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Rich’s Surprise 60th Birthday Party
Happy Birthday, Dad!!! Planning for his surprise 60th birthday party started about ten years ago. Nicki and I were both in college and in no way able to plan a surprise 50th birthday for our dad, Rich Dembski. Last year, we set a date for dad’s 60th birthday party and held off all other commitments for the weekend of August 24th. During the last year, we planned and listened. We planned a lot of fun surprises and special moments, especially some that echoed the celebrations from his last big birthday party at age 30. We listened each time dad told a story about someone from his past. When we heard…
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Tabitha and Adam’s Engagement Photos at The Mansions on Fifth
Tabitha and Adam met when they were students together at Duquesne University. While they live in Pittsburgh, it might seem strange that they got engaged at the Mansions on Fifth Hotel when they live just a few miles away. Tabitha, along with her friend Tina, used to run past the hotel when it was under construction, and she always wanted to visit as soon as it opened. Adam knew about Tabitha’s interest in this beautiful building, so when he found it was open, he made a reservation and popped the question. Tabitha said “yes” and I met that at this very important spot for their engagement photos earlier this week.…
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Lindsy and Steve’s Wedding at Lingrow Farm
Lindsy and Steve wanted to spend a lot of time with their wedding guests. Lindsy’s family is from northeastern Pennsylvania, Steve’s family is from New Jersey, they have lots of friends who live in Pittsburgh, as well as other friends they met when they attended West Virginia University together. Like most couples, their wedding day was the first time when all of these important people would be in the same place. They ensured they would have lots of time for visiting with everyone by taking lots of portraits before the ceremony and extending their cocktail hour. Lindsy and Steve were married in an outdoor ceremony at Lingrow Farm in Leechburg,…
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Lauren and Colin’s Wedding at The Carnegie Library of Carnegie
I’m pretty spoiled to have nearly-exclusive use of Nicki’s services as a second photographer (really spoiled, actually). Once again, one of Nicki’s close friends was getting married and Nicki was going to be her wedding photographer. This is becoming such a frequent occurrence that I’ll be making a very exciting announcement within the next month about Nicki’s involvement in Randi Voss Photography. Today I’m sharing Lauren and Colin’s wedding photos on Nicki’s behalf. Since I did not attend this wedding, I’ll let Nicki tell you all about it. “I’ve known Lauren since middle school. She is a good friend who has been dating Colin for a few years. When I…
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Ashley and Justin’s Engagement Photos at Pittsburgh’s South Side
Ashley and Justin met at the gym. They didn’t actually meet each other, but they had definitely noticed each other. While neither of them frightened away the other one by making conversation with a sweaty stranger on the way to the locker room, they finally had a conversation a few weeks later. While Ashley was returning from the ladies’ room at Local Bar + Kitchen on Pittsburgh’s South Side, she heard “Hey, girl from the gym!” being shouted at her from across the bar. You can tell by nowthat her caller was Justin and the rest is history. We met for their engagement shoot at Local Bar + Kitchen. We…