Another neighbor, Melanie, hired us to photograph her father’s surprise birthday party. A true leap year baby, he turned “15″ (well, 60 really) and it demanded a big celebration. Their extended family hasn’t had a nice family portrait taken of them since the newest additions were born, so this was a good opportunity as they were all dressed up Barry was truly surprised… he thought he was being dragged to a wedding at the Hilton Hotel! Although they hired a band, Barry stepped up to the plate and performed quite a few songs for us on the drum set too.