Miller Farm Harvest Festival 2015

I had no idea there was this beautiful area just outside of Tiffin called Miller Conservation Farm until my friend Beth asked me to take some candid photos at the Harvest Fest this year.  It was a gorgeous fall day with a sunny sky and a cool breeze.  The perfect day to bring your family out for some fun and to learn a bit about conservation.  I saw lots of kids and adults enjoying themselves during the hour I spent taking photographs.  A special thanks to my cousin Joe who drove me around so I could capture a little bit of everything!

Marissa

My niece Marissa is going to be a senior!   I can hardly believe that she is all grown up… how did that happen so fast?  Wasn't it just the other day that my mom and I were taking her and her brother to the lake for summer vacation beach days?  Wasn't it just the other day that she was spending the night and slipping notes and pictures under my bedroom door in the morning?

I wanted her senior pictures to reflect her personality.  I wanted to take her somewhere that was meaningful in her life.

We started at my house (where we had her "little girl" photo sessions) and used books and cameras for props.  She LOVES to read and, of course, loves taking pictures too.  Instead of the cell phone, we used classic cameras that my sister had collected and given to me.  We also used some classic books that she had read.  Finally, we picked up my assistant (my mom) and headed to East Harbor State Park. We spent many summer days enjoying the beach there and it was very nostalgic taking her photos at this location!!  At the very end of our session, we met a couple who had parked their adorable mustard yellow car in the parking lot.  My mom struck up a conversation with them and they offered to let us use the car for some photos.  You can see some of the results below!

It was a magical day…  I hope the photos will always bring back happy memories of this special time for Marissa!  You can see some of my favorites from Marissa's epic summer photo session below.  Of course, there will be more sessions in the Fall and Winter!  When your Aunt is the photographer, you get the Mega Senior package!! :-)

*click the first image to view in a slideshow

Nate

My second senior session of the summer took place at an amazing location!  I love shooting photos out on the farm.  There are golden fields of wheat and green corn fields, there is AWESOME farm machinery with all kinds of depth and color, there are long lanes between fields, there are beautiful, old historical houses,  there are HUGE barns with enormously high ceilings… let's face it, it is a photographers playground out there!  So, I was super excited to take Nate's senior pictures on his family's farm!  I've known Nate since first grade (yes, Nate is a former student… I'm so lucky to get to photograph my little first graders when they are all grown up).  He has grown up to be a mature, intelligent and very handsome young man.  We were shooting pictures for over 2 hours and he never got tired or bored (or at least he did a good job of acting like he was having a great time for my benefit… either way, I was impressed with his picture taking stamina!!).

I hope you enjoy looking at some of my favorite shots from his senior session!
(click on the first image to view in the slideshow)

Lexi

Wow, I just looked at my previous post and saw the date!  …January was a long time ago!  Well, it's summer break for me and I had my first senior session with a beautiful young lady!!  Her mom and I used to be colleagues many years ago and it's hard to believe she has a daughter who will be a senior next school year!!  Lexi is a lovely, intelligent young lady.  I had so much fun taking her senior photos! We had a bit of trouble with the weather (since it's been raining on and off the whole month of June) but we managed to squeeze in 2 sessions at 2 locations in 2 days!  :-)

The first session was at Garlo Park in Bloomville, Ohio.  I take my first graders here on a field trip and they have a GREAT time learning about nature from an AMAZING teacher (who just happens to run a GREAT nature based pre-school on the site).   We tried to start in the morning but had to reschedule for later in the day when we got about 2 hours of rain free time!!

The second session was downtown Tiffin, Ohio.  Again, we had to jump back in the car to wait out the sprinkles but again, the rain stopped and we were able to get some great shots!!

I love how these 2 locations were completely different and give a totally different feel to Lexi's photos!