Montgomery Family – Family Portraits

Meet the Montgomery Family, staring Sara, Zach, Ava and Olivia. We had such a great time! As soon as we made it to our destination the rain came… but knowing that this sweet family took so much time in preparing for the day, there was no way we were turning back and I am so [...]

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Joely – Anytime Portrait

Joely is my niece and is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the out! Penn State is fortunate to have her! While she was up on her annual ski trip to the Pacific Northwest we did a very quick shoot with her and Amanda, just yards from my sister-in-laws house while [...]

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Amanda – Anytime Portrait

…Romance, not the kind between 2 people, but the kind with nature… that was my inspiration for this series with my daughter, Amanda. I love the outdoors and since this year I will not be taking my annual trip to a National Park I am going to spend more time outside in my own community! [...]

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Heather – Anytime Portrait

Heather was a doll and so comfortable in front of the camera. I wish I was that comfortable… but when it comes to getting my picture taken I run – as far as possible! I am trying to get better and the fact that there is even a picture of me on this site is [...]

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Melaina – Anytime Portrait

Melaina and I wanted color – lots and lots of color but I didn’t want to drive all over town looking for it and we were quickly losing the light, so we parked once and walk within a block to find all these locations. I love finding an old part of town and just using [...]

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Sneak Peak – 4 Beauties

I am working on 4 beauties right now and am so excited I just wanted to share a sneak peak with you… each shoot was done at one location and each while we dealt with the rain. You really can’t get away from it in the Pacific Northwest, so I am trying to embrace it [...]

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Warren Family – Family Portrait

One of my photography goals for 2010 is to think out of the box, explore the settings of my camera a little more and do the untraditional since that is what catches my eye. I started early with this photo shoot! It was incredibly fun and comfortable… I thought hard about why it was so [...]

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Amanda and Friends at the 2009 Nutcracker Ballet

I know that I am a couple days behind in posting this, but come on, it’s the week of Christmas and there is just so much still to do! This is a special month for Amanda and I… it has been for the last 7 years. On the weekends leading up to Christmas we get [...]

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The 2009 Riggio Christmas Card

I would REALLY love to learn how to custom design my own cards in Photoshop… maybe a goal for next year!!  This year I will go with a pre-designed Costco card. There are lots of options from other photo service labs, but really, these are the most economical for me this year and I found [...]

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Just for Fun – Random Photography

I used this black ice cream chair in Karly’s shoot. It used to be in my room growing up, but it was white back then. My sister has the matching one.  We shared  a room growing up, her side always clean, mine messy… it used to drive her nuts!  She would be proud of how [...]

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