i’m so lucky to be a location shooter!  i love coming up with ideas whether it’s at the park down the street or something more elaborate!  it’s all about capturing who someone is in a place they love and will remember forever.

ever since i did the beach sessions in florida this past winter, i’ve wanted to do more.  problem is we live in ohio!  so…i came up with the idea of going out with some of the big shots models to caesar’s creek for an afternoon of fun, friends and photos!  the girls were so perfect for this setting.  now i’m wanting more!  it was so. much. fun!

i’m offering destination sessions like these now for all of my clients whether you’re a senior or have a family.  if you’re interested, let me know.  either way, enjoy my favorite images capturing this laid back summer day:

a picnic on the beach with bottled coke and chips seemed very ’70′s to me so i edited them like that.  ahhh…the good old days!

lovin’ the braid.  so beachy!

what’s better than coke in bottles and watermelon on the beach?

“i whip my hair back and forth”…

fierce!

the weather outside is nice, but come on, nothing beats true sun and sand!  so i’m sharing another post from a session i did in florida with cindy, anton and their kids jack and emme.  cindy is the reason i went to florida.  i was at lunch two weeks before the break.  she was telling me how she was going down again (they drive 17 hours each break to naples) FAR!  every year i tell cindy, “we should go” but i just never get it together.  time would go by, and the break would come and go.  but not this year.

cindy got me hooked up with a condo rental site and josh found us a really cheap flight (i can not do 17 hours in a car!!!).  we planned on doing some shoots so, with camera in tow, we headed down.  cindy’s family is gorgeous!  look at all of them.  only problem is emme really doesn’t like having her picture taken.  so we went with it and here’s some of my favorites from their session…

future teen heartthrob!

pensive emme.  they don’t always have to be smiling!!!

i told you they’re gorgeous!

emme and her cousin morgan, who you probably remember from this post,  are the same age and bff.  what a touching moment between these girls.

a true classic!  the epitome of “capturing who they truly are”!

over the next few months i hope to share more about our family and experiences we’ve shared throughout the year.  one of them was our trip to florida.  i’ll blog some of our images soon.

first i want to post these images of toni, andy and their gorgeous kiddos.  i had the exciting opportunity to shoot a few beach sessions while we were in naples/marco island recently.  we met up with some friends from cincinnati down there who wanted me to truly capture who they are; bathing suits, sand and all.  it was so much fun because it really just was SO much fun!  take a family from up north, plunk them in 85 degree weather by the ocean and this is what you get…

cutest couple!

the calm before the storm…

…crazy seagulls.

this image makes me want to touch my screen to feel that clear water…

future heartbreaker!