On the Sunday after Andrew and Jessie's wedding, we met up with Jordan and Brandon at Spring Creek Park in State College, PA. On our drive to the park, Catherine and I discussed their engagement shoot plan, and HOPED that Jordan and Brandon would be game to go in the tall grass and water. Knowing Jordan and Brandon, I should have known they would be excited to do both! I have known Jordan and Brandon since elementary school and high school. They are one of those couples that I look back at and have a hard time remembering when they weren't a couple. And even though they have been together for over 10 YEARS, they are just as in love now as they were in the beginning. This was something I coul
My earliest memories of Andrew probably go back to elementary school when his sister Maddie and I would sneak into his room to see his scary snake or attempt to learn his original song about Gnocchi. Having Maddie as a best friend meant I had the honor of growing up with the Marshalls (which included: long trampoline sessions, riding in their Uncle’s catering van equipped with the coolest bean bag seats, playing guitar hero in the basement, ski trips, etc.). Andrew was always the funny and friendly older brother. When I played football with him in 4th grade, he was the 6th grader that all the other teammates loved, and wanted to be friends with. That remains true today. As many of their gues
Weekends with the whole family are hard to come by. I am the youngest of six, and the family just keeps growing, making it even better, but also harder to meet up. With the family growing, everyone working, Maria teaching abroad, and Mauvette back in school, a family weekend is nearly impossible. It was September of 2018 when we had gotten to see each other last, but now that Maria was finally home from Italy, we planned a summertime Malizia Family weekend! We chose a weekend with no big State College events and a time just for the family to be with each other. Maria got into town first on Thursday night, and everyone else rolled in on Friday night. As if we weren't excited enough for the we
I was a sophomore at Penn State when I began getting serious about portrait photography. When I began couples photography, I remember trying to take trips to Baltimore just so that I could practice posing couples with my brother, Anthony and his girlfriend, Becca. But that never happened. I instead used my cousins. It worked just as well. Eventually we got to working with actual couples and about 3 years later, Anthony and Becca got engaged! We finally got to take our trip to photograph them, this time in their new home, NYC. About a week ago, we got to visit them again for the same reason, but this time for their official engagement session! We talked with Becca extensively about what place
