Sisters London and Hudson are quite the pair: active, adorable, sometimes serious and loving to practice posing for the camera. With a mom that is a trunk keeper for Matilda Jane, they also have quite the wardrobe.
Arabella enjoyed a solo portrait session without her two brother in honor of her birthday. This little girl is so expressive. I’m sure her mom sees even more variety than the stern to giggly expressions I captured during the session. Happy birthday cutie!
Every three years the Meneelys pose for some new family portraits. I think it’s a wonderful tradition that most families forget to do. Young children change from year to year but once they are teens, doing portraits every 3 years is a great way to capture your evolving family. I was privileged to have them choose me to photograph them this time around, by the falls in Chagrin Falls.
The time has come to celebrate Clara’s first birthday. I can’t believe this little girl is already one. Time sure has flown by and I was so excited to hear mom is expecting baby #2! This time for Clara’s session we celebrated in style with a cake from White Flower Cake Shoppe after which she needed cleaned up 
I’ve known Stephen and Tricia for a few years now. They in fact just celebrated 4 years of marriage (a wedding we photographed too, congrats you guys). They now have 2 adorable little boys. Dane and the recent family addition Jesse. It has been a pleasure being to able to photograph the growing family and we can’t wait to see how who the boys grom into with such parents.
It happened again, a photographer asked us to photograph him and his family. This time I was a little less nervous that we were being trusted to photograph another photographer’s family. It probably helped that it Joshua J Wood and that his wife and daughters are fun and laid-back.
Graham and April had the pleasure of welcoming little Violet into the world recently. This precious girl posed like a charm for her first newborn portraits. It was also the first time I was able to photograph 4 generations of one family in a single portrait. It was a pleasure to see all the ladies bonding and ooohing over baby Violet. Can’t wait to see who she takes after.
I’d been patiently waiting for the call that James and Elisabeth had their baby. After how well the maternity session went, I had high expectations for Matthew’s newborn session. Sure enough the little boy settled down for some adorable baby images. I couldn’t be more thrilled with the family and newborn portraits all captured at their home in Akron Ohio.
Jeff and Tracy welcomed little Aubrey into their family over three months ago. This sweet girl has stunning blue eyes and creamy complexion I envious of. She also inherited mommy and daddy’s good looks. It was so fun to meet this precious baby at her Cleveland home for her first portraits and official family photo session. Jeff and Tracy: it was such a pleasure!
Since her last portrait session, little Clara has had her ears pierced. Isn’t that adorable? Can’t believe she is already 9 months old and for her next lifestyle session she’ll be one year old. I was sad to think I might to get to photograph her much more until I heard the wonderful news that she is going to be a big sister and they want photos of the new family member. Congrats on the growing family!
I love photographing fun, energetic and slightly quirky families like the Dehavens (which I mean in the nicest way possible). The enthusiasm evident in their interactions was so enjoyable to witness. Lifestyle portrait sessions are meant to capture those family interactions and give you something to cherish years down the road. What was even more special about this family photo session is that I was able to photograph Miles’ first snowfall. What a treat that was!
Jeff and Lauren have kept in touch with us since their wedding back in October 2006. Their family of 2 has since grown to include Cortland, a very expressive little boy. While planning a visit back to Ohio, the Millers decided it would a great opportunity to take some family portraits. For their lifestyle photo session, we stayed in or around the studio in Canton. We were blessed with sun and decided to take photos out in the snow. I had such a fun time catching up with them and photographing the whole family but I could barely keep from laughing when seeing his various faces. Take a look for yourself:
I typically don’t post lots images from portrait session but when you have an easy going family and lots of variety, it’s hard not to get carried away. I had a fantastic time photographing Craig, Carmen and their 3 kids Carson, Maddox and Arabella at their home in Shaker Heights. Glad we managed to get some outside lifestyle photos with our unusually nice northeast Ohio weather for November.
The only thing cuter than an exuberant and laughing child is that same child looking very serious. While I am all for photographing smiles, I also find a young child like Thea looking so serious very endearing.
Here are some select photos from Thea and Holly’s Akron portrait session. Love the colorful leaves being thrown up in the air
Farms are such a great backdrop for family photos. One extra bonus was the soybean fields at the family farm in Canal Fulton. Extra bonuses were the unusually warm fall temperatures and gorgeous colors we had to accompany Sara and Greg’s family portraits. I’ve been noticing golden soy fields while driving around and thought they would make a great backdrop in images. I was so glad we were able to incorporate them and for such a lovely family.
Nolan was about to turn one when mom realized it was past time for some family portraits. These kids have loads of energy and cuteness. Nolan is bound to start walking any day now to keep up with his sisters.
Here is the third installment of little Clara’s baby photos. The dad, Greg, had been wanting to do colorful outside photos and the day could not have been better. Of course we also took the time to make some Christmas portraits. Can’t believe this baby girl is already 6 months old.
Ever since I met Heather from inlux photography, I was hoping I would have the chance to photograph her some day. She has a radiant face and vibrant hair that looks amazing in images. Her smile is just contagious
So often, us photographers with kids neglect to turn the camera on ourselves or to ask a fellow photographer to take our portraits. This was an option to remedy this. All photographers participating were then asked to photograph another family.
All these family portraits were taken in Akron, Ohio.
It’s hard to believe the Holidays are less than 2 months away! Another year has flown by but it’s not too late to schedule a portrait session. For anyone that books their portrait session with us between November 1st and 30th, we will include 23 folded Christmas cards (a $100 value). Be sure to contact us ASAP to schedule your session.
We had the pleasure of photographing John and Laurie’s wedding some three and a half years ago. I was so happy to hear the good news that they had since had a little boy Liam and wanted us to capture their growing family. We waited until Liam was 3 months old and showed some personality to schedule the family session at their home near Cleveland.
Installment number 3 of our trip to France: this time it’s photos of our kiddos and a couple of us. With the stunning backdrops available it was easy to take a lot of portraits of Rochelle and Ezra. With their level of energy, it’s easier to do them separately seeing they rarely stay put together. I know I am a biased mom but I think James and I made some cute kids.
Here is episode 2 of cuteness Clara! For these baby portraits, Mom and Clara came to the studio but we still managed to go outside for a couple photos. It’s so fun to see her personality starting to show a little more compared to her newborn photos. Those eyes and cheeks are adorable!
When I started talking to Heidi of Heidzilla about a portrait session, I knew it would be a blast for me and hopefully for her. My goal with every portrait session is to bring out the individual’s personality and try to capture it through my lens. Having worked with Heidi a couple times and spent some time talking and emailing on other occasions, I had a pretty good sense of who she is: cheerful, hardworking, feminine, energetic, elegant, helpful with a hint of spunkiness. Hopefully I captured some of that in these images.
I will be breaking our trip to France into different parts so I can share more photos. This post focuses on Alicia who is two months old. These family portraits also include a couple of her older brother Lucas. For being so young, she is already so expressive and loves holding her head up. Her brother is pretty smitten with her. Both kids can thank Mom for the stunning blues eyes they were blessed with.
When Mary and Erik shared the news of expecting a little girl, I was thrilled for them. They are such a sweet and kindhearted couple that I knew that one day they would make amazing parents. I could not wait to meet and take portraits of baby Claire. We did the session at their Cleveland home which might have helped her feel more relaxed but I still think Claire is a natural.
I had the wonderful privilege of photographing Adam and Kelly’s 5 year wedding anniversary celebration at 7 Martini Lounge in Canton. They’ve seen many dates at this place so it seemed like a great location for the photos. Funny side note: we photographed Adam and Kelly’s engagement and wedding photos but she was still nervous when starting the session. With her bubbly personality, infectious laugh and drink in hand, it was a matter of seconds before they both relaxed.
I met Amy and Greg almost 3 years ago when I did their engagement session. I was so thrilled to hear they were expecting a little girl and wanted some newborn portraits at their home in Richfield Ohio. Their daughter Clara was such a pleasure to photograph with her sweet disposition. She was soooo cooperative I think she needs to give lessons to all the babies I photograph.
I have sweet spot for Robin. For one, we got to photograph her wedding some 3 and 1/2 years ago. For two, she worked at getting our wedding published in the knot and it was thr first time we saw our images in print. For three, she designed our logo. And lastly, because she is [...]
When I heard of the birth of baby Genevieve, I knew I had to photograph this little girl. It’s such an uncommon name and a pretty one at that, that I had to jump on the opportunity of meeting another Genevieve. I am so glad I did! She is an alert and camera aware newborn. Thanks for being a great model Genevieve.
After a great maternity session, I was eager to finally get to photograph baby Annabelle at her home in Canton. While I love taking photos of sleeping newborns, the babies never seem to want to cooperate. Thankfully Annabelle gave in and let me capture some adorable images.
A few months ago I received a wonderful email from Antoinette and Bradley announcing they were pregnant and hoping I would photograph their growing family. Of course I said yes!
I remembered Antoinette and Bradley from 5 years ago when I photographed their wedding using *film*. The one aspect of their wedding that still stands out [...]
It is such a privilege to photograph a family’s first official portrait. Harper was such a good model too that I couldn’t help but fall in love with her. Those eyes…that smile…the chubby checks…that baby soft skin…what’s not to love? Thank you baby girl for being so sweet and easy to photograph!
I kinda feel sorry for these kids because the weather was so cold but hopefully they still had fun.
To warm them up, I asked them to jump and got some action photos in the process. I’m also pretty glad I asked the group if they had any ideas for poses and they came up with that last one on their own. I probably should have asked them sooner!
For those of you that have come to the studio, you know we share the building with other business and one of them is Katie Eslich’s chiropractic business. We’ve slowly been getting to know her but this was the first time meeting the kids. Both girls are full of life and spirit. Dad and mom have a little himself too so that made it easy to capture fun photos.
A few weeks back I had the chance to meet up with John and Melissa at Brandywine Falls for their family session. I have known John for quite some time as our old bands used to play together quite often and we knew a lot of the same people in the local music scene from [...]
After getting some great pregnancy photos of Kim a month ago, I was waiting for the call to come photograph the twins once they were born. These two little ones are so cute even if I made them cry and wore them out. I knew it might be a challenge to get photos of both [...]
Eric and Ashley are such a sweet and kind couple that we love to hear from them after photographing their wedding 2 Augusts ago. We were thrilled to hear they had their first baby: a little girl named Scarlett! Yes they are Ohio State fans.
Parents are naturally biased as am I. So when Ashley said that Scarlett is a cute, smily and adorable chubby baby I was a little sceptic (because my babies are very cute). Sure enough I was blown away by Scarlett’s great personality and joviality. I’m so happy I get to photograph such cuddly and loveable babies like her.
‘Tis the season for thinking about Christmas presents. That’s what Lisa and her sister-in-law were planning for when they asked about having their kids photographed for Grandma. Let’s hope she doesn’t check this blog or the surprise is ruined!
I met Shannon when she was a bridesmaid in Paul and Nicole’s wedding we photographed in August 07. Nicole’s mom knew Shannon was expecting her first born and bought a gift certificate for us to photograph the growing family. Like many mom’s with the arrival of their first born, life changes and so does schedules, habits and expectations so the photo session happened later than expected. I was thrilled when I was finally able to meet Owen. He is such a happy guy!
After rescheduling due to bad weather, we finally had a nice day to photograph Stella and celebrate her first birthday. For being so young, Stella has such a bubbly personality. Making her smile was pretty easy.
Happy Birthday Stella!
I had the pleasure of photographing the Towell Family during one of the last nice days of fall at their home in Akron, Ohio. Little Tommy, who isn’t quite 2 months old in these photos, is such a cute baby. Some babies have those chubby cheeks and legs that you are just wanting to squeeze. Tommy is one of those babies.
For anyone who follows this blog closely, you might remember the Bradley Family that I photographed at Virgina Kendall a few weeks ago. The Jordans are their neighbors and Trevin and Sammy boys are best pals (most of the time).
I loved how much initiative and enthusiasm Trevin showed in the photos. His parents did pretty good too. So good in fact that I used their photos to create a new proofbook. I’ll let the photos do the talking:
I had the pleasure of photographing the Bradleys late in the fall last year and we tried again earlier in the season this time. While the weather was daunting leading up to the session, I am so glad we still went ahead with it. The two little ones kept me hopping to get the photos the photos I wanted. I’m also glad Anna warmed up to me before the session ended. By next year, I’m hoping the kids will be excited to see me.
We photographed Brian and Mandi’s wedding three years ago in Hartville and I had the fun job of coming back to photograph their firstborn daughter: Avery. That is such a nice name to go with an adorable face!
Naked babies are so cute! Even if they decide to look all serious
Tory and Erin are one of the first couples who’s wedding I photographed back in my film days. They might not know that their wedding photos are part of the reason why I am doing this today. I loved the experience and the results so much from their wedding that I started to seriously consider photography as a career. Here we are 4 plus year later and I have a job that I love.
We had a great time a couple years ago photographing Stephen and Tricia’ wedding. In fact, they were one of the first couples we blogged. I know how much they value photography so it means a lot that they trust us with with these family milestones. I then had the opportunity to take photos of Dane as a newborn and just again recently on his actual birthday at Stadium Park in Canton Ohio. Dane is now one with tons of energy, smiles and love. It’s so nice to see families grow when you’ve captured the beginning of the family unit: the wedding!
Here’s Pay-It-Forward session #2 with the Drago family. This time I headed to Mentor Headlands which is a fun place that combines sandy beach and dunes. Sandy beach in Ohio? Hard to believe but just check out the photos and it looks like another place.
John took photos of various photographer families as part of a Pay It Forward project. It seems most photographers rarely take the time to have someone else photograph them. This is an effort to make sure photographers families are also photographed and keep spreading the photo love.
With that background information I will now show photos from the Forrest family. Andrew Jordan joined us for the session as well. These were done in their yard in Hudson but then we wandered a little past their property limit.
While it might seem early to be thinking about the holidays, it will be here before you know it. We would like to encourage everyone who is thinking of giving photos as Christmas presents to book their photo sessions now!
A few months ago, we got an e-mail from a past wedding client, Ashley, saying the she wanted to surprise her parents on their aniversay with a family portrait session. We thought that was a great idea, and evidently, so did Ashley’s mom because she started crying when she was us walk into her kitchen with cameras in hand.
I started thinking about the last photos we posted of our little ones and realized it has been way to long. In fact it was probably February when I posted photos of Rochelle’s birthday and these photos were taken right before Ezra’s birthday a couple weeks ago. More to come on his birthday.
Here are a [...]
Earlier this week, a group of photographers got together to hang out, enjoy a campfire, and share old war stories. Our friends, Ted and Rachel Linczak, wanted some fresh photos of the two of them, so we thought we’d make a thing of it. Kind of a party shoot, if you will. We had a [...]
While I knew this was a family session, the emphasis was definitely on Wyatt. At 18 months old, he kept all of us busy with his moving/running/chasing around. It made my job more challenging but also more fun and rewarding.
I had a great time photographing Jonathon and Tricia almost 2 years ago so I knew I would also have a great time with their son Caden. I’m glad I was able to capture this sweet and peaceful side of him before he starts crawling all over the place and keeping his parents busy.
Caden definitely [...]
I met Kari a couple years ago when she had me photograph her Aunt and Mom as a birthday present. Back then, I already knew she was a fun and caring person. Chad is such an amazing complement to her. If I’ve ever fallen in love with a couple, this would probably be them.
I’m so [...]
We had been trying to do a session with Paul and Niki since February. Part of the idea was to do something challenging for us to help push us creatively. Things kept getting postponed but finally we made it happen.
One of tough part of the day to shoot, is at dusk. When the sun has [...]
There is a new member to the Nisly family. No, not our family! Rochelle and Ezra have a brand new cousin named Reese. Reese is now the youngest of four siblings and is already feeling a lot of love from the whole family.
Rarely do I have the opportunity to photograph someone so young but for [...]
The Hartshorns are a fantastic family but also not your typical family either. Once you look at these photos, you’ll know what I mean. I know there is never a dull moment in that home and it kinda reminds me of my family growing up (minus the hair and with one less brother).
April, the oldest [...]
After photographing these babies recently, it was time to make sure ours was not omitted. Ezra’s latest pleasure is playing with his feet. If that’s all it takes to make him happy, I am happy to oblige.
Meanwhile his sister Rochelle has the bad bad habit of twirling her hair while sucking her thumb. Yes, it [...]
I finally had a chance to meet the newest member of the Lynch family. Brogann is over 3 months old so it was about time.
I love Brogann’s pudgy built and dark eyes.
Here he is with his brother Finnegan
I can’t wait to see you all again soon, hopefully!
I had the fun job of photographing a newborn last week. Ty James, or TJ for short, hadn’t been out of the hospital 1 week when he was required to pose for me. He did really well and stayed alert most of the time.
For some reason all the images called out to me:”make me black [...]
We had the joy of photographing Dominick and Nicole’s wedding over 2 years ago and were thrilled to hear that they were expecting a little one this past summer. I had the felling they would be amazing parents and sure enough…Dominick is a devoted and caring Dad and Nicole a loving Mom. They sure made [...]
Finally some snow!! I’ve been waited to go out and shoot in the snow and it finally happened. I met up with the Davidsons at their home a few days after Sara and Eric Mraz celebrated their wedding with a reception for their Ohio friends and family. Eric and Sara are going [...]
Things were a little touch and go when it came to scheduling this session with bad weather amongst other things. Thankfully it all came together beautifully at Stan Hywet. The Bradleys are such a fun and good looking family. I could have easily taken and posted many more images but here a few.
Here’s the whole [...]
I was thrilled to have Tricia contact me to take photos of their newborn Dane. He was 10 days old when we took these and I’m sure he already has changed some. Thankfully the weather was perfect and so was the light.You might remember Stephen and Tricia from our first blog postings. You can see [...]
Over the last few years we have gotten to know Scott Jones while working weddings together. He is a fantastic DJ and we always look forward to working with him.
This time instead of capturing some quick photos of him behind the mixer, we decided to schedule a photo session as a gift for his wife [...]
We recently returned from our trip to Europe where we spent some time with family, did some business and enjoyed a vacation in Italy away from Rochelle to celebrate our 5 anniversary. It all was wonderful and exhausting. I’ll be sharing some photos from our trip in different installments.
Sam and Aurelie is a couple who’s [...]
Remember Deva who’s pregnancy we photographed back in June? Her and Brian’s little boy is now 6 months old. Zane is such a cutie with a subtle smile. It’s amazing to see how much he’s grown. It’s fun to see him and Rochelle interacting. Before we know it they’ll be running around chasing each other.Although [...]
Justin and Lisa had their first baby 6 weeks ago. He was pretty easy going after he had his bottle even when he was barely covered by a diaper.
Mom and Dad are so proud of their little boy. It’s so great to see the bound between father and son and mother and son and how [...]
First time doing a corporate photo although we have photographed benefits before. The second photo will be used for the company Christmas photo. I had to show the first one since it was my favorite of the bunch.
We had these guys do some work for us already and did a great job so we plan [...]
We took some photos after Thanksgiving of Helen and her family since they came in from Jersey. Evelyn, the grand-daughter-in-law found us and booked the session just from seeing our website.
Their daughter is such a smiling cutey. I don’t blame grandma and great-grandma for stealing hugs and kisses.
First off I need to thank all you faithful blog readers. I know there are lots of you even if no comments are posted. I truly appreciate you taking the time look here weekly and email me your thoughts.
Although we have no weddings in November, James and I have been keeping busy with portrait sessions, [...]
I’ve been waiting and watching the weather forecast for the photo sessions scheduled tomorrow at Quail Hollow. It’s very probable it will be cold and rainy all day making for a bad time for photos especially with little children. The best option is probably the following: reschedule everything for a week from tomorow making it [...]
Not a wedding this time but a fun family. I feel bad for their daughter Lily who normally is so cheerful and smiling but today decided not to be. I hope it’s not because of me and the camera. Meanwhile her brother, Elijah, was enjoying being himself in front of the camera. No shyness whatsoever. [...]
Grace just turned 1 month. For being so petite, she seems very alert. Notice her great hair and the color? Sometimes she even gets caught playing with it! She has the cutest little hands, feet and lips. Of course before the end of the session she had to let us know her patience was wearing [...]
Gwen is just shy of 7 months and already seems so mobile just rolling around and sitting up. She has the cutest facial expressions and great hair. Just looking and working on the photos, I couldn’t help but smile.
I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph twin sisters celebrating their XXth birthday. (You didn’t actually expect me to reveal their age did you?) Susie’s daughter surprised them with the portrait session and I was thrilled she asked me to do it. Such a great present!