Sunset Beach Family Maternity Photos| 30A Florida

My family loves traveling with other families and for the second year in a row we ventured down to 30A, Santa Rosa Beach in Florida with dear friends of ours. The biggest difference from last years trip to this year was that our friends are expecting a baby and of course I insisted on doing some family/maternity photos on the beach at sunset. I don’t know about you who is reading this, but I am ready for bed early. Like 8pm. Sunset is 9pm in June, and on the beach it is truly 9pm because you watch the sunset over the horizon as opposed to a tree line or buildings, etc. Luckily even with being after mine (and this families) bedtime, everyone adventured down to the beach and was in happy spirits. Can’t wait to meet the newest addition this fall.

Homestead Family Maternity Photos | Utica, Ohio

The M Family wanted the homestead vibe for their summer sunset family photos celebrating the newest addition on the way. There is something very pulling about being barefoot in the grass and spending time with the ones closest to you. I loved the usage of our evening spent with some planned activity of hanging laundry but then roaming the property hand in hand with lots of hugs and laughs. Very excited for this family in the coming weeks to be a family of six.

Mohican Flower Farm Summer Sunset Maternity Photos

The W Family lives closer to Cleveland, which is a couple hours travel, so when they reached out for photos, I looked on a map for a half way setting area. The Mohican area is mid way and through some google searches, instagram rabbit holes, I found a beautiful flower farm and reached out. Luckily they were game for us to use their grounds for photos. Honestly I didn’t know what to expect as far as landscape but boy was I in for a treat. The farm is rolling hills full of various flowers. I loved working with this couple and will never forget the beautiful hills of Mohican Flower Farm.

Lake Michigan Sunset Fall Family Photos

A dear friend of mine has a beautiful oasis of a home on Lake Michigan and she’s been kind enough to let my family stay there. This time we brought some friends and naturally I demanded they let me take some family photos of them at sunset walking along the lakes beachfront. The scenery in this part of Michigan has the perfect lake effect with rocks, water, beach and pines. If it didn’t get so cold I’d call it paradise and move up there.

Summer Sunset Family Photos Among Rolling Pastures in Central Ohio

I met Haley years ago in nursing school, it was a brief overlap, she went her way and I went mine. She eventually married a military man, lived in Virginia and raising two beautiful children. I remember watching her life from a far on social media and being blown away by photos taken when her husband came from from deployment. After that, they moved back home to Central Ohio. When Haley in inquired she suggested using her families farmland for photos where their old farm house is in the midst of being renovated. I was pleasantly surprised to see rolling pastures and various blooms. I loved how these summer sunset photos turned out and look forward to seeing their home once completed.

Last minutes of Sunset Family Photos on Captiva Island, Florida

For spring break, my family headed to Captiva Island in Florida, with the best of luck, some friends of ours were also staying on the island the same time as us, so naturally I insisted that our friends do some sunset beach photos. We all did dinner at the infamous Bubble Room and headed to the beach when everyone was done. We only had about 15 minutes left of the sun so it was a very fast paced shoot. The wind was as intense as the sun but it made for the most beautiful photos and now I want to do beach photos all the time, which is hard luck for someone who lives in Central Ohio.