i am so thankful i met tamar and elliot  last year.  i fell in love with the kids instantly.  they were so well behaved and up for the idea of running around with me and my camera following.  i feel like this family was meant to be my clients.  they wanted as-you-are images to take place in their yard.   mission accomplished!  i enjoy the idea of capturing a space and time that is personal.  i have images of me at my old house from when i was a kid and love looking at the little things like the swingset, the patio, how the house looked from the street, etc.  there’s always going to be cool locations around town to explore, and i love that too, but there’s no place like home!  here are some of the fav’s from our fun afternoon together:

i love watching babies grow up on the big shots baby plan.  i also love when grandparents join in for one of the sessions.  that’s one of the cool things about the plan; being able to mix things up here and there since there are multiple sessions.  we started with elliot’s newborn session, then cohen and elliot shared some brotherly love for elliot’s four month session.  this time we have 9 month old elliot, big brother cohen and both sets of grandparents.  i’d say the kids are very lucky to have so many people who love them close by.  and i’m happy to be able to capture who they are together!  here are some of my fav’s…

love the tender touch from cohen to elliot.

mommy, michelle, didn’t have a starring role but did a great job in her supporting role to help elliot stand up!

happy weekend everyone!   thought i’d share this sweet lil’ cutie to give you something to smile about.  what a pleasure little maggie was at her session.  she was three months old and full of personalty!  thanks to aunt meghan who bought this lovely family a gift certificate for them to use when they came to cincy.   they are from chicago so i caught up with them at grandma and grandpa’s house where it was cozy and warm.  that’s one of the good things about baby sessions; they take place inside so weather isn’t a concern.  that’s important around these parts this time of the year (where’s the snow, by the way?).  enjoy some of my favorites from that session.

she’s got to know how cute she is!

see the way he’s looking at her?  daddy’s girl for sure!

love these connection images.  it’s about what you feel when you look at the image.

christmas AND a kiss from mom and dad. what could be better?

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!