We shoot in Philadelphia A LOT!  Looking for something a little different, Klair suggested Historic Rittenhouse Town.  Having only heard of Rittenhouse Square,  a quick search on this historic little village turned up some interesting facts.  It was the first paper mill in British North America, eight generations of the Rittenhouse family continued to live and work along the Monoshone creeks… but most interesting of all was that Klair grew up in one of the four remaining houses in the village.  Only 10 min outside of the city, it seems worlds away.  Klair & Charles willl be married next July in the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul with reception to follow at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia.

On the drive over to shoot Mike and Kim’s beach engagement session the weather looked as if it had other plans for us.  Dark and stormy almost all the way to the bridge, but as we pulled into Lavallette NJ, the skies cleared a little, leaving just enough cloud to add some dramatic effect. Thanks clouds!  Meeting at their charming weekend getaway, I noticed two bikes parked next to the house.  Cool couple + Cool beach bikes =  awesome beach engagement photos.  Simple math So, Mike & Kim set off on their beach bikes, and we followed them over a few blocks, so we could have some dunes and a small jetty to work with.  The location was perfect. With the weather just slightly on the cool side, the beach was empty, leaving us plenty of room to work. With the sun setting quickly, Mike & Kim again speed off on their bikes with us in tow for the bayside of Lavallette.  The sunset could not have been more perfect…lots of clouds and color…This coupled with Mike and Kim’s fun & energetic personalities was the perfect ending to an awesome (there ya’ go, Mike!) beach engagement session.

Mike and Kim are getting married this coming December at St Mary’s church in Pompton Lakes with the reception to follow at Florentine Gardens in Rivervale, NJ.

What better way to end Erin & Pat’s Philadelphia engagement shoot than with a couple of ice cold craft beers and some Oxtail.  Yes, I said oxtail!  After traipsing around the city for a couple of hours and looking for a place to get a drink, we stumbled upon the Happy Rooster on 16th.  There on the appetizer menu was brazed oxtail.  Thinking it couldn’t possibly actual oxtail, Lola grabbed her iPhone.  The image google returned was not pretty, but it did verify that said “Oxtail” was actually the tail of an ox!  So, with the nasty image of oxtails still in our head, and our waiter asking for our selections, we decided to try the oxtail.  The brazed oxtail arrived served over gnocchi.  We each put a bit on our forks, looked at each other as if to say “You better not back out…”  The old adage “Try it, you might like it” usually has a fairly low success rate…  But for a change, brazed oxtail is actually very delicious (well at least it is at the Happy Roster).  While all the food was quite good, the oxtail was my favorite.  Not so sure what the others thought

Well… that’s enough about oxtail.  Erin & Pat will be married next October in Philly.  We had a blast making our way around the city & getting to know them.  These two are so much fun, I cannot wait to see them  in full party mode at the reception next October!

At the Kimmel Center we found lots of cool little spots before we headed up to the rooftop garden

One of my fav’s.  Rooftop of the Kimmel Center but who cares.. it’s all about them having fun

Erin has some crazy blue eyes; going to make for some awesome wedding images!

Go ahead Pat, you know you want to laugh

Hangin in the twigs at Love Park

Joey was letting us hear all of his Camaro’s 482 horses as he sat at the light.

Enter to win our “Most Romantic Couple Contest” during the month of February!

In honor of Valentines Day, we are searching for the most romantic couple during the month of February!  The most romantic couple will win a free engagement session with LoRusso Studios!  Here’s all you need to do to enter:

1.  Send us an email at info@lorussostudios.com with a short paragraph detailing your love story and/or  how he (or she) popped the question!  Also include your wedding day vitals such as:  your names, wedding date, email address, and telephone number.

2.  We will select the “Most Romantic Couple” as the winner.

3.  The winning couple will win a free engagement session with us.  Location to be determined by LoRusso Studios.

4.  As a professional courtesy, any couple submitting an entry cannot be currently under contract with a photographer or studio for their wedding day.   Your wedding day photographer should be the one to shoot your engagement session.

5.  Oh, and all entries must be received by March 1, 2011 to be considered.  Winners will be notified by March 31, 2011.

It’s that simple!  Good luck!

– Bob & Lola LoRusso

Bianca is such a happy bride-to-be with tons of positive energy, so I knew the shoot would be awesome.   We started out the shoot at her parent’s house and it’s easy to see where Bianca gets her sunny side.  The street shots are right around the corner from the house where she grew up.  We found a couple of cool spots in town we liked too.  And while we were shooting, something very unexpected happened:  A chicken on a bike rode right past us (seriously), so we asked him to join in the fun and as you can see, he obliged!  We had lots of fun, loved the energy and can’t wait to work with this couple again next year.