Story of My Life: Shadow Play

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Emily Lewin

Have you ever noticed the way a shadow can make something look much larger than it actually is, or add another dimension of depth? Or the texture that a shadow from one object can layer over another object? I’ve been a bit fascinated by shadows recently and trying to capture them in a way that shows how interesting they are. Today I was searching for something, anything, the least bit interesting to take a picture of, a way to portray a homebody laundry day as something that someone else would want to look at. This is about as far as I got.

I was so excited when my roomie Raquelle popped in the side door to the laundry room and started chatting with me. The shadow from the blinds across her face was so extraordinary! If I allowed myself to live with regrets, the moments I would wish to change are not the ones where I stepped out but rather the ones where I allowed a lack of boldness or a fear of asking hold me back. This was not going to be one of those times.

Appreciating and noticing moments like this are what make my life amazing, even on homebody laundry days. Creativity is not just the ability to capture, but the ability to see.

Story of My Life: Brunch

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Emily Lewin

This morning I got up having finally (after borrowing my neighbor’s rolling pin) gathered all of the materials to make a biscuit mix that Joe & Meg gave me when I was in Cinci a couple of weeks ago. It called for both heavy cream and half and half, both dairy products that I do not regularly keep on hand. I purchased little baby containers of them at the store over the last two weeks and at last, it’s biscuit time!

The box had a recipe for cinnamon rolls as well as biscuits so I split the dough and made half biscuits and half cinnamon rolls! I’m excited to see how they turn out!

Someone gave me some yummy venison sausage last week, far less gamey than most venison I’ve had before, and I fried those up too. Brunch is on!

Cinnamon rolls just came out of the oven right as I finished this! They sure look good!

Alex & Jessica – Engaged.

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Emily Lewin

Alex & Jessica were so fun to work with! They got up super early and braved the freezing cold weather (it was 27 degrees when we started) so that we could get some amazing sunrise photos for their engagement. We went to a lookout point at Eden Park in Cincinnati, Ohio to do their photos, the view was amazing!!1 Alex & Jessica have such a great story, they were assigned to be lab partners in an Anatomy & Physiology class and became friends, now here they are three years later getting married! They seem like such good friends and you can tell by being with them how much they care about each other. Congratulations Alex & Jessica!!

Brayton & Nikki Baby Bump!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Emily Lewin

Okay, get ready to meet one of the cutest pregnant couples ever! Nikki & Brayton are just cool, she’s the artsy free spirited cosmetologist type, and he’s the videographer, musician, planner. They live in an old church that they are renovating, complete with stained glass windows and huge arched ceilings near downtown Harrison, Ohio with their cute little dog. What did I tell you? They’re cool! And they are bound to have a super cute baby in a couple of months. I had so much fun working with Brayton & Nikki and I can hardly wait to meet their baby!!

This may be my fave from the shoot, it’s definitely in the top 5.

Brayton is the fourth Brayton Deal (I can’t remember his middle name, sorry Brayton!) in a row and if this baby is a boy he will continue the tradition. Brayton has a picture of himself as a baby with the three preceding Brayton Deals all wearing that shirt.

Nikki said that she wore those argyle socks because they are the trademark of her pregnancy.

Brayton made this giant canvas for Nikki as a fun date idea when they were dating and they’ve repainted it a few times already during various stages of their relationship. They decided to make a painting for the baby room using whatever paint they had and their hands! They coordinated well, it turned out kind of looking like a world map, and they had a ton of fun doing it!! What a great idea!

Brayton gave Nikki permission to put her paint soaked hands on his face…

Before:After:

Joseph & Megan Trash the Dress

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Emily Lewin

If you have been following my blog for a while then the faces that you are about to see will be familiar ones. My brother Joseph married his sweet wife Megan on 11.11.11. I had the privilege of taking their engagement photos in Boulder and then photographing the reception at their wedding (I was in the ceremony). They are some of my favorite people in the world and it is not only because I’m related to them. Joseph is a wonderful man, very caring and thoughtful, entrepreneurial and inventive. Megan is a bit more structured although no less hospitable, an amazing cook (especially with a crockpot), a hard working nurse, and quite the go-getter. Her non-profit, Wawaza Movement, raised money to build an orphanage in Kenya by asking teenagers to give up a Chipotle and two Starbucks a month. These two are bound to be world changers, in fact, they already are!

Getting ready!

Thankfully they’re up for adventure and we pulled off the side of the road and took the first half of these in a field before heading to Downtown Harrison to take the rest.