I love a good love story and highschool sweetheart love stories are some of my favorites.  Young love that blossoms into mature, self sacrificing love that desires the good of the other person.  It’s a beautiful thing! Jordan and Ryan met while in highschool and they started dating when Jordan was a junior and Ryan […]

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2020

Mount Washington + Emerald View Park Engagement | Jordan + Ryan

In sunny Cincinnati, Ohio at the gorgeous St. Boniface Catholic Church, Natasha and George promised to be faithful to one another, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. Their day was nothing short of spectacular, even despite all the curveballs thrown at them.  Pandemic weddings seem to be the norm these […]

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2020

Navy and White Military Wedding in Cincinnati, Ohio | Natasha + George

Summer is in full swing here! This month was full of fun for the kids! It’s been such a joy watching how our kids grow and change throughout each summer.  We are in toddler/young kid mode around here and I started both kids in some summer activities! Grace has begun gymnastics which is absolutely adorable. […]

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Schaefer Family Adventures : June 2020

Y’all….this Highland Park engagement session in Dallas, Texas was mind blowingly stunning!! Veronica and Jonathan were SO amazing to work with and we had a blast exploring the gorgeous neighborhood of Highland Park! I have known Veronica for almost 11 years now.  Her older brother married one of my best friends from college and it’s […]

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2020

Highland Park Engagement Session in Dallas, Texas | Veronica + Jonathan

Brianna and Matthew are the kind of people who are so welcoming, so friendly, that if they were to host a backyard wedding, you would feel like a part of their family. And that is exactly what happened this past Saturday.  In a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA, Bri and Matt were married in a beautiful, […]

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2020

Red, White, and Blue Backyard Wedding in Pittsburgh, PA | Brianna + Matthew

Joy is contagious.  It spreads, it radiates, it fills and it strengthens.  When I think about MaryCeline and Maximilian’s wedding day, joy is exactly the word that comes to mind. Matthew and I have had the gift of getting to know these two as students at Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH.  Something that is unique […]

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2020

Christ the King Chapel Wedding at Franciscan University of Steubenville | MaryCeline + Maximilian

May 2020 was filled with FUN! We started to emerge from our time at home and it was so refreshing for the soul! We started going on more walks, spending more time outside and we started to go back to Mass! It felt like a new year! In early May, we played a lot in […]

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Schaefer Family Adventures: May 2020

Oh springtime engagements, they are just so lovely! Downtown Steubenville, Ohio has become one of my favorite places to photograph engagement sessions! There’s such charm and character to this small city which has been my home for 11 years now! The historic part of Fourth Street is beautiful and provides such a great array of […]

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2020

Classy Spring Engagement Session in Steubenville, OH | Iliana + Aaron

On probably the most perfect, sunny and just plain gorgeous spring day we meet up with Monica and Mitchell at his family’s farm just outside of Steubenville, OH for their engagement session.  The weather was incredibly perfect: bright sunny sky, around 70 degrees and no wind…the perfect formula for glowy sunset photos!  I love shooting […]

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2020

Family Farm Engagement Session in Steubenville, OH | Monica + Mitchell

I feel as though the passage of time this spring has been rather odd.  Some days are very long and other weeks just fly by.  And yet when I look back on the month of April, it seems like it was eons ago. As I was editing through last month’s photos, I was reminded of […]

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Schaefer Family Adventures: April 2020

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