Last Wednesday I spent the morning with them….
And last night (before we got rained out) I spent the evening with them.
Many more blog updates this week along with LOTS of orders being filled and shipped!
Plus a letter to clients, family and friends coming in December. If you’re not sure you’ll be on the mailing list (for a one-time snail mail…typically it’s email ONLY) you can enter your info here or just send me your address if you don’t want to be on the monthly email.
I could say this every week but you’d get tired of hearing it. So at Thanksgiving, i’m saying thanks to you special people:)
Thanks for considering me your family photographer and calling me for all your recent and exciting life events - babies, weddings, graduation, engagements – and inviting me to spend a little time getting to know your families and helping your document this time in your life!
Thanks for calling me a second…third…and fourth time.
Thanks for all your kind words. They mean a lot.
And thanks for continually visiting the blog, sharing it with friends, commenting on the work. I love your feedback!
I have a special letter going out to all my clients/families/friends and I don’t want you to miss it.
Matt and I have never had the chance to tell most of our extended fam and out of town friends that our lives have shifted a bit. We were so focused on getting the business going and keeping the momentum that was already there and haven’t stopped since. Well, word got around and we thought it would be nice to send a special goodie in the letter just to say thanks for all the love and support 
If you have had a session with me, I already have your address. But if not, I may not have it!
To receive the letter you can email your address to me! Or update you monthly email account information w/ your address by clicking the link at the bottom of your monthly email.
You should also sign up for the email if you haven’t! This colorful little email arrives in your inbox every month with news, contests, special promos, links to my favorite things, photos from YOU and more!
PLUS – I have a great new contest in December that all you moms, moms-to-be, friends-of-moms-to-be (or replace all “moms” with “dads” in previous titles) will LOVE to get OR give as a gift to someone else!
[ It might just be something this cool from Lottie Da in Clintonville... ]
** Don’t forget! All photo orders MUST be placed by Dec. 1 for a Dec. 20 order delivery for Christmas. The next set of orders will not be processed until after Jan 1. No exceptions…sorry! (I’d like some family time too!)
** I’m currently booked through December but I am taking names from any families wanting a call or email in case of a cancellation. Please email me if you have questions or want to get on the list!
** Remember you can send gift cards to friends and family! More info here.
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** Your 2009 Christmas cards are in! If you want to place an order, these Vintage Letterpress cards can be purchased in sets of 10 for $25.00. One photo from your session will be reproduced and attached to each card.
Here are a few more from Thursday, Friday and tonight! I can’t wait to share these full sessions with you…
Leigh-Ann couldn’t get enough of the gigantic stuff beaver in her room (her last name is Beavers…so appropriate that she’d have this animal in her room:)
Baby Emery yawning toward the end of her action-packed session. Besides peeing on the bed during her nakey pics, the session was perfect. Actually, the peeing on the bed incident was kinda cute too.
The super adorable and very preggo Keri and her lovely daughter Lucy.
First I wanted to apologize for the delay in getting everyone’s full blog posts up! I know you’re so excited to see them and I’m coming along!
Let me just say it has been BUSY which makes me so happy! My last day working full-time was July 24 and since then I have had over 70 shoots and met over 40 new families! So there’s the reason for a little delay…and I’m also still getting my routine down with this being my first Christmas season in business. It’s a CRAZY time of year! I knew that working in advertising on a retail client (and I thought those hours were wild), but it’s another thing running a business and finding yourself cramming as many meetings, edits, posts, calls and shoots as humanly possible into Nov. and Dec!
You’ve been patient and SO supportive since starting the business. Thanks.
Here’s a little preview of what’s to come on the blog! These are from some of last weekend’s shoots…
So quick heads up since I’ve had emails and calls already on this! I’m booked thru Dec. for shoots but I AM starting a wait list for folks that want called if an appt cancels or if I decide to open a few more spots on already booked days. Just email me for package info and to get on the list!
And here’s a couple quick pics of baby Eli born yesterday morning for your enjoyment:)
More pics of this adorable child are on the facebook fan page (hey! you should join the fanpage)!
Lindsay contacted me a while back about gifting a family photo session to her mother-in-law for her 60th birthday. Great idea! And her MIL was so excited, even better! This beautiful family (really…I said it in the last post – there must be auditions to get in or something) arrived looking amazing but I was immediately distracted by these three adorable babies. So clearly the babies were going to be the focus. We tried to make it Claudia but no one can resist a baby. CUTE babies.
And my other fave: the open-mouth kiss from baby Calvin.ha
Loved the colors they picked.
And little Henry there…he jumped into every picture he could. I’m just not showing all of them. But for real, so many.
Hesitant…
Unhappy…
But still adorable even when he cried:)
I used to work with Lindsay at SBC Advertising. That’s where the photo connection came from. She and Steve can probably still be considered “newly weds”. I think it was within the last year and a half…that counts…right?
The reason we were all together…Claudia’s 60th. 60TH!?
And of course a shot with the babies:)
I LOVE this one.
The whole crew.
Claudia with her boys…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I have been so excited to get this out. Both the images and the news (I wasn’t allowed to say anything because my friend was his cousin and I could have killed the surprise!)
But now the proposal is done. She said yes and a short story of the day is here for you…
The proposal took place at Alms Park in Cincinnati
Trying to be stealth with my zoom. They turned around every few minutes because I think she noticed me. So I would then turn the other way and pretend to take pictures of trees. Lame-o. But it worked.
So they walked around. Then landed at the spot where he would propose. And the best part – the number of distractions. It was ridiculous. I fended of an engagement session (they were actually done so it was ok!), 3 dog walkers and a group of cute older folks coming from a council meeting. One guy from that group was in a barbershop quartet and said he’d sing for them. Adorable 
Never happened.
The part on his knee happened so fast! I scrambled around the corner and managed to catch it at just the right time!
But look how happy she was right after. A little tear, a lot of laughter, and HUGE smiles from both of them:)
Most of you saw the ring in the preview. But did you really LOOK!? Great job, Ryan
And then came the engagement shoot. I LOVED this idea. It wasn’t really the plan. The plan was for a couple quick pics like the ones above. But they were glowing and we had GORGEOUS light. Too perfect. They looked amazing too. So the official engagement shoot happened on the fly. These are just a couple of MAAAAAANY photos taken!
(I want eyelashes like that ——————————————-V )
And the best part – they just booked me for their wedding next year:) I’m SO thrilled to be spending another happy day with these two!
Thanks for your creativity, Ryan. You pulled off a perfect proposal so thoughtfully pieced together for your beautiful wife-to-be. And Ashley, thanks for making my job so easy. You are GORGEOUS!
Gift cards come in tall envelopes with the purchase noted on the front in brackets. The back can be used to write your own personal message. If you’re purchasing a gift card for a family member or friend that is a current client a great choice would be print credit on their past sessions. For family and friends that have not had a session with me before, session credit or a full family session purchase is perfect! Family sessions are currently priced at $150 plus tax. Please call or email for package details!
**Note** Family session gift cards are good thru July 2010, after which price changes will apply and will be an additional charge to total the new session cost. Session credit and print credit are good for 6 months from the purchase date (noted on the gift card at time of purchase).
