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Category Archives: families

sweet lucia {{ cincinnati dayton 3 month baby photographer }}

i spent a cold winter morning meeting Lucia and her parents. 

for a three month old, she had quite the attention span.  either that or she already wants to be a model because she did not take her stunning blue eyes off the camera for very long. 

seriously, i adore lucia’s nursery.  so many vintage and handmade items. ...

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a new year… a new baby…

before i met the Keylocks, all their proud friends try to warn me how adorable they all are.  seriously, anyone who has ever met them goes on and on about how unbelievably precious they are.  how cool to be so loved that your reputation precedes you like that.  obviously, a pic is worth a thousand...

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boy oh boy {{ cincinnati dayton child photography }}

a photo shoot with two boys younger than 5 is more like an hour for me to realize how old i am, trying to keep up with them and make them laugh and keep one’s interest while trying to gain the affection and trust of the other.  little brother hid behind his mum’s legs and thought he...

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hangin with the coopers {{ cincinnati dayton family photography }}

monday morning shoots are so crazy for me.  i like that they force me to get on the ball, but my gosh.  fridays at 3p, i get the girls from school and it’s like a bell rings to announce the weekend.  pure unadulterated BDfamily time!  we go go go, and then i blink and it’s...

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november means thanks {{ cincinnati dayton child photographer }}

i can hardly stand the cute squishness of this baby lovin’!

what sweet little girls.  boys on the other hand.  well, rotten three year old boys are just my fave.  it seems that they want to be a challenge… {methinks he doth protest too much}but it turns out their stubborn will to be ornery is no...

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noah is one {{ cincinnati dayton family photography }}

hard to believe it’s been a year since i did noah’s newborn pics.  this time, he brought along his whole family for me to meet.  i was amazed at how much they all look alike!his papaw is part of the band denim road.  how cool to have a papaw that gives you private concerts!we had a lot...

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year {{ cincinnati dayton child family photographer }}

how is it even possible? a year??
one year ago, i came home, exhausted and exhilarated after being up for days waiting on my nephew to be born.  he arrived, on his own terms, safe and sound and healthy and adorable and SO loved. 
months before that , early in the pregnancy, we all talked about the...

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Hadley Brooke {{ cincinnati dayton ohio newborn photographer }}

i could probably write a short book about how adorable the mcguffey’s are now +1 i mean they are just SO in love with their baby girl. and why shouldn’t they be? she’s beautiful and a real life dream come true. it’s just so endearing to watch heather gush...

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reising stars {{ cincinnati dayton family photographer }}

drumroll please?  the reising family wins the prize for “furthest traveled for a BD shoot” 
kelly sent me a message from Sacramento, CA {i’m jealous!} a few months ago and said they were coming to see me… and while they were at it they were gonna see some family.  maybe that was the other way around, maybe...

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a newly released LP {{ cincinnati dayton pregnancy newborn photographer }}

ok, so for the rest of the belly pics you had a peek of last week:excited to see the baby yet?? so were Layla Pearl and Landon Parker
introducing Lillian Payton, all 9lbs, 20.5inches of her

we are so excited to have her here.  a special thanks to abby and brandon for giving my girls a baby to snuggle...

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