrap up of the last two weeks.
If you click on the link in the intro to each image, you can view the entire gallery from which that image came.
One shot from the 27th Annual Fiesta (a fantastic party by the way).

Ricky Calderon, owner of Club Rumbha was kind enough to invites me in to shoot some images for a project for the City. Club Rumbha is a great little club and if you want to do some Salsa, it’s the place. From what I understand, Ricky even offers to teach beginners some steps.

I just started a new project for JSID focused on one Northeastern Lancaster neighborhood. There’ll be a lot more in this set soon.

Velaska Jewelry is a new client and I’m working on a bunch of different things for owner, Kathryn Pearce. These are just some initial tests. We’re working on defining a style and then I’ll be shooting a good representation of her many designs.

I managed to wake up early enough to catch some shots at this year’s Red Rose Run.

Last Saturday’s 300 North Queen Street Block Party was fun. Here’s one of my favorite shots.

One of my favorite things about Lancaster is the Lancaster Police Mounted Patrol. I’ve been lucky to befriend two of the officers and they’re always good for a great shot when they are out on duty. I stopped by the paddock a few days ago to see what’s new and check on one of the horses, Zeke (below) who has literally come back from death’s door and is now back on duty with Officer Wayne McVey. We’re all really glad Zeke and Officer McVey are back to work.

Most recently, as part of that new JSID project I mentioned above I got to shoot inside Grace Lutheran Church. It’s a beautiful church. Here are just a few of the great images I managed grab in a mere half hour inside.













