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Welcome

Welcome!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

This blog serves as an online journal/portfolio of my photography. Here you will find my favorite images as well as details about my business including current specials and promotions.

A little about Elaine Gates…in no particular order, I am a mother, wife, friend, sister, and daughter. Professionally I am a fun/fresh locally recognized photographer in the Central Pennsylvania.

I take pride in my work and very much enjoy being a part of my clients happiest moments. When my clients are happy, I am happy. When they laugh, I laugh. When they smile, I point and shoot. It is my passion to capture life’s greatest moments and create portraits that will be cherished for a lifetime. Real people and real moments are the foundation for a captured moment. This combined with color, originality, fashion and love have inspired some of my greatest portraits.

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the eye candy you will find here! Check back often for your daily dose of love.

Feel free to contact me at 717.805.4953 or via email at Elaine@elainegates.com

Real Life…

Sometimes I joke with clients that nobody’s children are as hard to photograph as my own… they do a nice job when I am taking the picture, that is only after years of training… :) but if you add me to the picture, forget about it!! I thought I would share some recent pictures taken with me trying to look cute with my girls… feel free to laugh and enjoy my pain… I always say that I just need one good picture… for most these would be out-takes but really this is what its really like with my 2 girls…

Jourdan… Trinity Highschool Senior Model…

Jourdan is one of my senior models this year for Elaine Gates Photography. I was so thrilled when she signed up, she is so adorable… and fun to be around! Here are some of my favorites from her session!

Newborn baby boy… Camp Hill Newborn Photographer

This adorable sweetie had the most beautiful coloring and i just loved how chubby his cheeks are…

Here are some of my favorites! and of course, check out the cute hats i knit!

Love these images with big sister… she was wowing me with her crazy reading skills at a super young age…

March Madness… 20% off Print Sale…

This sale is for all my customers that have already made their initial orders from their sessions last year or even this year! You can get 20% off any additional prints, canvas, books, everything from March 4-10th!! Please email me if you would like to make an order and I will get your gallery up asap.

elaine@elainegates.com

Thank you for supporting my business and being great customers!

Elaine

Share…Central Pennsylvania Photographer

I was just going thru some of my files and realized i never shared these from a session awhile back… I cant wait to see green grass!

Aren’t these boys the cutest?

Friends…Central Pennsylvania Childrens Photographer

I have known these cuties for almost their whole lives. I met a wonderful group of mom’s who were at the same stage of mommy-hood when my Gabriella was 9 months and we have all been friends since… It was so nice to have other mom’s who were staying home like I was, to lean on for support, to gush over our children’s triumphs and cry when our babies went to Kindergarten. We still get the youngest girls together… mostly so we can eat chocolate and chat!

Here are some portraits from Ben & Ellie’s session a few weeks ago…

Ben, who is now 6…

and Ellie who is 4!

Anita & Mike… Engaged… Harrisburg Wedding Photographer

These were shot a few weeks ago in downtown Harrisburg… I just love Engagement shoots, they are so fun and I really get to know the bride and groom before their wedding day!!

Here are some of my favorites from their session, cant wait for their big day this summer!

Boys… Harrisburg Childrens Photographer

Here are some adorable images from a recent session with 2 brothers…

I just love urban sessions… love the colors, the feel of the images…

Then a little outfit change…

Plan…

This past week I was talking with a client about life, and she mentioned that she had a plan… for example how many kids she wanted, where she wanted to live, when she wanted to retire and where etc… she kept referring to it… her plan… it really struck me.

Do I have a plan? where do I want to be in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years? What do I want out of life, what would I be unhappy if I didnt accomplish… you get the point, it really got me thinking… I am thinking about getting a journal, not this public blog, but a real paper journal to help me put pen to paper and think through what i want out of “this” life…I know that i want to be a good person, a good mother and leave the world better. I want to be kind, and loving and I want to be someone who is more happy than not… other than that I dont really know…

There are things that I know I dont want, but when i thought about it briefly it really made me think…

Do you have a plan? Do you know what you really want out of life?

Some food for thought this beautiful sunny cold thursday!!

Here is a cute picture of my Alyssa in the snow… oh, how i torture my children!

Winter Wedding… Cheryl & Ben…Central Pennsylvania Wedding Photographer

I had the pleasure of photographing a beautiful small ceremony this past January. I had photographed this couple awhile back and i was so excited to hear they were engaged and getting married!!

Here are some of my favorites from the day!

Cheryl had awesome shoes!!

and i love this close up of their rings…

Both the bride and groom looked amazing!!

Congratulations to you both!! cant wait for all the other big milestones in your life…… xoxo!!

AJAXed with AWP