Isn't Sarah the cutest?! We had such a fun time up at Mentor Headlands Beach and closed the session on another day at my studio.  I swear during both sessions we just laughed the whole time.  From people trying to get in her photos while making out in the lake to finding out she share's a mutual love for penguins, the worlds best "dressed" animal ;) I am so excited for Sarah's senior year at Nordonia H.S. and even more excited for her to attend Slippery Rock in PA next year! She restores my faith in the youth with her maturity and kindness for those in need.  We need more young women like Sarah.  Here are a few of my favs from our sessions...

I decided to break up the St. Patty's day session into 2 days so it would give people more of an opportunity to join in on the fun without a time limit (like typical mini sessions).

Well I originally scheduled a St. Patty's Day "mini session" but I couldn't decide which background I wanted to go with so I decided to upgrade it to a "medium" session and do all 3 backgrounds! It was definitely worth it though b/c these kiddos were the absolute cutest and I loved working with them!  I can't wait to do it all again next weekend with another group! Erin Go Bragh!

My son turned 1 on Feb 1st. and what better way to celebrate than smashing a cake and taking it to the face! He had an absolute blast and we captured some pretty awesome pictures! It's fun to be 1!

I finally did it! It took me almost 15 years but I finally started my own photography business.  I have been in love with photography ever since my dad let me use his 1970 Pentax SLR in elementary school.  After that I started purchasing a variety of throw away cameras (including Polaroids) while capturing moments through middle and high school.  I purchased my first Canon point and shoot in high school to use for photography class where I learned the basics of film development, exposure & composition.  I saved up my penny's by working as a waitress, when I wasn't on the soccer field, and purchased my very own film SLR- a Minolta Maxxum HT SI-Plus!  Hey, I was in high school ;) From there I grew with photography buying whatever digital camera came out (mostly point & shoots) as I studied Communications & Marketing at Kent State University.  I still took thousands of pictures (just ask all my college friends... I may have some blackmail worthy photos, ha!) but was not studying photography like I did for so many years.  Once I realized I quickly took a few photography classes at Kent to scratch my itch.  After college I got a "big girl job" with a leading manufacturing company and did pretty well for myself but something was missing.  I mean I liked my job, but I didn't love my job.  Once I talked my boss into spending some good dough on a top of the line DSLR (Nikon of course) so I could take pictures for our website I quickly realized that I was in the wrong profession.  It took several years of saving, practicing, learning and support from my husband but I am finally taking the plunge by becoming my own boss and doing what I love for a living, Photography! They say it doesn't feel like work when you do what you love... let's hope that's true!  Fingers crossed & knocking on wood!