If you listened to my interview with Rangefinder Radio a few weeks ago, you heard how some of my favorite photography to look at is landscape and commercial photography. I may have even mentioned that I hope to do some of it someday. Well, I didn't have to wait very long. I was commissioned by George's restaurant in Wayne, PA to shoot some shots around the Main Line, their local area. For those of you who aren't from here, the Main Line is a historic part of Pennsylvania, known for it's enourmous and magnificent mansions. Many of these structures are still used as houses, schools, ect..

The restaurant is going to be displaying photos of many local attractions or well-known sites. So, here's a few of my favorites from a December day in southeast PA. If you want to see some of this work on display, head down to George's in Wayne. Great place with a great Director of Sales (who you can see here). Enjoy...

The Devon Horse Show...

Strafford Station...

Villanova...


Suburban Square


Wayne Presbyterian Church...


Wayne Station...

The Anthony Wayne Theater...

It's here. Snow has hit Pennsylvania...

Saturday, I got to shoot at one of my favorite places, The Lake House Inn, for Sara & Nick's wedding. If you don't remember them, check out their engagement pics. Last week, as Saturday was approaching, it was becoming obvious that the weather was going to put on a performance. We weren't exactly sure what kind, but we got lucky that it was snow (at least in my mind). So, after some long drives to and from the church, watching a beautiful snowfall and having a grand old time, here's some favorites from Sara & Nick's wedding. Enjoy!

The easiest way to get some photos taken of your child, have them be the flower girl or ring bearer in a wedding. I couldn't believe how many great photos we had of Olivia, so I had to share a few of my favorites..

Amy's shot...

It's snowing...







Amy's shot...


Amy's shot...



A quick pit stop... Sara asked me to apologize to her mother for this :)

















Amy's shot...



Amy's shot...

Well, it's official. It went from fall to winter in about 6 minutes. On Thursday it was 65 degrees, Friday it was 45 and Saturday it snowed all day. As usual my feelings on winter are as follows: I really LOVE the first day of snow and am simply fascinated by it. I absolutely DETEST every other day after that when it's under 50 degrees. Weather, you are officially on my naughty list.

Friday I made my way to Longwood Gardens with the Semonsky family. These guys came down from Bucks county for our family session. Among many things I liked (including how nice they were and how willing they were to brave the elements), my favorite part of the day was getting to shoot a baby in a fur coat... awesome! So, here's a few of my favorites. It's officially Christmas season on the HoffBlog... Enjoy!






Quite possibly my favorite baby photo ever. Is it too early to say that she's got "the look"?...

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Tony is slowly getting caught up on work. Tony is crawling out from under a pile of editing. Tony is almost done speaking in the third person...

What a great year it's been. I can't believe it's December. I feel like it's still 2008 in some ways. This year absolutely flew by so far! Still have a few more portrait sessions to get in before the Christmas rush and a bunch more weddings coming up soon. Also, check back tomorrow or Friday for the return of the Shoot Me for FREE!! contest...

For now, here's a session from last night. You may recognize one of my beautiful subjects from her Senior photos just a few months ago. We headed back out to the same place to get a bunch of shots for a Christmas photo and album. I got muddy, stepped in some poop and laid down in some hay... a good afternoon, I'd say. I also realized that I'm getting old. I made a reference to the movie 'Scream' only to realize that these guys were all less than 5 years old at the time... Good move geezer. Anyway, onto the photos...

First, the photo for the mantle...