Congratulations Jen and Andy!

Jen and Andy were married on November 8th at Fairhope United Methodist Church in Louisville. They had a beautiful ceremony, full of emotion, laughter and tears. Their reception was at the North Canton Civic Center and the party was hopping all night long. Jen and Andy were great to work with and I enjoyed spending time with them. You could feel the love between them all night long and you could tell that their families and friends loved them as well!














Hope you enjoyed their images as much as I enjoyed their wedding!

Engagement Session: Andrew and Jen

Andrew and Jen will be getting married this November. They wanted to do a very casual and laid back engagement session. Engagement sessions are definitely a big challenge for me, being a photojournalist, so many times, I just allow the couples to be together without any direction. I want to see them come out as people and look natural. I want to capture their relationship in a very real way. And I think we accomplished just that with Andrew and Jen.

Enjoy!
Steph



Oh...they also let me play a little with a new concept. It is called Stop Time. The premise is that I give the couple 3 minutes to do whatever they want. I let them know the boundaries of my viewfinder and I just let them have fun and play around. All the while, I am taking pictures of the action. Then I put it together in a Stop Time movie. I think this will become a standard in my engagement sessions! (To view this Stop Time movie in it's own window, go to the following link: Andrew and Jen - Stop Time )

Claire - Day 2

When I do my Prelude to a Life sessions, I almost always throw in a Day 2 session at no charge. I like to give the parents a chance to rest. Everyone can get showered and the baby is nice and clean on Day 2. I think it is great to be able to give them some images with the brand new baby after they have had a chance to settle in a bit.

Here are the images from Claire's Day 2 session. She is such a doll baby!










Here is the link for the slideshow for Claire's Day 2 Session:

Claire Elizabeth - Day 2

Hope you enjoyed them! I absolutely love doing the Prelude to a Life sessions. They are definitely a passion of mine.

Thanks Jen and Brian for inviting me into your family for this very special event!

Steph

Welcome to the World Claire!

I had the privilege to do another Prelude to a Life session a couple of weeks ago. Jen and Brian were due to have their 1st child on April 8th, but Claire (the baby) had other plans. She was very content to remain where she was! Jen, Brian and the Dr decided that it would be best to induce Jen on April 14th.

I joined them at Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights on April 15th in the morning once Jen's labor had started to progress some. Jen held out for a very long time without getting the epidural, but eventually the contractions weren't giving her any breaks and the pain was too much to bear. After the epidural, Jen was much more comfortable and was able to rest some.






After many hours of labor, Jen developed a fever and they decided at that point that they needed to go ahead and deliver the baby via c-section. It was very hard for Jen and Brian, but they both knew that they wanted the best for Claire.


At 10:34pm, Miss Claire Elizabeth made her entrance into our world. Jen and Claire were both in great shape and came through the c-section very well.



I stayed at the hospital until the wee hours of April 16th, but I had vowed that I would not leave that hospital without seeing that little angel!

If you want to see the Prelude to a Life slideshow of Jen and Brian's birth story, here is the link:

Claire Elizabeth Pearson

Congratulations Jen and Brian and welcome to our world Claire!

Steph