headed to the beach...

...dolce photography will be beaching it up for a while!

april 17-24 this girl will be in sunny florida - on a mom/daughter vaca to see the grandparents.

may 2 is booked with shoots....but lots of after work times available (now that the sun sets later, this is good!)

a few free weekends as well :)

keep smiling!

Happy Easter to you and yours!

After celebrating His rising from the dead at two church services, spending a beautiful Easter day with my family, and relaxing with the husband - i still manage to forget how truly blessed I am for the family, friends, health, and  life i have lived thus far!

FINALLY....in front of the camera instead of behind! relaxing with the hubs!

the copeland kiddos...

Just a little taste of Cami, Macy and Cody as they galavanted around Delco Park in Kettering. The real 'focus' of this session was to get some good 2year old shots of Cody (which we did end up getting) - but ironically enough little Macy wanted to be a little 'poser' with her big sis, while Cody ran around like a wild man. Fun times! Enjoy Copeland Family!

the schulz family welcomes the spring!

what a GORGEOUS day it was on 3/27 - just 1 day after an unexpected treacherous ice and snow fall dampered just about everyone's idea of springtime weather. Needless to say, Stephanie (a high school classmate whom I reconnected with via the infamous Facebook) and her family of 7 had a blast playing at Cox Arboretum in the few hours of sunshine we had this weekend. See below for some shots of her color coordinated family - totally rocking out spring in their blue and yellow attire :)

the peters family...

What began as a gloomy, wet day ended up being the PERFECT day for snowy outdoor pics at Carillon Park. The park has some great architecture that served as fun backgrounds - even if we were being stalked by the park's employees so they could either monitor our whereabouts or want to give us a history lesson :) Either way the Peters family = adorable (with lots of red hair!)....enjoy this sneak peak Melissa!

Wesley started to cheese for the camera -- smiling every chance he could get!

happy birthday to youuuuu...

while celebrating my cousin's 1st birthday - i realized that i would LOVE to begin photographing more birthday parties - its that 1st birthday that seems to always be full of so many memories....here's to cousin ian and all his cuteness!

heidi & sean...

adorable and sweet couple + 2 dogs dying to play in the snow + awesome setting at wittenburg university = FUN engagement shoot and a great afternoon!

enjoy this sneak peak of their engagement shoot...with a wedding at the Biltmore in NC to follow (which I know will be gorgeous! good luck with the continued wedding planning Heidi!)