Caelyn's Two! (just a little late with posting the pictures!) Birthday Photography

I know I have said it before, and I surely will say it again, but I do not know where time goes! Recently, our little girl, Caelyn, turned two! I honestly can't keep up. It feels like yesterday when she was so tiny that we bought her premi sized pj's and were swaddling her in blankets. It was just last night that we gave her first try of baby food, wasn't it? Wait, when did she start walking??  :) I hear it from most parents, it just goes so fast. It certainly does. Looking back on her two years of pictures, the sweet memories of her infant stages, I am realizing more and more that it is so important to make a big deal out of everything!! Every event is big enough for pictures, keeping mementos, and documenting her life, and our lives together. Hmmm, maybe this is why I love taking photographs so much? I love reflecting on how things were at that moment- in this case her birthday! But in any case- a wedding, graduation, holidays, etc. It is so important to document life with pictures to reflect upon a week, a day, or years later just so you too can remember when...

For those of you who were not there and able to take part in the celebrations, I wanted to let everyone in with photos and the details of the day. We had a great ice cream party for her and celebrated her special day with our family and friends. Caelyn's big day is very special as she shares the date, September 14th, with her Great Mamaw. We love that they share a birthday- it makes it even more of a special date! Caelyn loves ice cream. She'd probably live on that alone if we let her (we had Mint Chocolate Chip today!). It was a very cute party if I say so myself. We will for sure have another ice cream party in the future for her and her friends when they are old enough to really enjoy the details like the adults did! I'd like to say thanks to everyone who came to celebrate, we love you all, and to everyone who helped with the party- I know it wouldn't have come together so perfectly without the help of family and friends. Oh! and a unique and random 'thanks' to people who sell things on Ebay (http://www.ebay.com/), without you, I couldn't have gotten such cute ice cream cups and balloons!  I'll also shout out to Party Store and More in Westerville, OH- http://www.partystoremore.com/- they have cute things and I love supporting a local business!

Enjoy the photos! :)

Family Photo Shoot

Funny how things come back around... This opportunity to shoot a wonderful family seemingly came out of nowhere. Smart people in my life have always told me that if you work hard and do the right things, only good and success can come from your efforts. In building my business over the last year or so, I've kept this in mind and taken every opportunity and told myself, it's it is meant to be it will be! The family below was a perfect example.
So, here is the story:
Because I am seeking opportunities to photograph willing subjects, I do check the popular website, Craig's List, for posts of people looking for photographs- this has lead me to two different opportunities, both of which attribute to my successes. In this case, Brandi, who posted the ad, was looking for a photographer with energy to keep up with their family of 17 (8 kids, of which 4 were under 4!) and of course had a good eye for capturing the uniqueness of each. What is so interesting about this situation is that I responded to her ad back in April, along with over 100 other people interested in taking their pictures! I couldn't believe that she had so many responses, and she couldn't either. In speaking with Brandi, she said the vast majority didn't have strong enough work or any work at all... Strange, we are talking about photographers, right? She and the rest of her family narrowed it down to their top 5, and I was in that category! Yay! :) So, what happened from April until now? Well, nothing really! Brandi called me a few weeks ago and was looking for someone short notice
(and as you all may know, my schedule doesn't always allow for that) and had kept my information from April. I was the first person to get back with her and after discussing with the rest of the family, they decided to pick me to capture their family. Not to pat my own back, or to toot my own horn, but I felt privileged to be chosen out of 100 and thought to myself, "I must be doing something right", which leads me to my initial thought of doing what is true to you and true to what you represent.

Thank you to this wonderful family for letting me be a part of it, even for just a few hours!

Amanda & Stephen Wedding Images - Innis Woods Metro Gardens Westerville, OH

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Burnich for allowing me to create such FABULOUS images!!! Love the outdoors, it was a perfect day, Innis Woods is one of my favorite outdoor areas and is always gorgeous. And, with this couple, I could have blindly selected the images to post here- really, really, beautiful- the couple and the scenery! Hope everyone else loves them too! Enjoy. We'll get these (and more!) added to the website soon.