Apple and Peach picking - Aug 27, 2007

Because every event is an excuse to make a lasting photograph.

Aug 25-26; Centralia and Knoebels road trip

A friend and I embarked on a short road trip to discover some of central pennsylvania's little hid-away places. We had a list of a few places we wanted to hit: gravity hill, the abandoned stretch of turnpike, knoebels, the appalachian trail, and centrailia. We only hit up a few of those places, but it was well worth it.

Our first stop was when we drove past an old sign for a drive in movie theather. Naturally, we turned around, dodged some cars zipping down a highway, and made it to here:




Then our ways took us to Centrailia, PA. In the 1960s an underground coal mind fire started and has yet to cease. It is estimated to keep burning for about another hundred years because of the amount of coal underground. The town dwindled from roughtly 1000 residents in 1981, to 9 in 2007. Barely anything exists there, though hints of a town once abandoned are scattered throughout the area.






After all the seriousness of Centrailia, we sought to relax and enjoy pure joy at Knoebels, family fun amusement park. Seriously, probably the most fun I've had in years! They have camgrounds (to which we used to spend the night), swimming pools, water slides, roller coasters... and so much more.

Becky and Jon - 8/18/07

Shooting Becky and Jon's wedding was like a visual dream come true. They had great style in everything.. from the ceremony being on the top of a mountain overlooking the valley, right down to (you guessed it) their photography. The entire day was beautiful, and I am glad I was able to spend it getting to know Becky and Jon. They gave me so much time and freedom in taking their portraits, I probably could've been there all day, but I knew we had to get the rest of the celebrations started.

Thanks Becky and Jon, I hope you loved your photos!