Carley & Dustin.... A Love Session | Ohio Engagement Photography

Carley & Dustin are such a very sweet couple. Im so happy that chose us, and I am looking forward to their wedding in October :) The location we shot at for their Love Session will also be the place where they will be having their ceremony.









It was ablaze with colors last fall as you could tell. I can only dream of how beautiful this occasion will be. Truly going to be a fabulous affair.



Had to include a pic with Miss Cassie in it :) Can't wait until October!!

Taylor... A Parkway Senior Rep | Ohio Senior Photography

Miss Taylor came to see us for her 2nd shoot, and we had a blast :) I bet she's so happy she got to see Troy this time! haha :)











Thank you Taylor! I am so happy to have been a small part of your Senior year! Good Luck, Oscar! (That was from Troy!)

Avery... A Vantage Senior Rep | Ohio Senior Photography

Miss Avery's 2nd shoot was riddled with raindrops, but we were lucky enough to dodge a shower until the very last shot! Thank you to Professional Makeup Artist Mandy Painter from E.F. Gass Salon for adding to the beauty that Avery already has!









Thanks Avery! I'm so happy to have met you!

Austin... A Lincolnview Senior Rep | Ohio Senior Photography

Austin had a really great 2nd shoot! Though it was rainy, it seemed to make everything glimmer a little more. Needless to say, when we needed the rain it stopped! But we still got an array of amazing shots.









Thanks Austin! I hope the next time I see you, you are a Hollister model :)

Katie... A Senior | Ohio Senior Photography

Katie was a referral from a friend of mine. Everyone knows how much I LOVE referrals! Keep them coming! Thank you Katie, you are a beautiful girl!

Kela... A Senior | Ohio Senior Photographer

Kela is the sister of one of my Lincolnview Senior Reps last year, Taylor. It was great to see the differences between them, not only fashion wise, but personality wise :) None the less, I love this family and am so glad that they chose me again to photograph such an important milestone.





Thank you Kela!

Meagan... A Senior | Ohio Senior Photography

Meagan had her session planned out to a "t"! Every outfit was assigned a location :) It was THE most organized Senior Session I have ever shot. Kinda gave me a break from the spontinaity I usually run on :)









Thank you Meagan!

Cailey... A Senior | Ohio Senior Photographer

Miss Cailey was a blast to shoot. We made a stop at Total Reflection Day Spa to see the talented Rachel Elliot for a change from straight hair to curly. I absolutely loved these images.











Thank you Cailey! Loved meeting your family at your ordering session as well :)

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. ;)