Genevieve Nisly Photography Blog - Cleveland Wedding Photographer

For those of you that check the blog often, I know there are a couple of you, you’ve probably noticed I don’t show much senior photos. To be honest, I was not familiar with the concept growing up so it was new territory for me. Thankfully I get a fun senior like Kathleen and now I think I’ve got the bug. I want to do more!

Kathleen is about to start her senior year at Hoover. Her passion is soccer, as you’ll notice in the last photo. She someday hopes to be a genetic counselor but in the meantime enjoys vanilla ice cream and listening to  Colbie Caillat.

Love her eyes in this shot:

This was probably my favorite from the whole session:

Two days after Cody and Alyssa’s wedding we did a mock trash the dress session. I say mock because she wasn’t wearing her wedding dress. I hope I get to do more of these sessions in the future because they are so fun for us and for the couple. These sessions open up doors to be creative that aren’t typically an option.

Enjoy these last photos from my stay in Puerto Vallarta Mexico:

C’s husband is about to turn 30 and she wanted to surprise him with something more personal. I think these photos will do the trick, don’t you?

I am so happy she brought her husband’s firefighter uniform. I was really looking forward to using it in the photos and C did a great job modeling it.

I hope someone enjoys his birthday present…a LOT!

I’ve been eager to share some more photos from my trip to Mexico. The day after the wedding, Michelle Turner and I had a blast photographing John and Jen in downtown Puerto Vallarta. Starting at 8 am has some benefits: the light is gorgeous, the humidity and temperatures are milder but the local Starbucks is closed. Thankfully we managed to get some coffee after the session which was still early by my standards.

Here we are on the steps of the church where John and Jen were going to get married the next day.

Then we took our time walking around PV.

Hope you two had a great start to your marriage!

Brandon and Megan were the very first couple to book us for a 2008 date which means it has been a loooong time since we first met them to talk about their wedding. We had been looking forward to shooting another wedding at The Mooreland Mansion as we had not been there for several years. Oddly enough, we ended up being there twice within a month which is fine with us because the mansion and gardens are beautiful and the staff is excellent.

Our plans for photos out in the gardens got jostled around a little after a particularly impressive thunderstorm rolled in. We were about a hundred yards away from the mansion when a bolt of lightning landed uncomfortably close, so we boogied back to the mansion to finish the photos inside.

Luckily, the sky broke after dinner and we were able to go back out and get some fantastic light at the absolute perfect time of day. We couldn’t have planned it better!

Another fantastic wedding cake from Wild Four Bakery

The evening’s entertainment provided by Selective Sound Entertainment