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Logan’s First Year…

Another one of my favorite sessions complete…what a face!  What a character…he is too darn cute!  I have to admit I was so excited to put these together for my blog today…I miss editing this face!  His smile is too darn contagious! You can’t help but smile back!  Baby Logan was a little miracle for […]

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Jaime’s 1st Year

I honestly feel blessed with my job…I get to photography weddings…exchanging of vows of a young couple, newborns, high school seniors, and families of all sizes…but what I truly love capturing the most is the baby’s first year…so much happens within that first year…and I love capturing it!  I was lucky enough to photograph Jaime’s […]

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Shaker Heights Newborn…

I’m always so grateful for the people who have had faith in me and my work, and when clients call me and say I photographed so and so and just instantly fell in love with your images…  This has been an amazing journey thanks to all my wonderful clients and all who have supported this […]

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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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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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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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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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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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The “ho-hums” of January…

January brings mixed emotions for me…I am sad the kids are back at school and excited all at the same time…even sad when my busy season is now over and silently happy that I have a month to breathe…but love the craziness of what my busy season brings…It is so hard to find inspiration in […]

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Baby Camden….

You know its amazing how quickly I can fall behind on this blog thing…which is good when I am busy taking the photographs and editing them to get my clients galleries up…but then by the time I have time to post a blog…it’s literally months after their photo shoot…one of these days I will be […]

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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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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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Meet Baby Alex

This blogging habit of mine sure needs to change ~ jeez! I did this newborn photo shoot back in February of this year and am just now getting to it…WOW…but nothing like the present! I love newborns…everything about them…and just love seeing how older siblings take to their new baby sister or baby brother…the pride […]

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I’m a new Aunt…well not that new!

Can you believe I am actually going against my promise to myself and have gotten so far behind on my blog again…GEEZ! Here I go again…but what better time than the present to get things rolling…I actually spent 2 hours today getting new p osts organized to do one a day until I get caught […]

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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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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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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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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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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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Three Generations of Girls….Three Generations of LOVE

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, […]

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Delaney – Newborn Photography – Avon Lake Photography

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 […]

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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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Beginnings…

…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 […]

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