So, coming off of my first “interview” with Simone Hudson of 5Senses Events Design, I got to thinking…’why not!’

I’ve decided that I’ll do some simple interviews with various wedding vendors so you, my actual and potential clients can get a sense about who the various vendors around town are, what their philosophies are and what makes them so special!

Right now I’ve decided to call it “the BUZZ with JB; interviews” but, if anyone has any suggestions on the category name, I’m happy to consider them! Perhaps…”the beat with JB” or “JB on the streets” …hmmmmm…that’s not sounding too good…how about “INSPIRED interviews by JB,” in keeping with my “BE INSPIRED” theme, or “INSPIRED conversations with JB.” Again, I’m open to ideas, clearly! Feel free to suggest via comments here on the blog!

BIG love, Joanne Bartone, Photographer / www.joannebartone.com

I had a great time photographing last month with some good friends: photographer Kimberly Reed, deejay Jeremy Ganss and his lovely wife, Heather Wingard-Ganss during a Trash The Dress shoot where Jeremy and Heather were the models! We had a blast and Jeremy and Heather were perfect models! It’s obvious why they got married; they are simply crazy about one another!

I believe Kimberly Reed has been the industry leader in the TTD trend here in Pittsburgh, and she does it fabulously with her fashionable talents as a photographer and her warm, engaging and fun-loving personality. It was truly a delight to spend the day with Kim, Jeremy and Heather. Ahhhhhhhhhh, we ought to take more field trips and relax like this more often…! This was my first TTD shoot - don’t forget to comment on it to let me know if I did an “okay” job…LOL!

Enjoy a few photos from the session:

BIG love, Joanne Bartone photographer / www.joannebartone.com

ALL FIXED!  Jeremy, Heather…you can go back to watching again!  LOL! 

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2 HOURS PREVIOUS: having technical difficulties…please stand by!

It appears as if my host/server is down - I’m not able to send/receive email at my joanne@joannebartone.com email address AND all of the slide shows that are loaded into the back-end of my site are not visible. …can you hear me pulling my hair out?! Oy vei…

Sorry for the frustration and inconvenience and that you may not be able to see any images or slide shows right now. I’m working with my team to get this fixed as soon as possible! I’m going to blame this on Jeremy and Heather Ganss - they probably burned out my server looking at the slide show over, and over, and over….JUST KIDDING!!!! I’ll keep you all posted.

BIG love, Joanne Bartone, Photographer

This past Saturday, July 5th Jeremy Ganss, DJ extraordinaire and his beautiful fiance, Heather Wingard, married in an intimate ceremony surrounded by their loving family and closest friends in a beautiful outdoor setting! It was my honor to attend as a guest, but as I mentioned in my previous blog, how could I not take my camera?!!! I couldn’t; I did! And Ryan Sigesmund, the talented photographer and friend of Jeremy and Heather’s, who was actually hired by them to photograph was gracious enough to allow me to, well, kind of “second-shoot” with him. Actually, as a friend of Jeremy and Heather’s, and as professional photographer I just HAD to photo them! For me, it was simply impossible not to. Heather, you were simply stunning and Jeremy, as dashing as could be! It was a beautiful day and it REALLY was an honor for me to be your guest and enjoy your beautiful love - CONGRATULATIONS! I love you both and am thrilled for you!

So, here is a slide show of some of the many wonderful images I created for Jeremy and Heather from throughout their day…ENJOY!

BIG love, Joanne Bartone, Photographer

WOW! …another amazingly beautiful couple AND wedding! How lucky can one person get?!!!

I probably should title this post “Everyone’s Mad About Katie!” And who wouldn’t be - what a doll she is! And Tripp? An absolute sweetheart! I know Tripp will probably take some heat by my saying that he is a “sweetheart,” but he is! What can I say?!! Sensitive is “in;” Macho is NOT!

The couple was beautiful, the day was beautiful - even though it rained all day (lol!) - the ceremony and reception were beautiful… EVERYTHING, everyone and every minute was simply spectacular! I even had the joy of unexpectedly running into colleagues and good friends of mine, Robin and Brenda of Belissima photographing the previous ceremony at the church, and another one of my couples that I photographed five years ago, Sherri & Bob who were guests at Katie and Tripp’s reception; it was a really, really great and fun day!

Epiphany Church is one of my favorite churches to shoot at - John (the church-guy) is so helpful and nice to work with and the church is so beautiful inside and out with such great lighting that it is always just a joy to shoot there! And The Pennsylvanian was glorious and “dressed to the nines,” per usual! Simply two excellent choices for a wedding. I believe the name of the band playing at the reception was the Grand Concourse Band, featuring the extraordinarily talented Pittsburgh Jazz vocalist, Maureen Budway - man that woman can sing! Google her; her accolades are numerous! And that first high-energy dance set really set the mood for the entire night. And speaking of singing! Katie wowed the crowd herself when she took the stage to sing to Tripp. Did I mention it was a fun night?!

I have so many fabulous images from the day that I don’t know where to begin to choose which images to post in a slide show or individually, but I’ll do my best. I believe at least two images from the day are going to be award-winning photos; I do hope you’ll enjoy my art!

BIG LOVE,
Joanne Bartone, Photographer

Welcome to my NEW blog!!!

I’m so excited about the new look of my new blog that I’m sure to be INSPIRED to blog in this beautiful new space more frequently - I promise to do my best!

You will always be able to get to my old blog via the link back to it in the “links” section and you can find the new posts easily here via the “categories” and “archives” links in the blue navigation bar above! The Galleries will be completed by next week so everything will be looking fabulously seamless in the end. Did I mention how excited I am about it?

How do you like the look? I created the background image and the header images to coordinate with my website. I think it looks beautiful and I really am pleased with it and with myself [pat on back]. It’s “powered” by PhotoIdentities and I couldn’t be happier with their service. They’ve been great in helping me get things set up perfectly!

Please feel free to leave comments on how you like it, or any suggestions you may have for it, and by all means, enjoy my first wedding post: Katie and Tripp’s Wedding - a lovely way to christen the new blog!

Thanks for stopping by - don’t forget to subscribe to it too! Enjoy!

BIG love, Joanne Bartone, Photographer