Sean & Sara | Engagement

Sara & Sean are getting married on November 27th of this year and I have the pleasure of being their wedding photographer.  I actually used to work with Sara in college at the Ruby Tuesday in Athens (which by the way was probably one of the funnest jobs I have ever had!) and was so excited and privileged when she said that her and her fiance, Sean, wanted me to be their photographer.

When Sara & Sean suggested Franklin Park for their engagement session I coerced them to also do part of it at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams in Bexley.  Ok, so maybe it didn't take much coercion to get someone to eat some ice cream while having their picture taken 'cuz who doesn't like ice cream?  I've always thought that a Jeni's would make a wonderful place to do a photo session.  Their decor is so fun and simple and their ice cream is sooooo.stinkin.amazing.  Seriously, it's the most delicious and unique ice cream I have ever had. 

Saturday morning was gorgeous.  Luckily the previous week's bad weather had passed and we were left with a sunny, moderately warm (I lie, it was chilly at 10 am) beautiful April day.  The magnolia trees were beautiful in Franklin Park.

We avoided the crowds in the conservatory by going right when they opened at 10.  Sara & Sean are so clearly in love.  I just told them to be natural and relaxed...and the results are just beautiful. 

I don't know if Sara realized I was there for this following shot because I kept having to run back to my bag and wipe my foggy lens down (it gets a little steamy in the conservatory!) but I feel like I caught them in an beautifully ordinary moment.

For future reference, this plant has SPIKES! 

The following turned out so beautiful....even though Sara kept telling Sean that he was being creepy:) 

And now we come to Jeni's.  The wonderful woman working was so kind to let us take photos in there and even gave us the ice cream on the house.  Isn't that awesome?  I went into creepy stalker photographer mode and captured Sara & Sean tasted, picked out and ate their ice cream. 

We walked up Main St. a block or two as they were finishing their ice cream and found the Trinity Lutheran Seminary.  The flowers and architecture are beautiful so we finished off the session with a few shots around there.  We also reminisced about the wonderful dining hall food that we remembered from our days at Ohio University.  I told them there is a legend that my husband once snuck 16 ice cream bars out of the dining hall.  I can neither prove nor disprove this fact, but I will say I ate A LOT of ice cream my freshman year:)

Sean & Sara's Super Sneak Peek!

Sara & Sean are getting married:)

Faren | Senior 2010

Meet Faren.  She will be graduating from Independence High School this June (thank you Sydney for telling your friends to get their pictures taken by me:))  and is planning to attend THE Ohio State University in the fall.

It was such a beautiful (although windy!) morning to spend with Faren and her mom, Freda.  The sun was shining and the trees were blooming.

Faren laughed...a lot.  Which was fantastic!  She cracked me up during the whole shoot.  She said she didn't take many pictures although you would never know it by the way they turned out.  She is a beautiful person and super smart.  One of the coolest things she told me is that she is part of a robotics club.  How crazy cool is that?  I'm pretty sure that is what she wants to go to school for, although the long, complex name of her major is no longer in my memory:)

Thank you so much Faren.  You will do just fine in college.  Enjoy the rest of your senior year:)

Annnnnnnd... GO BUCKS!

Rodney | Senior 2010

I was so happy to discover that Rodney is my neighbor AND that I would be able to take his senior pictures for him:)

Rodney is senior this year at the Columbus Africentric school.  He loves to play the keyboard (which he brought as a prop...so awesome!) and is planning on majoring in vocal performance at the University of Toledo.  He brought his dad, Arnie, along with him Friday afternoon and I had a great time talking to Arnie about my neighborhood (WoodlandParkNeighbors.org!) and what Columbus was like when he was growing up.

This was such a fun and relaxed shoot for me.  Rodney is SUPER easy to photograph...he posed himself which is always fantastic and makes me job way easier:)  We did a few shots in Franklin Park and then finished the evening downtown by COSI.  I loved that Rodney wanted the skyline in the background of his pictures representing his city.

Thanks Rodney & Arnie for spending the afternoon with me.  I look forward to seeing you around the neighborhood and getting to know you better!

Happy Easter!

I know this is a day late, but I hope everyone had a very happy Easter!.  The weather was beautiful yesterday in Ohio and we took advantage of it with some family pictures.  Thanks to my dad for taking this:)

Theo enjoyed his first visit from the Easter Bunny very much:)