golden hour

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Kellyn • senior portraits

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Part two of Kellyn's senior portrait session is here! For our "softer" session (curly hair! nature! ruffles! booties!) we went to one of my all time favorite locations - the Mindy Henning Trail at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm in Canfield. Within this hidden gem is a serene pond with cattails, grassy trails, fields of wildflowers and goldenrod, and a woody forested area. 

We came here a couple years ago with Kellyn's big sister Elise: 

... and now it's little sis's turn - Kellyn is all grown up and such a sweet, gorgeous girl. 

Location: Mindy Henning Trail, Mill Creek MetroParks Farm

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Beth Ann + Chris • engaged

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Two of my favorite people on earth are getting married next month! Our best friends Chris and Beth Ann will be in excellent hands with Melanie photographing their wedding (I'm a Matron of Honor!), but these portraits NEEDED to happen because the world NEEDS to see just how dang cute these two are. 

Location: Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek MetroParks

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Kaitlyn + John

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You know how sometimes you meet people and you immediately just... click? That's Kaitlyn and John. Easygoing and sweet as pie (or in our case... ice cream!), these two were a dream to photograph up in the Cleve. Plus it's always so nice to see chivalry's not dead - at one point during the session at Edgewater Park, John carried his future wife down a crazy steep hill just so she wouldn't have to walk through the tall grass. True love at its finest! 

Wedding date: May 6, 2017

Locations: Market Garden, Ohio City, Mitchell's Ice Cream, Edgewater Park