Trisha... A Senior | Ohio Senior Photographer

Trisha is such a kind and beautiful girl. I was taken by suprise when we met because I saw so much of my beautiful grandmothers face in hers. We aren't related that I know of, but even in these pictures I see the senior picture of my Grandmother :)







Thank you Trisha! I am glad to have met you and your family :)

Nicole... A Delphos Jefferson Senior Rep | Ohio Senior Photographer

Nicole came to us to photograph last summer and again in the fall. She had so many beautiful images to choose from it was hard to choose for this post!









Thank you Nicole, and good luck in all your future goals!

Courage and Giving back

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. - Maya Angelou

In the last year I have learned a lot about myself. I am sure that I have started posts like this before, but it holds more here today. I have felt battered, beat down, and all in all- crappy. There was things missing in my life and things beating down the gates inside waiting to get free. I ignored these needs because I "had too much to do". I still "have too much to do", BUT! it's time to get raw. Come clean. Experience the life that is dying to come out of my pores. To unleash what I need to be, do and become. It's waiting to be released. And I am starting this journey with little baby steps.

Many of you are Facebook friends, and have seen in the last week that I am trying to become Vegan. I emphasize trying because as with anything drastic, you shouldn't set yourself up for failure by stating that you *are* something if you don't know if you can completely deliver. If it should happen that I don't make it, I will at least come out of this experience with a sense that I have made my food choices healthier for my family and that's what really matters.

Why am i doing this? I am a hippie at heart :) and I have suffered a lot of loss in the last few years. For those of you who don't personally know us, Troy's brother, Ryan, passed away from cancer in 2006, and my friend, Leigha, passed away from cancer in 2009. They both passed away on the same day in July, only years apart. That was enough of a wake up call for me. I started researching why we get cancer. Cancer happens when abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer can be predisposition in your family, and can be triggered due to pollutants in your body; such as poor diet and chemicals in your environment.
Look around.
Every day is a waiting game. There are cancer triggers all over the computer desk you and I are sitting at. In the bottled water you are drinking. On the toys you are letting your children play with. And we just let it be that way. Because it's more convenient and easy.

So then I started to identify what I could do to stop the risk in my family. I cannot control pollutants we breathe (But I plan on taking steps to be one of the millions of people who will!) but I can control what my family eats. When I plugged in food and cancer to my search, I got Dr. Max Gerson.

Did you know that cancer is curable through diet? Wow! How did that happen? Because Dr. Gerson proved it in the 20's. If you have lost someone to cancer and just read that statement, aren't you mad? Aren't you totally pissed that your friend's, husband's, wife's, brother's, sister's doctor didn't let you in on this secret? I could go into more detail on this but I would ramble for hours about how pissed off I was to know this. Just go research the Gerson diet. And read the books. And watch the films. You too will be PISSED OFF about why you had to lose a loved one to this sick and heinous disease when qualified people know the secret.

Now I am not trying to induce panic! Don't go home and start purging all your children's toys and household items until there is nothing left! I am just suggesting making a few small changes to make your home and lifestyle cleaner and more natural for you and your children to cut the cancer risk in half. Please watch this video below.




Please go to Healthy Child Healthy World and join the cause, and donate as little as $10 to help them raise awareness to keep our kids and our selves safe. I just did!

Eric + Alex | Ohio Wedding Photography

Last September, I had the honor of photographing Eric & Alex's wedding. I cannot even begin to describe how beautiful this wedding was. If you could fall in love with a wedding, I most certainly fell in love with this one!

A private moment before the ceremony...


The girls! These girls were so much fun...


...as you can see!


A very dapper man, if I must say so! And great group of guys as well!


Alex was stunning. But if you know Alex, that's not out of the ordinary.


The Ceremony was spectacular. Eric and Alex wrote their vows. I had to wipe my eyes behind my camera! Alex told me beforehand that Eric has a way with words. He proved that!




So sweet.


Some special shots of the happy couple...




First dance as Man & Wife...


Thank you Eric & Alex for allowing us to document your amazing day! Love, Tracy. ;)

Bosten... 6 months | Ohio Children Photography

It's time for Bosten's 9 month shoot, but I had to post these from his 6 month shoot because he is just too handsome. Not only did we get to see how much Bosten has grown and changed his looks, but big sister, Lakyn, joined in on the fun!



Isn't this so cute? He just looks like such a little man now!







I cannot wait to see how much Mr. Bosten has changed! They grow up too fast!

Emily... Vantage Senior Rep

Emily and I went out looking for trains, for bright colors and for a sweet place to take pictures in her prom dress.. we found all three!









Thanks Em!

FINALLY!

We have a website now! It only took me a year!!
Check it out! and Enjoy!