Molly & Johnny {engaged}

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

They met while Molly was on vacation with her family in the Cayman islands, where Johnny was born and raised. When I met with them to chat about their wedding Johnny told me ” I just wasn’t complete without her” after she had left, and he decided to move to Toledo.

Johnny proposed to Molly over a sushi dinner at her house, with the help from Molly’s mom Tracy. Tracy had handmade a bracelet, out it around Molly’s cat’s neck with the ring attached, and brought the cat in to sit on Molly’s lap, who noticed right away!

They say they both kinda “blacked out during that time from all the excitement!

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

Johnny is an artist so naturally we had to have him draw something in the sand!

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress

Could Molly be any more adorable?

these clouds were seriously amazing!!

beach engagement, sunset, sand art, pink dress, canoe, maumee bay

beach engagement, canoe boat, pink dress, sand, maumee bay

beach engagement, canoe boat, pink dress, sand, maumee bay, sunset

Molly & Johnny get married this Sunday and I cannot wait to help celebrate their day with them and create forever memories for this sweet couple! xo

beach engagement, canoe boat, pink dress, sand, maumee bay, sunset

Kristen & Brett {Couples Fun session}

pink, engagement session, botanical gardens, bright flowers

Kristen & Brett chose my FAVORITE color to wear for this.. PINK! I LOVE pink!! As a matter of fact, if you follow me on Instagram, Keek or Pinterest my username is jplovespink :)

We had a great location for their pink attire! Kristen, you look gorgeous!!

how I got the shot

 

Kristen has a 15 year old son and they have a 7 month old that we had to get in some family shots!

Thanks for the fun!! xo

Danielle & Aaron’s One Year Anniversary Session

One year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

I photographed Danielle & Aaron’s wedding May 18, 2012 and what a blast we had!

When Danielle contacted me about photographing their One Year anniversary session I knew we would have just as much fun! She and Aaron had been planning with props and clothing and she knew exactly what she wanted!

ne year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

It was a bit breezy that day, so we just called this image her “marilyn pose”!

ne year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

I loves shooting this couple again. You could just see the love Aaron has for Danielle and the way she feels about him. :)

ne year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

ne year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

ne year anniversary shoot, country session, engagement style, burlap, cowgirl boots

sunglasses, dandelions, one year anniversary session

ne year anniversary shoot,

Hello sexy blue sparkle shoes! Perfect with this blue doorway!

dowtown toledo, blue sparkle shoes, one year anniversary

Danielle and Aaron, Thank you both so much for allowing me into your lives again! I wish you many more years together!

Just For Clicks & how March is coming in like a Lion…

So much going on in March I just had to fill you in! Prepare… this may be a long blog post!

March 1st kicked off our wedding season with Jessica and Calvin’s wedding at the amazing

Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg. Calvin serves in our United States Air Force and I was honored to be chosen to capture their nuptials.

 

Second on the agenda was our very first official Just For Clicks beginner workshop held on March 2nd!

I do not consider myself a techie, nor do I think I’m the best at what I do. I simply LOVE what I do. And, I love LOVE.

Over the past few years I have been asked to host/teach a workshop. I actually did help a fellow photog teach one last year and it went pretty well. Then I started getting more inquiries about another. It was mostly “hey, can I just take you out to lunch and have you show me some things about my camera?” And as much as I love my friends and acquaintances, there is no way I could do that over and over. (especially since I have a business to run here!) So, I decided to offer a beginner mini workshop, teaching the basics of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Simple enough, right? Except that one thing leads to another and I just LOVE how it all works together and I want to keep going and going and going… sure to confuse these eager lil beavers!

The peeps that signed up for this class were amazing! (the image above is missing three attendees who had to leave early)

A handful of them have signed up for our Advanced JUST FOR CLICKS 2 on April 6, which will recap the basics, have a shoot out with a model, and learn basic workflow. I cannot wait to share more of what I know. After all, I have had FIVE local photographers start out working for me and have now started their own successful businesses. I guess I teach okay, eh???

{Annmarie & Chad, due with their first blessing April 9}

The third big thing happening around here is BABIES! Lots and Lots of babies being born in the next few months, and although I have photographed many live births in hospitals, this month~ in just a couple weeks~ I get to capture my first at home birth! Wahoo! So excited for a family welcoming their 5th child!

On a few personal notes, my oldest son has just left for his first six month deployment overseas, away from his wife and all of us. We have faith that God will care for him and keep him safe along with his fellow military brothers. As this happens, our youngest son will be completely Navy bootcamp and graduating in just a couple more weeks!! A week after that, our new son in law will be leaving to start his commission and Air force fighter pilot training. We ARE a military family! God bless them all!

I’m off to finish up some editing and get my sheets out of the dryer!