08/16/2026
A little reintroduction, because both I and this business have changed a lot over the past year.
I’m Anita. I’m a wedding photographer, a new mom to Clara, a sister, a daughter, a friend and a person who has learned that life rarely unfolds neatly.
This year has held some of my happiest moments and some of my hardest. There have been beginnings, endings, celebrations, grief and more transitions than I ever felt prepared for. Through all of it, I’ve continued to show up for my business with a camera in each hand, digital & film.
Photographing weddings is my job, but I never forget that the day I’m walking into may be one of the biggest days of someone else’s life. The meetings, preparation, dress steaming, button fastening, family wrangling and quiet check ins all matter to me. The care I have for my clients and their families is real. By the end of a full wedding weekend, I often feel like part of the family.
On Friday, we celebrated my brother Bill and his wife at their wedding reception. It was incredibly sweet to celebrate something so joyful during the same week that we lost our dad. Weddings have a way of bringing people together. They remind you how loved and supported you are, even when life is heavy. Being surrounded by our loved ones didn’t erase the grief, but it gave us a place to hold both the sadness and the happiness together.
And somehow, through all of this, Bill and I are still texting about our ongoing watermelon growing contest. He is winning, but he used fertilizer and didn’t start from seed, so I consider myself the underdog even though I am still fruitless.
Maybe that’s what life is. Weddings and funerals. Babies and businesses. Grief and ridiculous watermelon updates. Seasons that carry us and seasons we have to push through ourselves.
Here are some photos from this year, many taken by my incredible second photographer Taylor columbus ohio photographer , with a few filtered Clara appearances and pieces of life mixed in. I’m so grateful for the people who continue inviting me into their lives. Thank you for trusting me with the moments you’ll carry with you long after the day is over. 🤍
