I was extremely excited to get a beauty dish for my strobe, a light modifier that I had never used before. This was my first time using a strobe outdoors, as well. I have to say that I absolutely love the effect, it made lugging the strobe around (without an assistant) completely worth it. The theme for this shoot was more of a color scheme… watercolors 🙂Â
Model: Ai Tenshi Misha
Hair and Makeup: Sarah Crain
Dress: KMK Designs
The lovely Colleen, a.k.a. “Mae Risque,” was in town from North Carolina for a friend’s wedding. She decided to work a session with me into her schedule, to further develop her modeling portfolio. Colleen came to this shoot with a fantastical vision and loads of talent, so needless to say I had a great time with this session!
Hair/Makeup/Photo Assistant: Sarah Crain
Location: Cox Arboretum, Dayton, OH
A few months ago, I photographed the gorgeous Shannon Markesbery of Heyman Talent Agency at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. I wanted to do a shoot inspired by Gibson Girl beauty. The talented Sarah Crain did hair and makeup for this shoot. This set was featured by Lucy’s Magazine as a webitorial as well!Â
Last Spring, I photographed the beautiful Madeline Cole using only my 35mm, which I hadn’t used in a while due to a recent growing affinity for longer lenses. It was once a favorite, so I wanted to play with it again exclusively for one shoot! I had a lot of fun getting reacquainted with my old favorite lens, and walking the suburbs of Hamilton OH with Madeline. I can’t wait to work with her again in a few weeks!
I was approached this spring by Ria, who commissioned me to take photos of her and her children to update their portfolios with Heyman Talent Agency in Cincinnati. Here are some of the images of this beautiful family.
I drove by a very magical location on the way to a Dayton wedding last year, and decided in May of this year to look for that location and do a photo shoot with one of my model friends, Hilly. The idea was to do a shoot based on a ghostly woman, lost in the woods. I couldn’t find the super amazing location I’d driven by last year (either that, or it looked different based on me visiting a few weeks later in the year.) I’m still super happy with the shoot, despite the forest not being the insane shades of purple and pink that I was hoping for ;[
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One day, when looking through a forgotten closet, I came across a few old floral curtains that had never been used. I decided to stretch one into a “backdrop” and build a vintage beauty shoot around it. Our idea was to make the shoot have a romantic feel, with braids, and using natural light.
Hair and Makeup by Sarah Crain
Models: Katie Feeney and Sarah Volkman (both with Heyman Talent Agency)
Always practicing my craft, I enlisted the assistance of a few model friends as well as hair and makeup artists from Pretty Penguin Studios in Cincinnati, to create some stunning bridal portraits. This photo shoot was in late April, and I’m just getting around to blogging it! :{
Hair and Makeup: Angelo Culvert & Natalie Darpel
Models: Kat Thuli, Bailey Johnson, &Â Ashton Stotts
Location: Eden Park, Cincinnati
Last spring, due to the recent success of my Winter Boudoir Minis (and also because I really wanted to gather some money for a 5D Mark III) I held a second Mini Marathon and was fully booked again! This time around, most of my beautiful subjects asked not to have their images posted or blogged, but here are some highlights from those who gave me permission to share!
Hair and Makeup by Sarah Crain
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I’ve said it before: I’m horrible at keeping up with my blog. No posts since April 1st… haha. I definitely intend to be better at this from now on, it’s important!Â
Here is a fun shoot that I did with Ai Tenshi Misha for Dawnamatrix Designs last Spring, against a few murals in downtown Cincinnati. 🙂
Bernadette Newberry: Photographer 
