Experimenting in the snow

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Before this, I had never really done a shoot in the snow.

I wanted to create something dramatic and dreamy.

Jill was beyond amazing to work with.

These are a few I shot with my Polaroid camera using The Impossible Project's Color Shade film for the first time.  I love how creepy cool they turned out.

Sweet Little Elin

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Whenever I am editing a newborn session I end up with a lot of dramatic black and white images.  To me there is nothing more beautiful than natural window light to add to the drama.  Pictures become more than snapshots, they become art.  I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen for sweet little Elin's newborn pictures.  An entire wall full of gorgeous light, it was amazing! Remember Jessica from this maternity and this newborn session,  she has an awesome interior design blog called Cape 27.  Check out her post about framing the pictures from Zoey's newborn session.  To me, there is nothing more important than a clean white mat when displaying images, especially black and white images.

Instant timeless art.

Christmas Pictures Downtown

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I had a blast running around downtown Cincinnati with this cutie pie.  His momma is a good friend of mine and one of my very first clients.  I am forever  grateful for them and all of the other people who have given me the opportunity to do what I love this year.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday filled with lots of love and lots of pictures to look at on Facebook! ;)

Baby Love

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Remember Jessica and Ricky from their maternity shoot I posted here. Meet the newest addition to their family, sweet baby Zoey.  We shot these at Zoey's grandparent's gorgeous log cabin which is loaded with tons of charm and stunning antiques.

Zoey's mother and grandmother both played with this crib as little girls. Before long, Zoey will have her turn with it.

Crystal's Cincinnati Senior Pictures

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This is my step sister Crystal.  Her plan is to grow up to be "the coolest special education teacher you have ever met".   She loves to read and to hang out with her BFFs when she is not studying or working.  Crystal has an "I don't take any crap" kind of attitude and I just love it!

I think these turned out great!  Crystal looks beautiful and her personality came through in every one of her images.

Coolest senior pictures ever!!

Cincinnati Senior Portraits

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Im not going to lie, once in a while I pop out my senior memories book for a night of reminiscing.   I was a senior in 1996, which for me was a year of great times I will always remember,  but also a year of  bad hair, high waisted jeans, scrunchies, and clod hopping military boots.

My senior pictures were taken at the "it" studio that everybody was going to at the time.  On picture day I gathered up all of my favorite outfits and my best friend and we headed to the studio.  I thought it was so cool to have my pictures taken by a professional photographer.  I felt so special that day.  In 1996 I loved my pictures and  I wanted everyone of them, today I cringe at my pictures and feel awful that my dad spent so much money on prints that are still in the box.  No CDS back in those days... The studio used cheesy gold studio lighting and metallic backdrops.  They had  ladders and a fake graffiti wall with '96 spray painted on it.  My pictures were just corny.  One day when I am brave enough I will post them...though I will say this, the zipper on my jeans was at least 12 inches long.  I was wearing "mom jeans" at 17. :)

When Adrienne's mother contacted me about setting up a Senior photo session, she said she wanted something personal and special for Adrienne.  She wanted to shoot in Devou Park and Mainstrasse.  I love that more and more seniors want to take their pictures outside of the studio.  It makes the experience so much more exciting and unique.  Senior pictures don't have to be corny studio pictures anymore.  They can actually be pretty creative and cool pictures, instead of pictures you want to hide from 15 years later. :) We ran all over Covington.  I honestly felt like a 17 year old in a 32 year olds body that day.  It was a lot of  fun.  Adrienne is very pretty and so, so sweet.  She was a natural in front of the camera.  She brought along her best friend, Polly to be our performing artist/comedian and she did a great job keeping us laughing all evening. :)  Thanks Polly!  And thank you Adrienne for choosing me to take your senior pictures! :)

Caelen's Almost One

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Caelen's Dad, Jhagger (who is named after Mick Jagger, his mom just spelled it different :) ) is Dave's good friend.  Every time he's at our house, I tell him how much I would love to take pictures of his little boy.  Finally just in time for Caelen's first birthday,  we managed to work out a time that worked for everyone. :) I met Caelen, Jhagger, and his girlfriend, Anna at Ault Park for their photo session.  This little boy is too cute for words.  I had a great time chasing him around the park and hanging out with Jhagger and Anna.   Ault Park is always the perfect place to go for a family session because of the diversity and size of the park.  Oh yeah, and because it is gorgeous there, year round!

Jhagger is a giant, really, he's like 6'6.  Little Caelen is following in his dad's footsteps for sure.  At just over 10 months he is already bigger than most kids his age.For those of you thinking about booking a fall or holiday photo session contact me soon through my website or email me here  nikita@nikitagross.com to set up a date.  I still have lots of November dates available, but I am sure they will book up fast. :)