STEPHANIE and ROB-Youngstown Ohio Wedding

Here is a sneak peek from Stephanie and Rob's beautiful wedding day in Youngstown! We started out at St. Catherine's for their beautiful ceremony. After some photos at the church, everyone loaded up in the limo and we then headed to Mill Creek Park for some photos. I have to say, in the last year it has become one of my favorite photo spots--I just wish it was a little closer to home! We stopped at the Silver Bridge--which I just recently learned is also known as the "Cinderella Bridge," which was so fitting for a wedding day stop. Next, we headed to the gardens. I had not experienced Mill Creek in the spring--and it did not disappoint--absolutely beautiful!

After photos at Mill Creek, we headed to Avion on the Water for the reception. The reception site was decorated beautifully--lots of pink and lots of candles--two of my favorites! With a fabulous dinner, followed up by a huge cookie buffet--everyone was ready to dance the night away. Their DJ was Tony Tonite and he kept the party going and the dance floor full all night long! A perfect wedding day!

JASON-Senior Session

I had so much fun working with Jason and his mom for his senior session! I did Jason's sister's senior photos several years ago, so it was great to get to work with Jason too--he's entertaining and very photogenic--a great combination in my book! We had an absolutely perfect spring day with lots of sunshine and warm temps. We hit some of my favorite local spots, and got some great photos. Other than Jason's slight injury at the beginning of the session, it was a perfect day!

COREY and MILES-Op Love Session-Newark Ohio photographer

I had the pleasure of photographing an Operation Love-Reunited pre-deployment session with Corey and Miles. Corey was lucky enough to make it home on leave to celebrate Miles' first birthday. I got to meet them a few days after the celebration and got to capture some moments between father and son before Corey headed back overseas. It was a pleasure to meet the family and get to capture a few special moments to help keep the memories of time spent together fresh, while daddy's away!

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AUDREY, LIAM and ANDREW-German Village photography

I was so excited to get a call from one of my favorite clients and getting the opportunity to meet the new addition to their family. I love getting to keep up with all of the changes and new members of my client's families. We photographed Holly and Greg's wedding back in 2003--and I have had the pleasure of photographing their kids--and when she called and asked me to come and photograph their new addition--the adorable Audrey, I was thrilled! All three are just as cute as can be. I had a great time catching up with Holly--and loved working with the cuties. The only sad part of the whole thing is finding out that they are relocating to San Diego. We had to do a photo of all three of the kids on their front porch swing--the same place that we took one of their favorite wedding photos--kind of a "then" and ''now." I wish them all the best & hope to stay in touch--maybe a California photo session?

CODY-Amanda Clearcreek senior photography

What a crazy week it's been! You can tell spring is in the air! Here is a sneak peek at Cody's senior session from a few days ago. We started out at my place and then headed downtown for some street photos. I had fun working with Cody and his aunt--even though it was a little colder than we were expecting. Popping into the bookstore to warm up and a quick browse made it even more fun!

HALEY 2-Lancaster High School Senior Pictures

Here is a quick sneak peek from Haley's second session. We did her first one totally outdoors last fall, but she wanted to do some indoor, studio photos with her band and basketball things. She brought the coolest blanket that we used as a backdrop for some of them. Her grandmother made it from some of her t-shirts. It's an awesome memento and made for a really cool backdrop with all of the colors--very clever! I loved getting to work with Haley again--it's always a pleasure!

Cell Phone not working!!!

If anyone is trying to call me, you'll have to call my home/office # (740)687-0508. My Google G1 has totally died--after many resurrections, this time it won't come back. After spending another hour on the phone with T-Mobile customer service--after many other calls and trips to their store, this time they're finally going to send a replacement. It's about time--since it's never worked like it was supposed to--and went into spasms of randomly calling people from my phone book, turning the ringer off, buttons not working and having to use the "back" button to switch functions, e-mail not able to be checked, not receiving e-mails for days--and lots more fun, weird inconveniences. Hopefully, the new one will be as it should be--of course at this point it would be nice to have a phone that would at least function as a phone.