Oh man do I love a baby’s first year and to have the opportunity to capture an entire year and see how these little ones grow and and witness such personalities makes me smile…one lucky part of my job I get to enjoy! Here are some moments of Kelsey’s 1st year with her adorable family! […]
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So it’s literally freezing temperatures out and what does a soon bride-to-be want for her engagement session? The beach…YAY for the beach…but nay for the freezing temps…but believe it or not…it wasn’t all that FREEZING…thank goodness for the lack of breeze. The sun was perfect and my couple was perfect. And I just cannot wait […]
Well I feel its time to share some weddings…its been FOREVER since I’ve blog any sessions and why not start out with weddings from last year to rev up for this year as wedding season is fast approaching…. Matt and Anne had such a gorgeous day at this quaint Train Station in Youngstown. The weather […]
Now that treatment is over I feel the waiting is just terrible…its awful…watching the hubs in his worst pain the week after his last treatment was unbearable…and dealing with this feeding tube plain-ole SUCKS…there I said it…I know the damn thing is there to help him stay nourished by boy oh boy…I do not […]
So much has happened in the week and a half…the poor guy can’t catch a break. I’m actually enjoying working again because I’m gravitating to some normalcy and feeling pretty guilty about it because the hub’s new normalcy blows. It pretty much sucks the big one if you ask me…He tries so hard to eat […]
I last wrote a week ago today…thinking a week at a time was good enough to keep family and friends in the loop…boy was I wrong…Friday after the hubs had some extra fluids in him he came home and rested…honestly feeling so much better…The best he has felt since the whole treatment started. Saturday morning […]
…it was a normal doctor visit for Greg (the hubs) on November 20, 2015…complaint for a sore throat he had for some time…each visit they would give him a z-pac and some anti-inflammatory medication and see if it helps…come back and they can schedule a CT scan and referred to an ENT. Holidays came and […]
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 […]
I had so much fun with Katelin! And her grandmother came along on the shoot and was so happy to capture the two of them together! Couldn’t be happier with the weather that day…and of course my favorite to shoot in is grey skies…Mother Nature’s natural filter 🙂 Here are my favorites from Katelin’s […]
I had the pleasure to photograph Sydney’s brother for his senior pictures and capture a few family photos of the entire family but was super excited when I got the call for some model pictures they wanted for Sydney…and oh my goodness…what a complete natural at it… and so young! I honestly believe she has […]
Oh please let me introduce you to Ray…2015 Brecksville-Broadview High School senior… He was shy at first but became very comfortable in front of the camera…and he has the B E S T hair! Honestly he does…his curls and his adorable face makes a very handsome young man! Here are a few of my favorites […]
I love an infectious personality and Erin from Willoughby South has one! She was so much fun and was so involved in her photo shoot…she brought along her mama and her best friend (who else can make you laugh more). We were on the hunt for “powerlines” {her only request} OH MY GOODNESS…immediately fell in […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
Every once in a while I enter a picture through iHeartfaces.com when the photo challenge screams…”oh this picture would be perfect!” And for the friendship theme I had plenty…thanks to my recent photo shoot with my youngest daughter’s group of friends. They have been friends since preschool and now approaching 7th grade I felt it necessary […]
I think I have mentioned it once or twice before that seniors are one of my favorite subjects to photograph…let alone senior girls…so many of them know their future goals and others just want to take it one day at a time…to witness to youth and hear their stories…truly enjoyable…Here is a sweetie girl who […]
What a better combination that toe shoes…a tu-tu…and snow…makes an awesome session…and an awesome brave talented girl. When Emma’s mom told me what she wanted for her daughter after she got her braces off I was more than thrilled…I was so looking forward to this photo session…and couldn’t be happier with the results…she looks like […]
…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 […]
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 […]
I absolutely LoVe these girls…what’s not to love…they are so adorable and full of energy…and how can I complain…they have fun during their photo sessions…it’s not the first time I’ve photographed them…and hopefully not the last…and not to mention the little one has been the face of Victoria Campbell Photography for some time now…she asks […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meet Wyatt…he’s handsome, talented {wish you can see his imagination come to life on paper} and has one awesome name! He will graduate from Theodore Roosevelt High School next summer…I wish him all the best in his adventures. Wyatt’s mom came along…we bummed around Kent area and had a blast…so happy mom was there…she got Wyatt […]
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 […]
A girl’s sixteenth birthday means so much…maturing…DRIVING…the first milestone we truly cared about {and probably wish we can re-do}. I had the pleasure to do a photo shoot for Amber for her 16th birthday. Her parents are throwing her a big birthday party…she had a choice to make…a special trip or a party…her response I […]
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 […]
Awesome contest over at Rock the Shot www.rocktheshotforum.com all in honor of Summer Fun! What do you think of when you think of summer? As an adult I just crave warm sunny days and my kids home with me all day long…longer days…cookouts…pool parties…bonfires…camping…and just plain ole being carefree…if I could live my life like […]
I cannot say it enough of how much I love my job…to be blessed with a profession I absolutely love…and the best part of it is to meet all these wonderful people and have the privilege to photograph them and show off their natural beauty. Meet Kenzie..a 2013 Normandy High School Senior…her mom came on our […]
You would think I would be all caught up with my blog but not quite yet…which is actually a good thing…that means I am busy capturing moments…and neglected my blog at the same time but my Facebook Page is update almost every day…check out my fan page Victoria Campbell Photography. The best part of my […]
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 […]
♥ 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 […]
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 […]
I always see posts on Facebook and twitter about warm weather vacation trips with the family…I have never personally taken the family during spring break…I am a HOT weather lover and feel any where down south would not be warm yet…let alone the ocean…am I crazy for thinking this? Although we stay home I do […]
I may say this all too often but I believe I get all the gorgeous clients! I am a true believer that beauty is within…but oh my…there must be something in the water here in Medina, Ohio. As an artist I know how to bring out someone’s best features, but when your naturally beautiful…well…every feature […]
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 […]
I talk to clients all the time about how newborns truly “run” the show during the photo session. Some sleep the entire time…some cry the majority of the time…some and “wide” awake during their session…some are even hungry while others…well…pee and poop during the session (this is the most common of course ~ LOL) but […]
One part of my job that I absolutely love is capturing moments to treasure forever…especially moments I personally can connect with. When I have family ask for a photo session I get all giddy inside and look forward to it like it was my own. There is no better person to describe “family” as there […]
One thing I don’t think I even thought about with my new task was how would I find the light in this unpredictable Ohio weather…light is all around me…I just have to find the source…I think my next light source will be by candle light or a low interior light and push my creativity even farther…but since […]
You know its bittersweet to see your children grow up…this is the last year my youngest daughter is in elementary school…this seems so unreal to me…my baby is going into middle school…where has the time gone? Every year she loved participating in the Garfield Talent show both performing and behind the scenes…as she got older […]
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 […]
Many children have a favorite stuffed bunny, bear, monkey, or puppy or even a blanket they adore, and bring almost everywhere. God forbid this object gets lost or left at home. I have personally run out to pick up “Bunny” late at night because somehow it was “forgotten”…can’t even imagine how when these little “Friends […]
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 […]
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 […]
I cannot stop grieving over the recent tragedy in Connecticut. I can’t do much, but I’d like to do what I can…. The Olivia Act, named after one of the children killed in Newtown, was started by a photographer who wishes to be anonymous. Olivia’s family had family pictures taken a short time before she […]
Here I am with the boredom of January. Not because of nothing to do or no places to go, but because this is the month that greets us photographers with fear…those photographers who have just recuperated from a busy season are hoping that 2013 will be good to us and they will persist to flourish […]
Can you believe a year is already over…goodbye 2012 and hello 2013! 2012 was truly an amazing year and it wouldn’t have been without all my awesome clients…and what is so wonderful is the amount of returning clients are increasing as the years go by…LOVE IT… and to see how fast the kids are growing. Here […]
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. […]
It’s time to say our goodbyes to Tinzel and wait until next holiday season for him to reappear…oh what will he be up to next year? We enjoyed seeking for him every morning…sometimes he was a good little elf and others he was up to his normal mischievous self. Either way we will miss him…however I don’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am sure you’ve heard me boost how much I love my job…the passion I have for photography and the satisfaction I get when I capture that “perfect” moment…but there’s something more when I capture a mom with her first newborn baby! My friend Kristi and her daughter Ashleigh has such a wonderful mother/daughter bond, […]
This photo shoot was originally for the youngest daughter…possibly with a few of their son…it ended up with all three and I couldn’t be happier…Bella, the oldest, came with the attitude her picture WAS NOT going to be taken…but of course she changed her mind…and Mia the youngest…OH MY GOODNESS such a joy! And then […]
I just get so happy when I do newborn photo shoots! LOVE LOVE LOVE them….This moment doesn’t last very long and when parents want to capture this moment I get super excited…and then I see the little tiny darlings..and OH MY GOODNESS…how I miss my kids this small…it goes by so fast…and its such a […]
I like to reflect on all the changes that have happened over the years in my life and I basically wouldn’t be happier without them. I’ve traded high heels for flats, eyeliner for dark circles (I am sure age has a lot to do with this as well), salon hairstyles for ponytails, fine dining for […]
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 […]
…Check out this gorgeous family…pale skin…freckled face…blue eye kids…they can’t get any cuter than this! This photo session took place in the summer…I know I am a bit behind…UGH! But nonetheless I am catching up. These are my cousin’s kids!!! They are beautiful and was so up to the task when I asked their grandma […]
Watching a young couple in love is joy, but watching an aging couple in love is bliss. When a couple has cherished their marriage for 50 years, it certainly is a story that shines…I had the privilege to photograph my aunt and uncle and their entire lifetime of their love…it begins with them! These are […]
Thanks to Facebook I found a new inspirational blog to follow let alone letting my 10 year old daughter to read with me! If your are a parent with young daughters (any age daughter as that matter) I urge you to start reading this blog: http://www.reflectwhoiam.com. What made me connect to these women was after I […]
School is already back in session and I am having withdrawals of not having my youngest daughter being with me during the day…of course I can get tons more done but nonetheless I miss her…and my other two…but the band aid isn’t ribbed off immediately with teenagers and college students…I had time to adjust with […]
…I have actually been extremely busy on photo sessions and editing photos that I have been neglecting my blog and even my Project 365…at the same time using my creativity to branch out my creative side to stretch my artistry…soon I will even be back in school and wonder if I will have the time…and […]
…I love the fresh look over everything new. New seasons, new clothes, new haircut, new seedlings, and new life! I have two styles when it comes to shooting newborns but honestly prefer one over the other. When I am shooting a newborn in a more photojournalistic way I feel I capture their memories…over the staging […]
…for the past 4 1/2 years I have been getting closer and closer to my dream…getting my PhD in Art Therapy. When I opened up my photography business I realized the therapy alone that was involved in photography…knowing what art has to offer as a way of healing and coping. Something inside of me has […]
…time is introduce summer and to honor and remember those who have died for our country and serviced in our military. I hope everyone enjoys their family get-togethers or merely enjoy an extra day off if ever so lucky 🙂 This is usually the weekend I have all my plants planted and my flowers picked out […]
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You cannot get any more adorable than this little Irish two year old. Her strawberry blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes are going to give her parents a run for their money when she is a teenager! I love photographing children and what is extra special is when they have this warm welcoming personality that […]
Victoria Campbell Photography would like to wish you Happy Easter and hope you have a blessed day. I am officially ready for Easter…potato salad made, macaroni salad made, cupcakes made {not yet frosted 🙁 } and baskets are made! Even Papa Greg and Mama Gic’s grand babies…it will be so nice to spend quality time […]
Spring definitely came early this year…and here’s hoping it stays…but this is Ohio…you never know when it may snow! {{{sigh}}}. I have been catching up on yard work along with editing photos…which have become difficult to do when it is so nice outside. I am getting many more bookings now that the weather is nicer […]
There is nothing more precious that a new baby…and nothing more precious than a new baby within the family. My husband’s niece had her first baby and I had the privilege of taking her newborn pictures. She was so good through all the moves and slept through the entire shoot…and another awesome thing was she was diaper-less […]
I have entered a few weekly photo challenges with iHeartfaces which you can click on this link to check them out! http://www.iheartfaces.com/2012/03/photo-challenge-march/ They now have monthly contests and I chose this photo because it was unexpected and I was in the middle of switching lenses and the subject being cut off in the image meant more to […]
Here I go again entering in a photo contest. iHeartfaces http://www.iheartfaces.com/2012/02/heart-photo-challenge/ is having their weekly photo challenge in honor of Valentines Day. I have decide to show this one even though it does not show a human face. To me this clearly states “love” between two people 🙂
To start of the year this will be my first entry over at iHeartfaces.com. http://www.iheartfaces.com/2012/01/best-face-photo-challenge/ Every week they have a theme for photo submission and this week we get to pick OUR choice of the best face of 2011. Well this came easy for me…my niece Allison and I were outside horsing around when it started […]
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Yesterday’s post talked about how I live off-centered…I’d admit I’d like to live more organized and routinely but for me this is just impossible. I enjoy making my own hours and having “my” own routines…if I had a regular 9-5 job I truly would not know what to do anymore because I’ve been custom to […]
A few posts back I put up pictures that I normally ignore and don’t wish to edit only because I know my most of my clients are more traditional. My clients sometimes wonder why he/she/they were off-centered in a picture. I personally follow the “thirds” rule in composition but I know there any some clients […]
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 “kiss of death” for any success. What I have discovered is that the […]
I’ve been going through my photos to decide which shoots need to go onto an external hard drive when I came across some photos I liked even though they weren’t really in focused or centered but still kept because there was something I liked about them. Here’s another one of my daughter…she’s gorgeous at any […]
My honey said the sweetest things on Facebook today about his family and the people that matter the most. It doesn’t necessarily mean blood when it comes to family…although we do love our blood relatives through thick and thin {well we try to at least} you can find another form of family in the strangest […]
I had a family photo shoot a couple days back…worried about the weather…rained all day…but when it came down to the photo shoot the rain stopped…someone was on my side. The family’s middle daughter is a high school senior who does not want her senior pictures taken. To my surprise I thought this was a […]
I love getting a photo session where you can see all the sides there is to an individual…especially in a high school senior. Emily loves the outdoors, anything animal print, and of course soccer! I have personally seen her play soccer for several years now and hope she sticks with it throughout college – Good […]
Once in awhile I will enter a photo in iHeartfaces weekly photo challenge http://www.iheartfaces.com/2011/12/photo-challenge-pets-2/#more-7031. This weeks theme is “Furry Faces”. I have cats and dogs and tons of photos of our little furry guys but for some reason the first image that came to mind is that of “Lucy” my daughter’s pet hamster. One day […]
This weeks photo challenge over at iheartfaces http://www.iheartfaces.com/2011/12/photo-challenge-feet/#more-6921 is feet…now my first reaction was barefeet…but I suddenly remembered a picture my daughter (she is finally growing a passion for photography….YEAH!) took while on vacation and I remember the feeling I got when looking at the picture… the feeling I wanted to be there in the picture lost […]
This is the last of Shay’s family photo session…she kept a different day for her brothers and parents. Her parents were such a joy…Dad was a little hesitate {after just one click of the camera he moved out of his pose thinking they were done and ready for the next location!} but eventually got the […]
Shay included her little cousin in the photo shoot as a surprise for her aunt and her grandparents…an excellent idea for Christmas. But besides the “cousins” in pictures she wanted to surprise her little cousin with a mini photo shoot of just her…and may I tell you she was camera friendly! The perfect model 🙂 […]