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01/19/2025

Sweet 16!! Extra special celebration! 🥳 🎉🎂

01/13/2025

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01/11/2025

Celebrating this warrior for overcoming his battle with cancer! 💚💚

01/02/2025

NUMBER 1 - SpaceX Rocket Over Pittsburgh

Counting down my top photos and moments of 2024!

Here it is! My favorite shot of 2024, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket over Pittsburgh. The most amazing thing about this shot is that it only took the rocket 7 minutes after launching from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to be visible from here in Pittsburgh.

This is a shot I have wanted for several years, with the SpaceX rocket's exhaust plume glowing brightly over this iconic vantage point of the Pittsburgh skyline from the West End Bridge. Finally, everything aligned to make this shot possible. The timing of the launch just before sunrise, the just clear enough skies, the trajectory of the rocket, the launch happening on time, everything aligned. What you are seeing in the photo is the exhaust plume of the rocket's 2nd stage being illuminated by the sun. When this photo was shot the rocket was actually about 750 miles to the east, over the Atlantic Ocean.

The only rocket launches that we can see from here in Pittsburgh are ones that take a northeastern trajectory up the east coast from Florida. Those types of trajectories are mostly for crewed launches or launches to the International Space Station. These types of launches only happen a handful of times per year and they rarely ever launch around sunrise which is the best time to see this glowing effect often referred to as a "space jellyfish."

This specific launch was very special as it carried the Polaris Dawn crew. It's a mission I've followed closely for years and I was thrilled that it was this mission's launch that I would finally get to photograph over the city. This mission's main objective was to test out SpaceX's new EVA spacesuits. It was the first spacewalk to be done by a commercial crew. The crew also flew further from Earth than anyone else has been since the Apollo program.

I was so thrilled to finally get this shot, one that's been at the top of my bucket list of photos for a long time. I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to top this one, but I'll keep trying 😊

Happy new year everyone!

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01/02/2025

12/24/2024

Happy Christmas Birthday!! 🎂🎄🎁

12/21/2024

Oh What Fun…🎶It is to turn 40!!🎶

12/19/2024

Wishing MARK 😍 the happiest of Birthdays on the BIG 7-0!!!

12/16/2024

12/09/2024

Don’t forget those December birthdays!! Make them special with a one of a kind yard card!!

11/28/2024

Happy 30th!!

11/26/2024

We ❤️ McKee!!

11/26/2024

Surprise!! Happy 50th!! 🎉🥳🎶

11/24/2024

We are so excited to help celebrate this sweet girl’s birthday!! 🥳 🎉🎶🩰🐶🎂 birthday

11/24/2024

Celebrating baby girl’s arrival with lots of 💕!!

11/23/2024

Showering all the 💕for this new baby!!