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*Merry Christmas*

The office will be closed from Dec 22nd until Dec 27th.  All emails and phone calls will be returned after Dec 27th.  

Thank you and have a wonderful Christmas!

~Kristie 

Mary and Shane- Maui, Hawaii Wedding Part 1 | Destination Wedding Photographer

soo.. I know how overdue this post is, however I can't help it that we took a zillion and one photos of Mary and Shane on their beautiful wedding day.  and by we I must say THANK YOU to my dear friend Alisha Robb.  Alisha and I met in Photography school in Dayton.  She had always wanted to go live somewhere out of Ohio (can't blame her)  and of course if you had anywhere to go where would you pick... HAWAII*
Alisha flew from Oahu over to Maui on the day of the wedding at 5:30am :)  We hung out on the beach and watched the sunrise over the mountains.  What an absolute perfect way to start a wedding day!!!!
Anyways... Mary and Shane are so in love and so connected its beautiful.  I was completely honored to go to Hawaii to shoot their amazing images.  Mary was part of the Ben-Gal organization for over 20 years!  She is a remarkable woman.  Shane and her are a perfect fit.  Shane is one of the nicest guys I have ever met.  He is so sweet with Mary too.  When she walks in the room his eyes light up.  Its magical to watch.  Everyone knows that I cry at every wedding but I really had to hold this one back.  They choose to not have Mary's boys with them- it was Ray (brought the hubby- since it was our 2 year anniversary and Hawaii is our favorite place to go- and where we spent the first days of our new married life) Myself, Alisha.. but wait.. An old friend of Shane's happened to be on Oahu and flew over to surprise him!
This blog post will have to be done in parts because there are so many images I want to share with you... Here is the beginning of the wedding day...

a quick toast while they are getting ready...

while Mary finished up.. we headed out to do some of Shane's photos around the resort

came back in just in time for Mary to put her orchid in her hair...

final moment before slipping the dress on...

absolutely beautiful... perfect beach wedding gown

this view of the tree was directly off of their lanai...

now on to Mary's portraits....

being a Ben-Gal and Pro Bowl cheerleader definitely paid off for.. well ME :) the woman knows how to work it

I'll leave you with one final image of the two of them... 

check back for more updates and the ceremony of Mrs and Mrs Shane and Mary Tarter :) 

Proposal! | Cincinnati Wedding Photographer

I wanted to do a twist on the proposal from a guys point of view that the bride to be- rarely get to see!
This is a good friend of mine Devin, he and his girlfriend of 5 years (the day before they got engaged was their anniversary) Diane.

I went with Devin to pick up the ring that he had picked out for Diane and we came up with a plan of attack!
Here are the photos of Devin at the Jewelry store:

Now onto the Proposal!!  

Dec 5th, 2010

Devin and I had the best plan ever- then Ohio weather interrupted our plans.. then we came up with plan B- the restaurant didn't open for lunch... ON TO PLAN C- Make Kristie stand out in the freezing cold temps while Devin goes into Diane's house and tries to get her to quickly come out so Kristie A. Doesn't Freeze to Death! and B. Get Arrested for being the Creeper standing by a Van with not 1 but 2 large cameras around her neck!!!  Luckily I didn't die from hypothermia because I'm writing this and my misdemeanor will fall off in 2-3 years lol JK! 

While it was happening it took all of me not to put my camera down and shed a tear with the biggest smile on my face!  

I wanted to try to get a better angle because Diane kind of stopped behind a post- So here I am standing out in the middle of the street in plain view and she STILL doesn't see me! Haha!!

Here is the series of images I got :)

 This next is a personal favorite- this is a Devin look.. all the way!

since we didn't want to waste a beautiful freezing cold snowy day we decided to have some fun and go out and shoot :)

Congratulations both of you!  I can't wait to be apart of the wedding day!