For the fourth year, I got the treat of spending an afternoon taking outdoor family photos with Mr. R and Miss E (and their parents, of course)! These kids are definitely some of my favorite people around! They are so cute, and so sweet– and always excited to play and take pictures! [...]

My brother and sister-in-law innocently left me home with their 10-day old newborn baby boy… Surprise surprise, I took it upon myself to turn their back yard construction site into our very own natural light studio backdrop!  The warm summer day provided a comfortable environment for my adorable little nephew, and aside from his displeasure [...]

This family photo session was a part of a bigger surprise photo shoot for Grandma & Grandpa’s anniversary… Shhhhh!   I met these little ladies years ago through the Playmatters mini-sessions, and have been lucky enough to photograph them numerous times!  This was the first time we involved Mom & Dad, and went outside for [...]

I photographed my cousin’s Bar Mitzvah in a very non-traditional way… it was done in installments– the party first, and then this past weekend, about a month after the big day, we finally did his Bar Mitzvah portraits.  The weather was amazing, so after we took the pictures in the synagogue, but before everyone was tired [...]

My sister-in-law & her sister asked me to take family photos as a great Mother’s Day gift to their Mom!  The weather was amazing, and the Shaker Heights setting was incredible!  We had so much fun!  We yelled out so many fun kinds of food to get her 4-year-old niece to smile, that my pregnant sister-in-law told [...]