Fall family photo season is officially in full swing! I couldn’t image a better way to kick it off than with one of my very favorite families! The unseasonably warm weather had us all but melting during our session at Sharon woods but you’d never know it looking at this gorgeous family. Max’s energy had us all smiling the entire session and his sweet little expressions had my heart melting into a puddle. Watching kids grow up year to year has to be the best part about this job. Ashley, thanks for trusting me again to capture your sweet family, it’s always a pleasure!

<3 Heather

Are you interested in a last minute fall family session for your family? I still have a few slots available for my fall mini sessions at Ault Park on October 29th. You can book your session HERE 🙂

First Birthday sessions are some of my favorite. There’s not much better than a smiling baby who has just learned to walk toddling through the park at sunrise. Pair that with two smitten parents and I am swooning. When I arrived for Elias’s session at the Voice of America Park, I noticed they were setting up for the 2016 Walk to End Alzheimer’s and got really nervous about all the people and having to Photoshop out tons of people from the background of my images. But each and every person was so kind not to photobomb my pictures and several even offered up their dogs to help get some smiles from Elias.  Overall, perfect, perfect morning!  Thank you so much Amy & Alex for trusting me to capture Elias’s First Birthday. Many wished for an amazing year of fun, giggles, and making memories <3 Heather

Cincinnati Ohio Holiday Mini Sessions 2016 {Cincinnati,  Northern Kentucky, Oakley, and surrounding areas}

*** UPDATE 11/18/16***

My studio Christmas sessions have passed and were amazing! I am humbled that I have continued to get requests for Mini Sessions from those who missed the event. Because of the high demand for additional Christmas Mini sessions I have decided to open up a very limited day of Christmas mini sessions in my Norwood, Ohio studio on December 3rd. Holiday Mini Sessions are 20 minutes in length and include 15 edited images with additional images available for purchase.

Sign ups for these sessions are listed at the bottom of this post :).

In addition to our (SOLD OUT!) annual Santa Sessions, I am super excited to announce that I will be hosting Christmas Mini Sessions in Cincinnati this year!  This year I will have two amazing holiday theme set ups (one for the gals and one for the guys). The first will be a Snow Princess theme for the girly girls in your family. Lots of Sparkle, snowflakes, white lights,  fabulous gowns, gorgeous tiaras, and a hair and makeup artist on hand to truly transform your child into a beautiful snow princess! My second set up I am offering is a snow ball forest set up complete with snow for blowing and “snowballs” for throwing.

For family shots I will have two amazing set ups. The first set up will be with more of a rustic/vintage feel. Creams, gold, red and green, and beautifully designed custom made Christmas cookies! And the second will be a large queen size winter wonderland bed with lots of fluffy white pillows, blankets, and a beautiful headboard for those matching family jammie photos 🙂 Here is some of the awesomeness that came out of our sessions last Christmas, take a look for yourself!

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Session will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio  at my Norwood, Ohio studio. Signup HERE to reserve your spot!

Bryant is just the sweetest little one year old around. His first birthday theme was the hungry caterpillar so naturally, we had to have a giant bushel of balloons to match.  Of course when the wind was picking up, I was sure we were going to have scene out of the movie UP. I’m kidding. Kind of. Seriously though, the balloons were strong hahaha. Happy First birthday Bryant, you are the cutest little caterpillar around. Alexis, thank you for choosing me to capture such a fun milestone for your family. <3 Heather

If you’ve got a special birthday coming up, get in touch with me so we can document it together!

I met Anna when she was a tiny 7 day old. I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that this little ball of energy is 2 already! TWO! Watching “my” babies grow up is the best part of my job. Watching their little personalities emerge is something that never gets old.

Scheduling Anna’s 2nd birthday session was a bit trickier this year than it has been in the past. Mama was due any day with Anna’s baby brother and the weather had been unpredictable at best.  I swear the Cincinnati weather has been rainier this year than it has in the past. Sure enough mid session the rain started to drizzle!  Then the rain stopped out of nowhere and we were able to make these gorgeous images. Despite Mother Nature trying to litter ally rain on my parade, this session couldn’t have been more perfect. Anna was a sweet smiling princess and gave her parents some images that they can treasure as she grows up too quickly.

 

If you have a little with a birthday coming up, get in touch with me so we can schedule a birthday session!

This family. My heart. I have been photographing this sweet family since Robert was just 10 days old. This boy has grown into the sweetest, vibrant, little love bug ever. He is a ball of unending energy and his love for his Mom and Dad is clear. I am always so grateful when I get a call about pictures. Watching this sweet boy grow has been a privileged. If only I could find a way to slow time down just a bit. I can hardly believe this boy is two already. Thanks again Rob and Sarah for allowing me to capture your memories. Let’s do it again soon <3 Heather

 

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Every week I get to meet some of the best families in Cincinnati, and this family is no different. I met Stacey and her family through my husband. He was teaching a class that Stacey was taking, we got connected and quickly got a date for family pictures on the books. Of course, anyone who lives in Cincinnati knows how unpredictable the weather can be here and that the weather can change at a moments notice. As with all my sessions, I was stalking the weather app no my phone watching to see what was going to happen. The forecast was calling for scattered showers and the clouds were dark. Thankfully right when our session started the sun poked through and gave us the most gorgeous sun drenched pictures! The entire family was gorgeous and couldn’t take a bad picture even if they tried. Thanks guys for trusting me with your family pictures. I hope you love them for years to come









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Oh how I love sessions at the Cincinnati Nature Center. Pair that with a completely adorable family dressed in jewel tones and I am in love! The Ellison’s contacted me a few months ago about family pictures but since Cincinnati weather in the spring is completely unpredicatable, it took a few tries to finally make it happen! Even the day of the shoot it was threatening rain and started to sprinkle mid session but we made the best of it and took what we had to work with. Thankfully Mom thought ahead and packed the rain boots so toward the end of the session everyone put on their boots and we jumped in puddles. So. Much. Fun!  Thanks for an amazingly good time guys, let’s do it again soon <3 Heather

 

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Juli and I met in a Cincinnati Mom’s group, where I meet a lot of my new clients

 

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Happy First Birthday, Ari!

It is almost impossible to believe Arianna is one already.  ONE! She has been coming to see my every month for the last 12 months for her Watch Me Grow sessions and it went by in a blink! I loved everything about planning this custom cake smash session. Ari’s Mom and I spent weeks talking about what our vision was for the session and what the theme for her first birthday party would be. Since she is a January baby (I know I am SO far behind on getting sessions posted eek!) her Mom came up with the fabulous idea of making this a Winter “One-derland” theme with a rustic twist. We both started scouring etsy for the perfect props and I found this fabulous pink, winter, rustic backdrop at Lemondrop Shop, my favorite go to place for backdrops!  Then I contacted my favorite cake shop in Cincinnati, Three Sweet Girls Cakery, and gave them my vision, and they came up with this  gorgeous giant cupcake, perfect for smashing! Ari wasn’t big on getting messy because she is the perfect princess, but we still wrapped up the session with a warm bubble bath. After all, we had to put that fabulous flower crown Mommy brought to good use.

 

If you think this is something your little one would enjoy, shoot me an email and let’s get something on the calendar! xo, Heather