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the carmichael family.

meet the carmichael family!

they invited us over to get some family images with the NEWEST addition to their family…baby M.!!ย  it was a bit chilly outside, so we decided to do an indoor session…and their house worked out perfectly (so many wonderful windows!).

big sister gillian was oh-so charming and has such an infectious and lovely laugh, and baby M. was happy and chill the entire session.

we really do love photographing families interacting and just being themselves, not a ton of posing…but a ton of giggling, and just being together. these are the memories that robbie and i remember with our families, and we couldn’t be more honored that families ask us to document moments like that for them. ๐Ÿ™‚

enjoy a few of our favorites from our saturday morning with the carmichael family!

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l. & r.

this blue bench is a family heirloom and they have an image of gillian as a baby sitting just like how little M. is sitting.

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the koehler family.

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we’re a tad bit late on blogging this WONDERFUL family’s session…but we just had to share a few with you all!

maggie and adam contacted us and wanted to do a big ol’ family session with her siblings (and their significant others!) and her mom…and since we had such fond memories of them all from their wedding, we couldn’t wait to see everyone again!

here are a few of our favorites from the time spent with this great family!

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l. & r.

*also a reminder that we’re now currently booking SPRING family sessions!! contact us for more info: info@openFieldphotography.com*

sisters & sisters-in-law

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we also did some images of maggie’s brother and his wonderful wife, beth…how cute are they?!

and this was the debut of GEORGE, their absolutely ADORABLE son!! maggie and adam and george are one CUTE family!!

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i mean, come on now. those two teeth, his blue eyes, that SMILE! ๐Ÿ™‚

maggie’s sister emily and her boyfriend, matt.

love this one of these two!

this is the house where they grew up…we loved the idea of photographing these guys at such a special place for them. these images are some of our favorites! such a fun visual document for them to go along with all of the memories.

george and his grandma. cute. ๐Ÿ™‚

mama k. and her girls. this was towards the end of the session…glad we grabbed just the girls for a few images.

 

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jane & matt. the wedding.

jane & matt.

you may remember these two from their rockin’ engagement session we did in a SUPER CUTE part of downtown cincinnati.

well, these two went and did it…they tied the knot!

they were married in an absolutely BREATHTAKING church (and you guys, we’ve been to italy and we’ve seen some BEAUTIFUL churches, but THIS church wins 1st place!) and they couldn’t asked for a more perfect day to celebrate!

jane has some pretty great friends and i got to spend a good amount of time with them beforehand while robbie hung with matt & his guys. seriously, they have some TOP NOTCH friends & family!

it was such a emotional day, and trust me when i say that when janes dad saw her for the first time there was not a dry eye in the house. i think robbie and i came away from the day thinking, “wow, those two, they are surrounded with so much love & support…how wonderful!”

a big thank you to EVERYONE who helped make their day one-of-a-kind and an even bigger thank you to jane & matt for being so very lovely…we wish you all the love and happiness, now & always!!

there are a bunch of images, so get comfy and enjoy!!

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l. & r.

this portrait of jane is a new FAVORITE bridal portrait for sure.

they picked bellevue park for their portraits…how great that it overlooks the cincinnati skyline?!

we had a bit of time right before the reception started, and we loved the contrast of the flowers & colors from that of the city scape that we stole them off for a few minutes and grabbed a few fun images!

some of the tiny guests at the event! are you kidding with the cuteness?!?!

PARTY TIME!

congrats again, mr. & mrs. you guys sure do know how to throw a FUN PARTY!!

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*shout out to a few of the other vendors who helped make the day so amazing*

hair & make-up: candance & co. from style squad

photo booth: tron photo booth rentals

coordination: christina & co. from i do weddings cincinnati

florals: adrian durban

dj/lighting: party pleasers

reception location: the manor house

cake: a spoon fulla sugar

candice, chris, the boys & buck.

this session has all the components of all the things we love…a past bride & groom who had an AMAZING wedding day…who now have two CUTE little boys…who also have a dog (duh, you know we LOVE doggies!)…a cute & quirky downtown…i mean, do i need to continue?!

these guys live in virginia, but were visiting family in ohio, so we made it work and got a session scheduled with them! big shout out to candice’s mom who lovingly gifted this session to them! ๐Ÿ™‚

we had so much fun catching up, laughing, and capturing the craziness that can be two littles, traveling with different schedules & routines and loving on their awesome dog, buck.

thanks so much you guys, we adore you, and we hope these images make you smile for years to come!

cheers! until next time!

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l. & r. & homer

candice and her shoes. she wins for greatest shoes, she had BEAUTIFUL wedding day shoes, and these green ones, SO CUTE!

the next few ones of father & son crack us up! hilarious!

BUCK. what a dog. he & homer met too on this trip, they didn’t *love* eachother. homer was quite charming though and worked his magic on candice’s parents…there was some major belly rubs going down. ๐Ÿ™‚

her parents have such a BEAUTIFUL backyard, so we decided to head over to their house and grab a few images…they have a pond, swings, flowers galore, even grape vines…amazing.