Recent Shoots

Buffalo Plaid Babes. Columbus Family Photography

Dobda Holiday Mini

Here are a few fun facts about these little babes…

Tell us a little about your family dynamic. How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages
of the children.
Richard and I met through a mutual friend in college at OSU. We have been married for 6 years and have two beautiful boys, Warren who is almost 4 and Noah who is almost 10 months.

What do you look forward to most this holiday season?
Erin and Richard: Food and time with family, pressing pause as much as possible from work; Warren- having a Christmas tree in my house.

What is your favorite memory of past holiday seasons?
Erin& Richard: watching Warren (who was born 9 days before Christmas become the ultimate Christmas baby who watches Christmas movies all year round and will ask “is tomorrow Christmas?” On a random Tuesday in August.

Does your family have any special traditions during this time of year?
Watching Christmas movies while we put up the tree and having our annual Christmas Eve family party.

If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend during the holidays, you’d buy…
Coats and toys for families in need.

What is your favorite holiday song?
Warren: Santa Clause is Coming to Town
Richard: Silver Bells
Erin: Carol of the Bells

What was your favorite moment of your session with Crystal Jo?
Warren flirting with Crystal Jo and the camera while Noah crawled away at warp speed.

Did I Menchen How Cute They Are. Columbus Family Photography

Menchen Holiday Mini.

I love this photo SO MUCH!

I’ve been photographing these two love birds since their wedding TEN years ago!!!

Red and Black Christmas. Columbus Family Photography

Driesbach Holiday Mini.

Snuggles!

I love this photos SO MUCH!

Sparkle and love. Columbus Family Photography

The Williams Fam.

Meet Mason.

And Cooper.

And Mollie.  Who steals my heart every single time I hold her.

Mollie’s face here!

Teddy Bears and Sparkle. Columbus Family Photography

The Hogan Family. Be Beetlejuice!!! Adorable! Session fave!

I love this one, too!

Tell us a little about your family dynamic.  How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages
of the children.  We met at a bar in the arena district and have been married now for 15 years.  Funny story..so the night we met my husband had been studying to take the bar exam and had no intentions of going out that evening.  His friends persuaded him to meet them out but then his car broke down.  So he had no ride (no uber’s back then lol).  He ended up taking the bus to Frog/Bear/Wild Boar and that’s where we met and the rest is history.  We have a 6 year old son named Cameron.
What do you look forward to most this holiday season? Spending time with family and friends.  My son is 6 and this is such a fun age experiencing Christmas through his eyes.  Every morning he counts down the days on our calendar till Christmas
What is your favorite memory of past holiday seasons?  Going to NYC with my husband, sister and brother-in-law and enjoying the city during the holidays and being able to celebrate NYE in Times Square (pre-Cameron).  More recent favorite memory would be surprising my Mom last Christmas with a trip to London, which was absolutely amazing.  I want to go back.
Does your family have any special traditions during this time of year? My mom always makes pickled beef and spaetzles (recipe from my grandmother) on Christmas and the smell brings back the best memories of going to Cleveland to visit my grandparents during Christmas.  We are looking forward to seeing Christmas Carol at Ohio Theatre this year and always a favorite is seeing the Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo.
If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend during the holidays, you’d buy… – I would gift it to someone who needed it more than I do.
What is your favorite holiday song? Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt
What was your favorite moment of your session with Crystal Jo?  Favorite moment would be when she first saw my son and said….Were you Beetlejuice this year for Halloween and he got all embarrassed and shy.  Then throughout the session she would say Beetlejuice show me your best pose lol.  Crystal puts everyone at ease and is so kind and patient.  We had an amazing experience and no tears from the 6 year old so that is a HUGE WIN in my book!

Claire Lou Who. Columbus Family Photography

Claire.  Winter mini session.

 

I’ve been photographing Claire since she was just a wee little girl!  Now she’s in 3rd grade!  Time flies!

 

 

I love this one!

 

The candy canes match her pj’s!!!

Temple Fam. Columbus Family Photography

Temple Fam.

This.  This right here.  Perfection!

Christina, you need to print this HUGE.  I love it so much!  The way Veronica is looking at Gabe.  And how proud he is!  They did this on their own.  I remember saying to you, “are they always this loving?!”

 

 

Here are a few fun facts about this family…

Tell us a little about your family dynamic.  How you met your husband, how long you’ve been married, names and ages
of the children.
Brad and I have been married for almost 7 years! Gabe is 6 and Veronica is 3.

Do you have any hidden talents or something unique to you?
Gabe says: “I have lots of ninja hidden talents! Wanna see?!”
Veronica says: “hi-ya!”

If you could be any person for one day, who would it be?
Gabe: “A ninja”
Veronica: “A princess – Princess Veronica!”
Brad: “Batman”

What’s one thing you want to learn to do?
Gabe: “spinjitzu (from LEGO ninjago) for real!”
Brad: “Paint portraits.”

If you had a $100 bill in your back pocket to spend on whatever you’d like, you’d buy…
Gabe: “legos!”
Christina: “As many things from Sephora as I could.”

Describe the perfect weekend.
Anytime we are spending together is always awesome – but we love spending time away at the beach, Great Wolf Lodge, or wherever we go!

Are you more like your mom or your dad?
Gabe: “mommy! And daddy!”
Veronica: “Mommy!”

What did your family like best about your experience with Crystal Jo?
Always a great experience and she always finds a way to get the kids to smile!

Hamming it up. Columbus Family Photography

The Jefferis Fam.
My favorite kid! Alex, you put the biggest smile on my face.  ALWAYS! Thanks for being such a ham for me!

Graham so happy. Columbus Baby Photography

Graham.  Fall mini.
Session fave!
He cracks me up!
We had a great time with Crystal Jo on Saturday despite the chilly weather! Graham (16 mos.) was quickly a fan of hers. Jonathan and I have been married for 7 years and we’re so glad Crystal Jo was able to capture  these memories. We’re currently living in California, so the perfect weekend for us would be back in Ohio visiting family and taking advantage of all Columbus has to offer! We love COSI, the North Market, and visiting the Columbus Zoo.

Shockingly beautiful. Columbus Family Photography

The Shockley Family.
SO FUN AND PRETTY!
I love this photo SO MUCH!  Yes, it’s wild and crazy and non traditional.  But yes, it’s totally fitting for this gorgeously wild family.  XO, friends!
From the Shockley Family…
We had a blast on Sunday! Definitely our most enjoyable family photo session!
Jody and I have been married for 9.5 years and our kiddos are Lucy (8) Juliana (7) and Kinman (3).
Lucy looks like and acts like mama. Juliana looks more like daddy but acts like mama and Kinman is just too wild to know yet 🙃
We loved how fun Crystal was and how much we got to laugh! Thank you again!!