Nicole + Jason = Baby :)

Last Friday I had the chance to photograph Nicole and Jason for some Belly Shots.  We started at their home in the beautiful Old West End and went to the community park by their house, which is beautiful.  Then since they both love downtown so much (as do I ) we took some photos down there.  I had a great time with Nicole and Jason and I can not wait to find out if it is a boy or a girl

 

Here is a sneak peek….

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

This one below is a favorite.  I love the look she is giving Jason.

 

 

Comments =  

 

-C.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Mother

We want to wish all the mother’s out there a Happy Mother’s Day!  I hope you all have a great day and feel as special and as important as you all are.

 

We especially want to wish our beautiful mothers and grandmothers a very special Mother’s Day.  We love you all dearly and wouldn’t be where we are today without you.   Thank you all for being strong woman, caring people and terrific moms and grandmas.  We love you all so much!

My mom

 

Joe’s Mom

 

Mimi  

 

Grandma Delsie  

 

Grandma Smith

 

Grandma Poli

 

And of course my beautiful sister Colbi, who is a fabulous mom to my nephew Jackson.

 

We love you so much and thank you for always being there for us, we feel blessed to have such a loving family because of you all.

 

I also want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to my friends Emily, Tricia and Cindy (who gets to celebrate her first mother’s day this year ).  You all are great friends and even better mother’s!  I love you all.

 

Love

C & J

 

I LOVE getting mail… especially this kind

So I love getting mail out of our mailbox, I always think there will be something great in it, although most the time it’s just bills or junk mail.  Well today there was something good in it.

 

 

Kara and TK thank you for brightening my day  I love this kind of mail!

 

The pleasure was ours Kara and TK, your wedding was a lot of fun and I think your album turned out great!  I look forward to working with you both in the future :) 

 -C.

Karen + Matt = engaged!

Tuesday evening Joe and I met up with Karen and Matt on the campus of UT for their engagement photos, since this is where they met.  We had a blast with the two of them walking around campus, thanks for the unofficial tour

 

We look forward to working with them on their Chicago wedding

 

Enjoy the sneak peek….

 

 

Comments = Love

 

-C.

 

40’s pin-up

We are starting to offer something new to the Toledo area, 40’s pin-up style photos.

I found a quote online that I feel best describes what the pin-up style is: “The photography is elegant and tastefully done and truly reflects the innocence of the “greatest generation” of the forties.”

40’s pin-ups also known as “cheesecake” photos are a great way to be suggestive, but still innocent.

Here are a few examples of the pin-ups done this weekend.

I will be sending out an email newsletter very soon about this new addition to Shutter love with more details. Just let me know if you would like to be included in that newsletter.

Enjoy!

Hair and makeup was done by Bonnie from Bella Salon on Lewis Avenue. She did a fabulous job of capturing the 40’s in different hairstyles for all 5 girls. Thank you Bonnie.

-C.

Jodi senior session

We did a number of sessions on Saturday so there have been 4 previous blog posted today so scroll down and enjoy all the new work

On Saturday we also did Jodi’s Senior Session,  she decided she wanted her photos done before her prom when she was all beautified.  Doesn’t she look pretty ?!  We went downtown for these and braved the rainy weather.

 

Here is a sneak peek…

Enjoy !

 

 

 

 

 

As always comments are wanted and welcomed

 

-C.

 

 

Michelle and James…. engaged

On Saturday we also photographed Michelle and James for their engagement session.  We had a lot of fun with these two, they have been together for a number of years now and they will finally tie the knot in September.

 

We can’t wait for your wedding, it should be fun, and I look forward to seeing a groomsmen in a yellow tux lol

 

Here is a sneak peek….

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always comments make us smile

 

-C.

 

Trisha and Kyle….engaged

As you can see from my blog posts today we didn’t have a wedding this weekend but we did have 5 shoots on Saturday and 5 on Sunday (I’ll be posting about my exciting new venture that I shot on Sunday very soon.)

 

We met up with Trisha and Kyle at Wildwood park on Saturday afternoon.  The rain held off for the whole session which was great.  We had a lot of fun getting to know Trisha and Kyle and we can’t wait till their wedding in June.  I am looking forward to seeing all the peacock feathers and the mariachi band

 

Here is a sneak peek….

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Trisha has a great smile, especially when she is laughing…

 

She also had on a super cute outfit including great shoes

 

As always we love comments, they make us happy

 

-C.

 

 

Cortney and Eric…. prom

On Saturday Cortney and Eric had prom and asked us to come take some photos of them before prom because they both loved working with us from their senior photos.

 

Here is a little sneak peek….

enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one we think makes them look royal or victorian

 

Cortney looked stunning and I loved her dress!

 

Eric looked quite handsome himself in his nice white tux!

 

 

 

We hope you two had a fabulous time at prom!

-C.

 

 

 

Nikki and Aaron… Engaged!

This past saturday we met up with nikki and aaron downtown.  It was a little rainy but they were troopers through it all. We had a lot of fun with the two of you and we hope you enjoy your sneak peek.

enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We look forward to your wedding in the fall.