Columbus, Ohio / New Albany, Ohio Family Photographer || Stella's Boss Babe First Birthday Portraits - Fox in the Snow Cafe

Oh my goodness, what a fun session we had simply letting Stella enjoy a brownie and play pretend ‘boss babe’ for her first birthday portraits! Stella’s brother, Porter, did a Boss Baby themed session a few years ago so this twist on that type of session was brilliantly thought up by Stella and Porter’s mama! Stella is the most precious girl. She loved making silly sounds with me, smiling, and catching the attention of the patrons at Fox in the Snow safe. She enjoyed her session and that’s the BEST thing I love about letting these little ones show off their personalities!

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ENV's Year In Review: Favorite Family Moments

To start this little series, I wanted to review some of the untold stories behind some photographs you may or may not have seen that I photographed this year. Yes, while my job entails posting and sharing the most beautiful photos on social media, some images have a deeper story. They may look like one thing but they have so much to it that means so much more to my clients. I hope you enjoy getting a glimpse into a deeper look of the stories I’ve captured in 2021.


Little Women

These little ladies just adore each other. During their session, these sisters and I struck a deal: If they did great the entire session, they could have some photos of their own poses. At the end, they held up their end of the bargain and asked to stand with their backs to me to take a photo. I positioned them with these clouds and asked them to hold hands. This is now one of my most favorite photos of this year. Not really because of how it looks, but because of how these sisters love each other and getting their own special photo was so important to them.

Ariel-Foundation Park in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Grandpa Says

When I photograph dads and grandpas, they typically aren’t the most enthused to have their pictures taken. (Now not all, but enough to notice the trend!) But this grandpa was happy to be getting pictures with his grandbabies. He and his grandson were sitting on this rock and as we were about to end the session, he asked to have their picture taken here. Grandpa might have thought he was asking for a photo for himself but his grandson will have this image to look back on. As the decades pass, this image will become more and more valuable to this family.

Westerville, Ohio

Adventures With Piglet

This little man was a little timid at the start of the session. When he arrived, he had this sweet, well loved little piglet in his arms. There is something so beautiful about little ones with stuffed ‘friends’ that make them feel safe. As the session went along, Piglet gave this little guy the courage to adventure on this fallen tree. In situations like this, where kids show up shy and leave adventurous, I feel so lucky to have watched them grow in just one hour’s time.

Delaware County, Ohio Parks

The Tooley Bunch

As we were walking to our cars, the kids wanted a picture. They are such a funny bunch, they wanted this shot of them popping out from behind the tree. I immediately got Brady Bunch vibes and we came up with this! It’s so, absolutely them and so funny. They chose this as a canvas for their home as well. I always love capturing shots that may not be ‘viral’ to the world but to this family, it was everything to them!

Delaware County, Ohio Parks

Take A Moment

Taylor is a mother to three beautiful, smart, energetic boys. We, as mothers, know that getting everyone together for a family portrait session can be rough. Little ones are hard to keep clean and even though the boys and dad were playing in leaves, Taylor didn’t let it stress her out. She just snuggled into the sweet babe in her arms. I was supposed to be photographing the boys in the leaves but I turned around and photographed this. So let Taylor be your reminder to just enjoy your session and take in a few seconds to just love, authentically like you would cuddled on a couch at home, during your session. Let it shine through.

Delaware County, Ohio Parks

Be Yourself

It has become a tradition with the Hartman family to get crazy, silly, funny photos during parts of their sessions. I truly never know what to expect and I LOVE that. So as we were walking to a trail nearby, this scene happened. It was totally playful, silly, and no one was hurt. Everyone was playing along. At the end of this session, Mom gave me a ‘Thanks for always letting us be ourselves.’ and I have kept that with me since. That’s what I love to do for my clients!

Delaware County, Ohio Parks

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Columbus, Ohio / Westerville, Ohio Wedding + Engagement Photographer || Le Reve Styled Shoot

Cringy image of me on my wedding day in 2010 and now I wish I would have had Le Reve Chateau!

I was so blessed to be invited to a bridal styled shoot by Hanna’s team at Le Reve Make Up & Hair to work with some amazing artists in our industry to bring to life this really beautiful vision!

Le Reve’s Chateau space is perfect for brides who need a space to get ready on their wedding day! The space is so spacious, bright, and really makes you feel good! I truly wish I would have had an option like this on my wedding day instead of my sitting on the floor in a youth group room at the church we got married at! For this styled shoot we used Le Reve’s Chateau located in Westerville, Ohio which also has amazing access to the pretty streets of Westerville that we used as well!

A few years ago, Hanna spoke about this space she wanted to create. I remember her speaking about how much she wanted to provide to not only her clients, but her team as well! She wanted a stunning place for people to feel good getting ready in! It fills my heart so full of joy to see her achieving all she sets her mind to!

Creatives will often put these shoots together by collaborating with each other to bring to life a certain vision. The flowers, hair, make up, dresses, venue, along with my photographs are all dreamed up and created by talented women in the Columbus area. It’s an honor to have gotten to photograph all the beautiful and hard work of the creatives mentioned below. I look forward to seeing their work more in the future!

Creatives who made this happen:
Host: Sophia & Hanna with Le Rêve Makeup & Hair
Venue: Le Rêve Chateau
Makeup & Hair: Le Rêve Makeup & Hair // Sheree @shereemua & Lindsay @hairbylindsaycole
Dresses: Gilded Social
Florals: Blooms By Jenna
Models: Natalie, Shelby, & Kasey

Columbus, Ohio / Dublin Ohio Family Portrait Photographer || The Hartman Family

Every time I see this family, they bring me so much joy! We always capture some sweet, cuddled up shots and then let loose and get some silly, funny ones. (I’ve only featured one here because I like for them to see them first. Something about knowing they get the first laugh of their silly shots is important to me!!!)

Hartman family, you rock. I love seeing you, watching the kids grow, and getting to be apart of your shenanigans! You’re the best.

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Westerville, Ohio / Columbus, Ohio Family Photographer || The Sievers Family

I just ADORE this family! Holly and her family are so sweet and I just enjoyed getting to know them during their session the other day. These kids just LOVE their family and I think that SHINES in these images. They are so silly and happy and I just loved getting to capture that part of them!

Oh and can I just share that Holly said she put together these outfits in 10-15 minutes in OLD NAVY! She did a PHENOMINAL job! I love how stunning these colors look and how everyone seems comfortable in their attire!

Thank you to this ENTIRE family for letting me spend time with you and documenting your beautiful selves! It was such a pleasure meeting you guys!

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Columbus, Ohio / Mount Vernon Ohio Senior Photographer: Julia 2022

Meeting Julia was such a wonderful experience. She is so beautiful and kind! She and her mom came from Mount Vernon to get her portraits taken near the woods of Alum Creek! I loved getting to learn more about Julia. She shared with me that she wants to have a career in the medical field and is currently working towards that goal. I am sure she will have GREAT bed side manner! She also arrive in this beautiful outfit that I thought was so classic, beautiful and flattering! Wearing a jean jacket, she was able to easily change up her look too! It was a brilliant choice!

I know Julia is going to have an incredible and valuable impact on the world. Thanks for hanging out with me Julia. I loved meeting you!!

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Columbus, Ohio / Centerburg, Ohio Family & Senior Photographer || 2022 SENIOR: Lianna

Lianna has just started her senior year and although she skipped hoco, she is still enjoying other moments of her year like band and looking forward to Prom! I was IN LOVE with Lianna’s accessory choices during her session. I mean, peep the gummy bear necklace THEN she swapped to an ‘i hate you’ choker when she swtiched to her second outfit with the red top. I’m getting Olivia Rodrigo vibes!

Lianna is a natural born model and I know she had so much fun during her session and I had fun working with her and her family again!

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Columbus Ohio / Westerville Ohio Family & Senior Photographer || Andrea 2022

Recently I got to meet Andrea and her mom! Andrea is enjoying her senior year and right before this session had celebrated her Senior homecoming at school! We caught the last weekend of sunflowers at The Patch on 37 ran by Lynd’s Fruit Farm and I love how bright and happy Andrea looks surrounded by sunflowers!

We were so lucky to get beautiful weather and sunshine for this session. I’m looking forward to meeting up with Andrea soon for part two of her Senior Session!

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Columbus Ohio / Westerville Ohio Family & Senior Photographer || Lanie

I have been so excited to share this preview for this session with all of you! Being new to the Sunbury/Westerville/Delaware area I was scout out some new locations! I found quite a few spots and wanted to step out of the box of ‘my normal’ and find a model to hang out with me for an informal session.

After putting out a model search request in the area, Lanie’s mom reached out to me and told me about her daughter. After hearing about Lanie, I was really looking forward to meeting her and her mom. When we met up for this session, we instantly clicked and spent so much time joking and laughing during the session. Lanie is complete sunshine and has so much confidence! I loved how that shined in these photos. I got to hear about her summer, how school is and what she did over the weekend…. it was like being with family!

Thank you Lanie and Michelle for spending an evening with me and letting me capture these images. I am so happy I got to meet you both!

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Columbus Ohio / Westerville Ohio Family Photographer || Lacie - Lynd's Fruit Farm

Believe it or not, I had not photographed anyone, ever at a sunflower field before. I’ve been photographing people for 11 years and never once been before… crazy huh? Well it would only be appropriate that I photograph my own daughter when it’s the first time we visit a sunflower patch!

Many of you have watched the journey of our family over all these years. Lots of you have known of Lacie since before she was two! So I really feel like it’s special to share these images every once in a while. She’s grown so tall and is just BRILLIANT. She is so smart and, as anyone could guess by knowing who her mother is, she’s sassy too! Every year I try to take portraits of the kids so that we have this measurement of growth to look back on! So 2021’s portraits are done and they are the prettiest yet!