The McAlister Family | Portraits!

Chris and Brandi are two of the greatest people you will ever meet. They are so fun to be around and always so uplifting. It is so cool to watch them interact with their kids in such a loving and supportive way. During our shoot at Lynd's Fruit Farm, Chris reminded the kids that "if you smile for the pictures, when we're done you'll get a apple slushy!" By the end I was really starting to crave an apple slushy, haha. (Not gonna lie though I did end up pulling an apple off and biting right into it…mmm…so good :)

Chris and Brandi, thank you so much for having us document this point in your life, we really enjoyed spending some time with you guys!

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The Jacksons | Cool Weather, Dreams, and Cappuccino

Hello everyone! Wow, I feel like I haven't blogged in forever! The past few weeks have just flown by. But it's also been nice, because amidst that "flow" we have also had moments when we were able to just breathe and unwind a little bit. Amanda and I have been enjoying the cool weather and some warm cappuccino. We have been talking about our dreams and where we would like to be in the future. It's so exciting when you have a passion for something, for us it's photography and people, and you get to pursue that passion. We feel so blessed to have been given this gift of being able to capture some of the most exciting moments in people's lives. It totally rocks! Four years ago, as a freshman in college, I would never have guessed that this is where I would be now. I thank God that this is where I am…I wouldn't have it any other way.

In other news, this past week our car had to go in to the shop for a repair…it's funny how you don't really realize how cluttered your car has gotten until you have to let some stranger work on it. (At least that is how it was for me anyway...) Sometimes it feels like we almost live out of our car haha.

In parting, here are a couple images from our two most recent shoots, which we will be posting really soon! The first being an orchard portrait session with the McAlisters and their awesome kids, and the other a beautiful engagement session with Stephen and Kristin on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Enjoy!

Troy and Stephanie | Vineyard Engagement Session!

For awhile now it has been a dream of ours to shoot in a vineyard. There's just something that seems peaceful and relaxing about walking through the rows and rows of grape vines. It's so beautiful. And that's exactly what we got to do with Troy and Stephanie. It took us a little while to get to the vineyard because we kept missing where it was that we were supposed to turn off, but Troy and Stephanie were troopers and just went with the flow. We eventually found it…down a narrow, tree covered road, which turned into a gravel road and then proceeded to wind around a bit before we came to the vine covered fields. It was kind of cloudy and started to sprinkle a couple times, but that didn't scare us off…it just meant we got to use an umbrella in a few shots! Haha. We had a blast out there and it really was peaceful like I had imagined...there were a couple times while we were shooting that I just looked out over the vineyard and sighed...it was perfect. Troy and Stephanie make it so easy to shoot, it is obvious that they are madly in love and so excited to be married! As the sun was falling below the horizon we headed back to the Valley Vineyards winery where we got to check out the wine cellar and take a few shots before we headed out.

Here are some of our favorites from an awesome day in a beautiful vineyard. If you would like to be notified when the rest of their images are available, click HERE!

Troy and Stephanie, December is coming up fast and we are so excited for you guys!