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Youngstown Wedding – Ellie and George!

I couldn’t wait to share this wedding only because of the happiness they rub off to everyone!  Eeks…theirs smiles all day long. Even weeks after their wedding I sat in my chair smiling back at those smiles while editing their images…makes my job even more enjoyable 🙂    

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Cleveland Engagement – Cleveland Museum of Art

Oh my goodness…you can just feel their love…it bounces off of each other…they are honestly too cute…Meet George and Ellie…you cannot help but smile when seeing their faces!  Eek…cannot even wait to show you how stunning they looked at their wedding (when I finally put it up on my blog!) But for now I can […]

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Childhood Friend gets married…

When Heather called up the moment she was engaged she TOLD me I was photographing her wedding!!! YAY!!! I couldn’t be more happy for her…and she wanted to get married soon…and I had her date open…double YAY!  I was so excited to see the entire family. My family and theirs have know each other since […]

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Winter Engagement Session…Heather and Greg

Love love love winter sessions…and when combined with an engaged couple…YAY…and a gal I’ve know practically my whole life…double YAY!  And it snowed…couldn’t be happier…it was time for them to snuggle in front of the camera 🙂  

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2016 Chagrin Falls High School Senior…Austin

Austin Lucas…Chagrin Falls High School senior is a football and lacrosse player… I reconnected with his mom on Facebook {we went to school together…what seems to be a long time ago} and ended up taking her families pictures several times and was so happy to take Austin’s senior pics!  We had a perfect day…the sun wasn’t […]

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Tom and Kelly ~ Cleveland Wedding…

My wedding from last year is finally getting blogged…I am determined to catch up on this thing…and besides who doesn’t like seeing wedding photos?   I love the entire day of their wedding…we started at the salon where all the girls {and mums} had all their up-dos done and went to her parents house to […]

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Gillette Family…Brecksville, Family Session

With families with small children the conversations can get interrupted, everyone wants to share a story, the squeals of the youngest daughter of pure joy because they brought their pup to the shoot was enough enthusiasm even for strangers. I cannot express enough of how much fun I had during our session. The smiles and […]

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Engagement…Amber and Kyle

I am so happy to share Amber and Kyle’s engagement session…and more excited for their upcoming wedding in June…it is going to be here before you know it!  I just love getting to know the bride and groom during their engagement session. It helps me understand and see how they interact as a couple and […]

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Too Much Sibling Cuteness…

Meet the Rusinko family…they are so darn cute! These kids are all around sweet children, and take care of each other.  This is the second time I photographed this family…per their mama’s request as her birthday wish…I am more than happy to record these memories. So two years later I got to capture more memories […]

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The Perfect Little Family…

…look at this sweet adorable little family…yep out that sweet faced redhead…ha ha! Oh my goodness what a fun time this session was! Nanci Murphy is so darn gorgeous!  Here are my favorites from the session!  

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Hello 2015

Well it is the second day of 2015 and I am sitting at my desk listening to music as I breeze through my business portfolio of  2014 and all of a sudden feel an overwhelming feeling of joy. As you know I am not one to make New Year’s resolutions ~ since that is pretty […]

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The Sweetest Little Family…

…sometime last year I was to photograph these two…but with life circumstances it never happened…until a few months ago…one thing I can say is how sweet this little family was. Such a wonderful bond these two share…sigh…here are a few of my favorites from there mini session…  

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iHeart Returning Families….

…it just makes my day when I get returning customers…to see those changes in the children and the family unit and being able to capture more memories for them.  Especially this adorable family…Mom and Dad weren’t in their last session but I was so happy when they schedule the entire fam for the photo session […]

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Meet the Scott Family…

Let me tell you how sweet and adorable this family is…and how cute they were as “couples”…sigh…two generations of marriages here…and one awesome young man!  I had the pleasure to photograph the Scott family…I seldom go far for my sessions but Columbus is the farthest so far…but when I do do a session I can […]

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Mr. Nano

Michael lived just a few houses down from me and was friends with my son so I got to witness him grow into a young man…it felt like in a blink of an eye…when they moved I didn’t see him as often so whenever I did it was shocking (even though my own son was […]

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Yay for Family~Family Sessions

I just love when I can take photographs of my family…and their families…my little sister calls me up every year for a family session and I just absolutely love to capture these little squirts growing… It reminds me how fast my kids have grown…sigh…but just love to see my little sister interact with her little […]

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When Families Return…

One of the best part of my job is a returning customer…to document their memories at a particular phase in their lives is such a blessing…and when I get returning customers I get all giddy….they are automatically comfortable with me and I love capturing the changes…witnesses who their family is molding together….love love love it! […]

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A Brecksville~Broadview Heights Senior…

…meet Brandon…a 2015 senior at Brecksville~Broadview Heights High School.  I have know Brandon for as long as I can remember…his mom and my sister have been friends for years.  I use to see him maybe yearly at a birthday part if that much…so I was shocked to see how grown {and tall} he is.  Such […]

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A Summer Family…

I just love when I get emails and phones calls that start out “I saw your pictures on Facebook…you did so and so’s” and they want to book a session…sigh…besides returning-customers, referrals are the best kind…and when they know a specific location they want…I take a deep breath…patiently waiting to hear their location choice…THE BEACH….I […]

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Grown up…

…it is amazing how fast time goes by…thinking back twenty years ago when I moved into my house and neighborhood it was so quiet with just a few families with kids…then fast forward 3 – 4 years and boom…kids everywhere…and then 5-10 years later they play everywhere and with everyone…neighbors have come and gone and […]

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Pregnancy and Radiant…in the same sentence?

I was never blessed with that “glow” many pregnant women get while expecting…me, well I blew up like a balloon with bad skin, terrible hair, and crabbiness like there was no other…I honestly did not enjoy my pregnancy like I should have…I lOVED the fact a baby was growing inside me, and the ability to […]

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Precious Little Preston…

…I just adore this precious face…Meet Preston…my cousin’s baby girl’s baby boy!  I watched his mama when she was just a little thing and can see so much of her in him…and one thing is for certain…this little guy has so many cooing over him.  Taking his pictures was like going down memory lane…and I […]

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Capturing the Stages of Pregnancy…

I get many opportunities to capture a baby’s first year from newborn to 1 year old/cake smash session, and never have the opportunity to capture “mom” from the beginning to the end…to the maternity shoot… I did however have the opportunity to capture some of the progress with my step-daughter during her pregnancy…and it was […]

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Bestfriends…

I went through a divorce when my youngest was just a little baby…and just didn’t have the heart to go back to work outside my home…it was hard enough to give up every other weekend with my three children let alone the daytime as well…so I started baby sitting and yes it was a handful […]

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Meet the Lucas Family…

…Facebook has been such a wonderful resource to catch up with old friends from school and for referrals for clients…and there is nothing better than when then combine…love seeing people I used to know years ago {we just won’t mention how long ago that was…hee hee}…and I have had the pleasure of taking pictures of […]

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A Happy Photographer…

Nothing makes me more happy than when a family member calls me up and wants a photo session!  And not just anyone!  Jaime!  She may be my cousin but we are honestly more like sisters…love her to pieces!  She is always there for me and I for her…family…can’t get better than that…and when I get […]

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I Hope Winter is Finally Past…

…but now is the time to share some of my winter sessions. There is nothing better than the contrast with snow and everything else in this world…and when you can get snowflakes in the mix…wow…it makes a magical picture. I have the wonderful opportunity to photograph this adorable new family for their wedding this summer […]

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Young Love…

I was asked my an old friend of my daughters if I would take pictures of her little brother and his girlfriend before he went off to boot camp…I was in aw of how adorably cute they were together…and sadden on how much I knew he would be missed for the time he will be […]

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Missing Friendships…

My daughter made such wonderful friends with neighbors across the street and they are such a wonderful family…I would be able to see their adorable faces on a daily basis and I can honestly say I miss them.  They moved a few years back and come back into town to visit family and their friends…and […]

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The Eads Family

Here is a sneak pinto a photo shoot I did last summer…I can’t believe I am still this far behind on my blog….I think I should just make blog posts all night one night next month and bring myself current haha…or start at the end of my list and start with snow themed sessions so […]

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Starting New…

I have said time and time again on how much I love doing engagement sessions!  One main reason is to get to know the couple better before their big day! I am a bit behind on my blog these days so please bare with me as I am still posting a few sessions from the […]

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Best Part of My Job…

I honestly can say I have SO many favorite parts of my job…I photograph so many “moments”….the brand new soft adorable newborn…and children of all ages…the happy engaged couple…the high school senior who has come a long way to find the rest of his or her life…and of course…their special day. This couple I am […]

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Nothing Like a Southern~Beachy Wedding…

…my new favorite to photograph are weddings…to capture the love between two people and seeing their close family and friends gather around them for their special day!  And what makes it even more special is how not one single one is near the same as the last wedding…so unique and special in its own way…Randy […]

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Happy 2014!!!

New Year’s Eve is often seen as a time of regrowth…the chance to start all over…or improve what needs improved, but the older I’ve become the cliché’s of regular resolutions for the new year are no longer important to me. So I sit here on the first day of 2014 listening to Despicable Me 2 […]

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Randy and Sarah…Engagement Session

I had so much with Randy and Sarah’s engagement session…and their new pup was also so fun and energetic  {makes me miss a puppy…I may get that itch…nah}  I love photographing unique wedding themes… there wedding theme is “beach/ocean”  ~ Can’t wait to share those as well. We went around Medina area for their session […]

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It Can’t Get Better Than This…

…there is nothing better than doing your job and then doing your job for family! I had the opportunity several times to photograph my niece Sydney…she was also the original face for Victoria Campbell Photography years ago and I just love having the privilege of capturing her every year and watch her grown into such […]

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How Quickly a Year Goes….

I had the pleasure to document every step of Matteo’s first year…and now that he will be turning one I have decided to dedicate this post to him…his dark luscious locks are so darn cute and that so stinkin cute face of his just makes you stare at him in “aw”…and no wonder he’s so […]

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Letting go of the guilt…

I think I have to let go…let go of a lot of things and just focus on what’s important…I have labeled myself a stay at home mom for quite some time when in reality I work work work and struggle with juggling it all. I am hitting my 6th year of being in a full-fledged […]

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The Wagner Kids

My youngest daughter has known Gillian as young as preschool and they have been friends ever since…and through the years us parents have become friends…it was so nice to get the call when Shelley wanted pictures of the kids…now getting all three together was another story…with sports and other after school activities it just seemed […]

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Changing One’s Perspective Can Be Make a Difference…

I feel photography is art…and love having almost every single photograph “off-entered”.  But I also love changing my perspective. Photographing kids can be a difficult task to begin with but just changing one’s perspective can help give the emotion in the image…I love every form of photography…and almost every form of art, but when it […]

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Strongsville Ohio Family ~ Medina Ohio Family Photographer

Just two more 2012 photo sessions to blog and onto the new year ~ phew!  FINALLY…I will get this caught up one way or another! I was thrilled when I was contacted by an old classmate {well that was a bad choice of words…ha ha…not old…but long time classmate ~ there that sounds better hee […]

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A “70th” Surprise ~ Medina Family Photographer

Okay I am finally posting  photo sessions from December 2012! YAY!  I will soon be in the 2013…I will get caught up on the blog if it kills me! LOL A friend of mine contacted me to see if I would be available to take photos at a surprise birthday party for her mom…A “70th” […]

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Rusinko Family ~ Medina County Photographer ~ Family Photography

Ahhhh! I swear I have to be THE luckiest photographer ever! All of the familes and children that I get to photograph are so fun, outgoing and GORGEOUS…and this family is no exception! Meet the Rusinko family. The kids were so fun, energetic and truly a joy to photograph and I think their personalities really […]

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Medina Couple Session… Love is in the Air

♥ I LOVE meeting couples ♥  And I love everything about couples…even those couples that have been around each other for decades *sigh*  It’s amazing the glow that they have when they are together…and I am the lucky one to capture it for their keepsake… …meet Ashley and Kyle…so young and so in love…I had so […]

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Girlfriends for life

“A true friend shares the good times and help you out by listening during the bad times and is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” ~ unknown author I can honestly say I have my “Lifetime” friends that have been there […]

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Meet the Mercuri Family ~ Medina Ohio Photographer ~ Family Photography

I have known the Mercuri family for a while now and what can I say…a warm and inviting family…and such love they have 🙂  And those boys…years from now look out young ladies…I can picture them now…very very handsome young men…lol…but let’s not get ahead of ourselves {sigh}…the last time I saw Jackson and Carter […]

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A Peek Inside ~ Medina Ohio Photographer

Inside my world I get asked what equipment I use and what my work space looks like…by clients but mostly fellow photographers…I never really shared office photos because…well…it was a disaster area…a catch all ~ so to speak…but now I have claimed it my own and am loving every minute of it…and for once I […]

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Meet the Bartinelli’s ~ Medina Photography ~ Family Photography

I got so excited when I received the call from Nikki and said she wanted a mini session for her family…and that she had 3 boys!!! YAY for boys…I have had so many girls compared to boys…I was just a little thrilled to say the least…LOL  And talk about well mannered children…oh my goodness…were they so well […]

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Blended Family ~ Family Photography ~ Avon Lake Family Photography

Coming from experience with blended families on both sides ~ my mom’s and my dad’s…and in the past 6 years my very own…it can be a rough road ahead when blending two families together. I have been blessed with a stress-free transition and also love witnessing it through others.  I had the pleasure to photograph […]

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How a stranger can help you take time to reflect…

I find myself staying up later and later these days…no matter how early I say I am going to bed ~ it just never happens…and then I’m totally exhausted in the morning {I am not a morning person in the first place} and it makes it extremely difficult to combine work and getting the kids […]

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…and the winner is…

Thank you all who have emailed me these amazing stories…its going to hard to make a decision…so therefore I had help…four additional people read these amazing stories but one nominee stood out from the rest…her heart was so generous beyond words…she is an angel…here is her story…I cannot wait to share the Dean’s family pictures…so excited and […]

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Medina Photography ~ Meet Richard

Once in awhile I get a phone call from someone who just wants updated pictures ~ love this!!!! ~ After the recent passing of my father I was amazed that I (a photographer) didn’t have tons of pictures of my dad..especially knowing how ill he was…mostly on my iphone…so when I get phone calls from […]

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Get Those Photos on Your Walls

Many customers ask me for advice on how to display their pictures…there are so many ways you can so therefore I get so excited when I hear this! I subscribe to a blog that is for us photographers and found so many examples of different ways to display your images and it displays them like […]

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Hello New Year – Happy 2013

It is officially the first day of 2013 and I’m sitting on my chair listening to “The Hangover” in the background listening to Greg and Tyler chuckle wishing all the kids were home with us. I’m not the type of person to make New Year’s resolutions…since it’s typically the “kiss of death” for any success. […]

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Happy Holidays!

Victoria Campbell Photography would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I just love the magic of Christmas…almost wish I can see Christmas through the eyes of a child again, but as I am older I really do love the ability to see what the day is truly about! Christmas begins with CHRIST […]

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Medina Photography – Family Photography – Mini Session

As I am always promising myself to keep my blog updated its so extremely hard to do this this time of year, let alone during my busy seasons….so what’s my excuse that the busy season is winding down…EEK…and I still haven’t blogged in days….orders…clients are placing their orders….well YAY for orders for boo for my […]

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Getting Exciting for Holidays Nearing…Help from an Elf

Tinzel has been entertaining us…mainly my daughter and her friends…every morning before school her friends come over to get on the bus and before breakfast they are on the manhunt to find Tinzel. Sometimes he is extremely easy to find but others you can just pass him up like he belongs in the background. I […]

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Mini Photo Session – Medina Photography

I have had a few mini session this fall and I have to say I totally fell in love with these two sisters. You couldn’t pick more complete oppositie girls if you tried while having the same empathy and compassion. The older sister more wise, reserved, and quiet…more alert of the unknown while displaying a […]

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The Return of Elf on the Shelf…our very own TINZEL

Every year we have the pleasure to visit with our own Santa’s little helper Tinzel… comes and goes everyday and honestly helps keep my little one in line (LOL) But as an entire family we love to see where he is going to pop up next!  Last year he was naughty a few times but […]

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Medina Photography – Mini Photo Shoot – Family Photography

Here is a sneak peek at another mini session…this time it is of two adorable sisters!…Had so much fun with these girls…and what can top that is when they told me they were excited about the photo shoot. I just love when kids love getting their pictures taken…of course I love candid shots but when […]

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The Glowing “Mom-to-be”

There is nothing as so wonderful as the glow of a pregnant “mommy-to-be”.  When I was pregnant with my own children I would hear people say “look how wonderful you look” or “look your glowing”.  In the back of my mind I was thinking do you not see how big I am getting…look at my […]

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Wedding Party….Pre-Party Time!

Here are a few sneak peeks of the wedding party pictures…let me tell you it can be difficult to photography a HUGE wedding party but I was amazed how well they did…still have the ability to have fun but get down to business and get those pictures taken…ha ha! But I honestly couldn’t ask for […]

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The Beginning of a New Family…

This is the second post for Meghan and Ray Ciacchi…their wedding.  I was amazed on how beautiful the church was inside…gorgeous and the presence it had…absolutely stunning. Another memory I will always have is how WARM it was inside the church…an exceptionally warm day for September…I felt bad for all those beautiful bridal party gals […]

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Saying “I Do” Requires Preparation and Details

I can’t say enough of this bride and groom I will sharing with everyone in three parts. I fell in love with them a year back and couldn’t help myself in photographing the details because every single one was thought out! The first picture is the “finished” bride, and she would look beautiful regardless what […]

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Rain Rain Go Away!

Hurricane Sandy is showing her madness in Ohio…mind you I’m sure it’s no where near what the east coast is experiencing but I am about done with these gray rainy cold and windy days.  The kids are going stir crazy! I don’t mind hopping in the car and going somewhere for them to have some […]

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Gift Certificates Available – Tis the Season – ALREADY?

It’s hard to believe that summer came and went, but that the leaves are almost done falling and the moment Halloween is over with…CHRISTMAS decorations will be EVERYWHERE!  This is my favorite holiday but I have mixed emotions on how early the “pump” for Christmas starts in the retail world. I personally like to get […]

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Root Family Photo Shoot – Medina Photography

I feel lucky or privileged when a family asks me to capture them! And its especially FUN when the kids are young and DO their OWN thing 🙂 This family is was so much fun I have to say for the kids ages they were even more fun! The Root family will be expecting a new […]

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Friends Photo Shoot – Medina Photography

My daughter Frankie is so blessed to have such wonderful girlfriends…and I just love it when they ask to have their photos taken.  OF COURSE! Who am I to say no. Of course her best friend Haley is here everyday…and I do take advantage of that…she has a GIANORMOUS (I think I just made up […]

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Model Search Success! Medina Child Photography

Every year I am in need of a model in a several age brackets to inspire me with new locations which also gives me an opportunity to play with some new software. I couldn’t of asked for a better girl than Tess. When I approached her she was more than thrilled and can I say […]

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Let the Blogging Begin….AGAIN

Back at the first of the year I posted a promise to myself {{It is officially the first day of 2012 and I’m sitting on my chair listening to sci-fi in the background wishing my kids were home from their dads.  I’m not the type of person to make New Year’s resolutions…since it’s typically the […]

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Medina Family Photographer – The Yanke Family

Let me tell you what a joy it was to shoot this family!  I have known the dad since high school (we won’t mention how long ago that was 🙂 ) and was able to reconnect via Facebook…his wife and son are such beautiful people. This little stinker didn’t even needed to be bribed to […]

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Erin and Rich Wedding – Chippewa Lake

My step-sister married the man of her dreams May 24th this year and she couldn’t look any more beautiful…the location was stunning with the country charm…I’ve never been there before and just fell in love…I can see why they chose this location!  It was very intimate and couldn’t be more perfect…here are some hightlights!

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“A Mother’s Joy Begins…

…when new life is stirring inside…when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.” ALL pregnant women look so beautiful to me…I have to admit as much weight as I’ve gained during my pregnancy..there was just something about how “content” I was […]

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Dedicated to the couples

It’s amazing how powerful someone can be on their own and feel the triumphs his or her life endeavored but when you have someone to share that with the feeling is just remarkable. I dedicate today’s post to the partnership everyone craves for through thick and thin, sickness and health, and death do us part!!

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