Mother's Day Winner, Congratulations to Bonnie!

Congratulations to Bonnie our Mother's Day contest winner! She has won one portrait session with prints. Her daughter sent a wonderful email to nominate her. Of course I would have given her the award just for having three kids getting married in one year! Below is Ashley's beautiful email!

How do you put into words the person who throughout my lifetime has been mom, teacher, coach, disciplinarian, best friend, worst enemy, provider of comfort and advice, and most recently wedding planner extraordinaire? My mom is a successful wife and mother, always willing to put herself second for the best interest of her family. She taught her children to be good people, devoted to family; she held our hands and wiped our tears through break-ups, hardships, and cross-country moves. Despite her desire to keep her "babies" close at hand, she made the ultimate sacrifice, and stood firmly behind me as I packed my bags and moved to Boston . My mom is the person I admire most in this world, and while her family and friends know how beautiful she is inside, I would love to give her the opportunity to show off her beauty on the outside too. - Ashley

Mother's Day Gifts and Portrait Contest

Mother's Day is fast approaching. If you are looking for something that she will really love and treasure forever - buy her a gift certificate for a portrait session. Or order her a custom collage of her favorite photos she has been wanting to order. Call us today to get your order in before Mother's Day.

In honor of mothers I would like to present a contest. I am giving away one portrait session and a print credit to one lucky mother. To nominate your wife, mother, sister or friend just send me a quick email and tell me what makes her so special. The only rules are that the session must take place before September in the Cincinnati area and that she will let us share her first name and a few favorites from the session (typical blog fun).

The Portrait Mini-Session Sale

I love a great sale, how about you? So to celebrate the start of fall we are offering a Portrait Mini-Session Sale. Now through October 5th we are offering a 30 minute family session at a local park for only $30. This is a great way to get your Christmas cards and photo gifts ordered early. Who doesn't love getting their shopping done early? Give us a call to schedule your session. Only 10 sessions left!

Custom Framing

We are super excited to announce that we are now offering custom framing! I always hated searching for the perfect frame and now I have found a wonderful collection to share with everyone. To schedule your portrait session give us a call.

Honoring Mothers

Mother's Day is fast approaching. If you are looking for something that she will really love and treasure forever - buy her a gift certificate for a portrait session.

In honor of mothers I would like to present a contest. I am giving away one portrait session and a print credit to one lucky mother. To nominate your wife, mother, sister or friend just send me a quick email and tell me what makes her so special. The only rules are that the session must take place before September in the Cincinnati area and that she will let us share her name and a few favorites from the session (typical blog fun).

Pottinger Portraits: Baby Plan

I love baby photos. Who doesn't? Those cute fingers and toes. And babies grow so quickly, one minute they are so tiny and the next they are crawling and walking. Because it so important to document your baby's changes we have a Baby Plan to ensure those precious moments are captured. The Baby Plan includes 4 portrait sessions, online proofing, a beautiful 4 photo folio, four 8x10 prints and some photo enhancement work. This package is only $250 and has a value of $375. We may also add artistic touches such as black and white, brown tone and dreamy affects. Additional prints can be added with our portrait packages or ordered a la carte. When is the best time to sign up? Now, before it begins to get too hectic. We also offer fun and artistic maternity photos.

Portraits with Santa, This Weekend

This Saturday and Sunday we will be photographing kids with Santa. The town of Glendale Village will be celebrating Christmas with all kinds of festivities. We will be there both days in the train station from 12-6:00 p.m., so come say hello. I will be wearing a Christmas hat and we will see if I can get scrooge, I mean Ben, to wear one too! For more information about the event check out their website. There will be beautiful gingerbread houses on display and fun things to do all around the village. The ticket sales for the event benefit the Shriner's Burns Hospital. We will also be drawing for two free portrait sessions. See you there!

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat... no I am not crazy! I am just super excited for Christmas. Want to send out great Christmas cards this year? Please give me a call to schedule your Christmas portrait session. All orders must be made before November 15th to ensure that you will have your Christmas cards and prints back by December 15th - in time for Christmas. If you schedule your session before September 30th you will receive a free 8x10 custom collage.

Morning Portraits with Hogan and Harper

This morning I went to visit Harper and Hogan. I really enjoy watching them play in the morning sun. It was still cool out when we started but the day warmed up quite a bit before I left. These two are so much fun to watch. Harper looks like a little man. I love the photo above - brotherly love! Harper is participating in our baby plan portraits. It is an awesome program because it includes four portrait sessions and each time you can really see the how much Harper has grown. For previous posts check out the links below:

Portraits with Hogan and Harper
Portraits with Harper

Our Kitties

Our kitties are now 13 weeks old. We have had them for about five weeks and I haven't posted about them so check out our cool cats! They are sisters and their names are Mona and Lisa. They are in the trouble-making stage. So if you want to say hello to them let me know. They are very social cats. They are not allowed in my client viewing gallery because I am afraid they will tear up my awesome couch in there. My favorite thing is when they fall asleep in my lap while I am watching my favorite tv show. Of course they aren't ready to fall asleep until I am about ready to go to bed myself.

Curious Lisa is always ready for trouble!

Mona sitting pretty for her portrait.

Congratulations Katie and Matt

Wow what an awesome wedding yesterday. Katie and Matt were so much fun and we all had a great day. We started with the girls getting ready. Katie's dress from Fabulous Bridal was amazing and she looked so stunning in it. I love the black and white portrait of her below because she is relaxed and she just looks amazing. Once all the girls were ready we headed off to Ault Park. There we photographed the gals and then the guys. The ceremony was beautiful with the sun behind the couple. Ben shot from the top of the pavilion to get some awesome angles. After the ceremony we took the bride and groom down to the gardens to get some relaxed portraits of the two of them. The reception was full of surprises. Matt surprised Katie by pulling out a guitar and serenading her with Grow Old With You (the song from The Wedding Singer - one of my favorite movies ever). And later on in the reception Katie surprised Matt with a snow cone truck! I love the photos I took by the light of the snow cone truck. What an awesome wedding. Katie and Matt - have an awesome honeymoon!


The flowers by The Secret Garden were awesome. I loved the variety of flowers used in each bouquet.

Village Pantry Catering did an awesome job with the food. It was so delicious.


Their officiant was Bill Proud. He did a great job with the ceremony and is always a fun guy to work with.