Carolyn & Alex | Cleveland Cultural Gardens Film Portraits

Cleveland Ohio Film Portrait PhotographerOver the last year, Carolyn has become such a great friend to me. This girl is one of those people who everyone instantly likes. She's warm and personable and also witty and interesting. She has so many cool life stories, AND she's a fellow photographer … all the way in Iowa City! I think it speaks to Carolyn's character that she has friends all over the globe (and I mean ALL over! These two are seasoned travelers).

Carolyn and Alex are from Cleveland and asked me to do a film photo session with them while they were home for a week. Carolyn and I have sort of explored film together (although truthfully, she's helped me way more than I've helped her!), and I was seriously so honored--and really, really excited--to do an entire session with my Mamiya. I love way too many of these to narrow them down, so get ready for a long blog post. These two are really good looking, so it shouldn't be too difficult to look through all these photos. :)

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Mallory & Justin | Cleveland Art Museum Film Portraits

Cleveland Art Museum EngagementMallory and Justin are some of our favorite people ever … and we just met them less than a year ago! They make up the talented and adorable Mallory + Justin husband-and-wife photography team out of Canton. You should go check them out. They have big dreams and are go-getters and all around good people.

Over the past few months, we've adventured quite a bit with Mallory and Justin (or "Mallory plus Justin" as I call them in my head). Some of my favorite memories with them include sitting on our living room floor talking about life (and then some); traipsing around a llama farm at Unshop to find the best shooting locations … and then discussing brain freezes over giant ice cream cones; taking part in M+J's brainchild, Collected, which I'll be sharing more of soon; and, of course, missing our dinner reservations to continue this photo swap. You just have to love people that are on the exact same page as you!

Cleveland Art Museum Engagement Most of these photos are film (Fuji 400h), but Nathan "second shot" with me to capture a few digital photos too!

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Cleveland Art Museum Engagement Cleveland Art Museum Engagement Cleveland Art Museum Engagement I just love shooting outside the art museum. There are so many awesome natural reflectors! And P.S. I think that photo on the right is one of Nathan's! Pretty proud of him.

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Amanda & Scott | Downtown Cleveland Anniversary Portraits

Cleveland Playhouse Square PortraitsMaking time for an anniversary session is one of my favorite things. What is an anniversary session you ask? Basically, it's just taking the time to get your portrait taken with your spouse. It can be around your anniversary time … or maybe six months later. I'll still call it an anniversary session (exhibit A).

But the point is, it's so important to remember each season of your life. Amanda and Scott just celebrated five years of marriage and are on the cusp of some exciting things in their life. They wanted to remember this time, how they are right now--loving Cleveland and each other. (Seriously, they looove Cleveland. Check out Amanda's blog about the city!)

We started at Playhouse Square because Amanda and Scott love the theater and are really jazzed about all the cool changes happening in the square.

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