We are Dave and Melissa Jones, a husband and wife photography team based in Rochester, NY. We photograph weddings, engagements, and families. We love dark roasted coffee, bacon, Hefeweizen beer, the Rocky Mountains, the Carribbean Sea, hiking, snowboarding and our adorable dog, Bella.

Read along with us as we live, laugh, love and create. Here you will find our daily musings, adventures, and our most recent work. We love to hear from new and old friends, so please leave us a comment on any of our posts below.

Thanks for visiting!

Love and light,
Dave and Melissa

Dave and I took advantage of the sunny blue skies today and tried to get some shots of the birds in action.

Gosnell Nature Trail

Male Cardinal

Woodpecker

Blue Jay

Hawk

There’s just something about birds that I absolutely love. Happy Sunday everyone!

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It seems that just like everyone else we are addicted to facebook, and in our case it’s a good thing. It’s given us the opportunity to share our views of this great city and surrounding areas through lens of our cameras.
We have been overwhelmed by requests for prints of our photos, so starting today you can now purchase any of our photos online!
If you’ve been keeping up with us you would also know that our photos are also for sale at Hanging Around Frame and Art in Fairport.   The prints for sale there will be custom matted and framed.

Click on any of the photos below and you will be directed to our new online Etsy store. We are offering 8×10 hand signed prints for $30 each, and 5×7 matted/bagged prints for $35 each.

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AJLMEDIA February 16th, 2010 at 9:52 am

Great job guys!

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We want to hear about love. Any kind of love. True love, unadulterated love, unconditional love, love that makes you weak in the knees, or that makes your heart skip a beat.  Think about a couple you know who would love to have their portrait taken together, or a couple who could not otherwise afford it, or is normally too busy to have time to themselves, etc…

In the spirit of our favorite Hallmark Holiday known as Valentines Day, Empire West Photo is offering a photo session giveaway. We’re going to do a free one hour loveshoot (Value $275) for one deserving couple to be announced on … you guessed it, February 14! What is a loveshoot? It is a photo session that celebrates the couple by capturing the essence of their relationship and tells their story.

If you think you’d like to enter to win a free session with Empire West Photo here are the giveaway rules:

* You can enter once by filling out this form. Please tell us why you or the couple that you are nominating deserve a free loveshoot. The winning couple will be featured on our blog.
* They must live in the Rochester area or be willing to travel to it.
* The session must be used before the end of May 2010.
* Entry is closed at 7P Eastern Time, next Saturday. We’ll announce the winner on Sunday, February 14th – Valentines Day.

All entries will be considered with the most deserving/heart tugging entry being decided by Dave and Melissa. What you will win:

*One hour photo session with at least 2 locations
*CD with at least 10 high-resolution images
*One 8×10 and two 5×7 prints

Good luck! If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments section below.

Here are a few of my favorite Love is… cartoons.

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Gen Morris February 11th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Hi Dave & Melissa,
Gave info to friend whose daughter getting married; Shauna Lauricella; hope they call you! Website is FANTASTIC!

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