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Hi, I am Mike Landis! I am a wedding and portrait
photographer in the philadelphia area. As you take a look around my blog it
is my hope that you will get a good sense of who I am and how much I love to capture special moments in peoples lives.
Below you will find my most recent work and a glance into my
personal life where I love to spend time with my beautiful wife and our five children.
Thanks again for stopping by and please check back
often!
Monday morning was the first of three engagement shoots I had this week. After a long winter of limited shooting I couldn’t be happier about shooting nearly everyday. :) Daphne & Andy have been together for 9 years, I’m pretty sure there isn’t a couple more ready to get married than these two. They are so fun to be around and they both couldn’t stop smiling the entire time. We headed to Valley Forge Park to grab some pretty cool pictures.
This past Saturday I shot Lisa & Phil’s wedding at the beautiful Aldie Mansion in Doylestown. Last year I donated a portrait session and Lisa & Phil were the winners. They used the session to do their engagement pictures and from there they booked me to be their photographer for their wedding. I couldn’t have asked for a better couple to work with. Both Lisa & Phil along with their families were amazing, so easy to photograph and so full of laughs.
Lisa & Phil, I wish you guys all the best and I’m sure you guys are having an amazing time on your honeymoon! Again, Congratulation!
Lisa’s nephew was a hansom little guy! 
Their dog was the ring bearer so I grabbed a couple shots before he headed home for the day.
Kevin High joined me for the day and grabbed some great shots of the guys…
Phils brother delivered a killer toast from the balcony…
Mother of the groom trying to hold back tears…
First dance…
Last week I had such a great time visiting family outside the city of Chicago. I can’t wait to go back sometime soon. My brother and his family live in the Midwest and it would be great to visit with them and to see more of the beautiful Midwest.
While I was out there we ventured into the city of Chicago a bunch of times and I thought I’d show a couple photos I grabbed.
July 2, 2009 - 6:06 am - Wow, that first shot looks unreal! It's incredible.
Last week I was out in the Chicago area visiting family. While I was there I took my niece around the city of Chicago to get some senior portraits. I LOVE Chicago! I think the city is very clean and I was just so overwhelmed with how many great locations there are to shoot. Tori is very beautiful and so photogenic, it was a breeze to get great photos. :)
These first few were taken at her school’s tennis court. She plays tennis and wanted a few shots on the court. So fun!
I love this next one… cars were honking and Tori was getting whistled at. We even got asked what magazine are these pictures are for. We had a great time laughing about it!
The rest of the pictures were taken in the city of Chicago. Millennium park has a giant mirrored bean that made for some fun pics…
And of course we had to head out to Adler Planitarium for a great view of the city…
June 30, 2009 - 8:22 pm - WOW!!! She is absolutely stunning!! I love the one on the tennis court where you see her dress and fabulous heels! Amazing work as always!!!
June 29, 2009 - 8:15 am - I think this is some of your best work yet! I love the composition in the 4th to last shot. Was she up on something or were you shooting from the ground? And what lens was that? And that last shot is awesome. Did you hand hold that shot or use a tripod? You need to tell me how to get night portraits like that!
I had to throw one photo of my niece on the blog tonight. So many more to come. We had a fun time cruising around her home town and we will be going into Chicago in a couple days to do more. I LOVE my job!
Tori, you are beautiful!
I don’t have a lot of time to write as I’m currently out in the midwest but wanted to post last Saturday’s wedding in Williamsport, Pa. I started out at the Holiday Inn where Amy and the ladies were getting ready. We then headed to Park Place where Amy & Wes had their first glance at each other.
Wes anxiously awaiting Amy to arrive…
We had to dodge a few rain drops throughout the day…
We were able to escape the reception for a few more portraits…
A huge thanks to Jenn Childress and Kevin High for joining me and getting some killer shots throughout the day!
Congrats Amy & Wes, I had a great time working with you guys!
June 23, 2009 - 8:56 pm - Mike, thank you SO much! For the quick turnaround on blog teasers and for just being plain awesome. Much love to Jenn and Kevin too!!
June 23, 2009 - 6:59 pm - Wow!!! These are some of the best wedding photos I have even seen. I seriously mean it. You did a wonderful job making a beautiful bride look fabulous! Awesome job man. You should be very proud. I think you and your team did excellent work!
I couldn’t wait to blog this engagement session. I didn’t have time to work on it all week and finally got to it today. I spent an evening with Candace & Jared at Candace’s aunts house in New hope, Pa. WOW… what a place! The back yard was all we needed to get some really great images. Their wedding is this July and after spending some time with this couple I know it’s going to be a lot of fun! I love feeling like I hung out with some old friends. :)
I had no idea a swing could be so much fun, but these proved that wrong
Candace has one of the sweetest rings! Nice work Jared
June 20, 2009 - 4:44 am - LOVE the swing and the shadow shots! nice work.
Danielle & Ryan’s wedding was special to me as Danielle’s dad is a very good friend of mine. It meant so much to me to be a part of their wedding day and to be able to be there and capture Rick walking his daughter down the aisle! In case you missed their engagement pictures which you can find here, they are an amazing couple to photograph. They both have great smiles and are just so much fun to be around. Their wedding was held at the beautiful Brookmere Winery and Vineyard Inn which is in Belleville, Pa. So, if you’re wondering if I travel for weddings? The answer is a big fat “YES”! I love to visit new places and to use my creativity in different locations.
Danielle & Ryan, my hope is for the two of you, along with your family and friends, to be able to relive your wedding day through the images I captured. Congratulations!
The flower girls were just super adorable!
They sure do know how to blow bubbles in central Pa!
Direct sunlight… no problem!
My favorite of the day…
One of my favorite cake shots this year
Thanks to Joe Pulcinella for making the drive to join me for the day!
June 22, 2009 - 11:20 am - wait, i meant with her eyes closed. loved that. i can't stop staring!
June 22, 2009 - 11:19 am - Mike, great shots! how did you compose that gorgeous, albiet break taking shot of...or as you woulds say, canvas worthy, shot of them like that. the one you said is your favorite of the day? with the bride look up? were you standing on a chair or something?
June 19, 2009 - 12:55 pm - These are wonderful pictures. You certainly captured the love between Ryan and Dani.
June 19, 2009 - 9:10 am - Beautiful, awesome, incredible, BREATH TAKING photos! I only hope my video can compare...
June 18, 2009 - 7:09 pm - These pictures are incredible! They are all beautiful!! You will have such a hard time picking! Again, congrats!!
June 18, 2009 - 6:47 pm - Mike! Dude, seriously, you ROCK at photography!! It's hard to pick fav's but I love the Bubble shot and this one (http://mikelandisblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dr12.jpg) Thanks for the awesome inspiration!! Keep rockin'! -Tim Hussey
June 17, 2009 - 5:04 pm - It was a great day for Danielle and Ryan as well as it was for me and my family. I was so glad to have you, Mike, as part of the celebration. I watched Mike and Joe as they captured this special day. It was good to know that Danielle and Ryan's best memories were being captured with every click of the camera. Thanks again for a job well done. Rick
June 17, 2009 - 3:36 pm - OMG! Mike we love our pics...we can't wait to see the rest of them..you did a great job. Thanks Again! ~The one taken from up on the balcony might just be my fav.
by Mike Landis Photographer
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