About Left of Center Photography
Left of Center Photography is simple, relaxed, fun photography that captures clients being themselves. The studio comes to you so that your photos are in the places that are part of your memories.
I met up with Tiffany and Matt about a week ago at Squire’s Castle. The weather almost didn’t cooperate, but in the end it turned out to be a pretty nice afternoon and I think we took full advantage of it. Along with a stop at Squire’s, we also wandered into downtown Willoughby and made a stop at the place they went on for their first date and paid a visit to my favorite wall.
Yes…I have a favorite wall.
I had a blast spending the day with Courtney and Joe in and around downtown Cleveland earlier this month. The day started off at the Renaissance before heading over to St Luke’s in Lakewood. Their family and friends packed the church for the ceremony. That’s always great to see. Then we headed over the Great Lakes Brewing Company and basically took over the basement bar for a some fun shots before making one more stop in the Flats on our way to Sammy’s for the reception.
The bride wore blue shoes and the favors at the reception were home brewed beers – how cool is that?!
Photo by Jamie C
I first met Lauren about a year ago when she was a bridemaid at Carli and Kevin’s wedding. I had no idea then that almost a year later I would be shooting her engagement photos or heading off to Mexico to be a part of their wedding day in 2012.
She’s a nurse. He’s a fire fighter. They met on the job and she knew right away she had found Mr. Right! That was a few years back, but she obviously knew what she was talking about. Eric is a great guy. I’ had a lot of fun talking with them about their wedding, engagement, sports, the housing market…we talked…a lot…
First stop on our evening shoot was at Eric’s fire station. I swear, this has been a year of firetrucks for me. Third shoot this year around a big red truck. I told the rest of the guys at the station that is was their job to heckle Lauren and Eric as I took pictures but none of them stuck around once I broke out the camera. After we finished up there we made a trip down to the east bank of the Flats and East 4th St. We even snuck into the Old Arcade long enough to get one picture on the steps before security caught on to what we were doing. But since they didn’t actually make it over to tell us to go away then we really didn’t do anything wrong, right?
I normally spend one Saturday in August chasing Chris, Janice and the rest of their family around the streets of downtown while they run the Cleveland Triathlon. This year they finally decided to make it easier on me and we set up a time to get together and take some family photos that were not quite as hot and sweaty.
We met last Saturday morning down in the Eastman Reading Garden next to the Cleveland Public Library. It’s pretty neat little spot that has a variety of backdrops right there as well as a quite a few other great locations within walking distance. While little Derrick may have wanted us to chase him all over downtown, we never had to leave the garden. I was able to get a bunch of great shots and everybody had a lot of fun.
Kathy and Matt are firefighters through and through. The have a lot of years in with the force and it’s their way of life. They even met on the job. So, with that in mind, how can an Engagement session not start down by the Firefighter’s Memorial near the Great Lakes Science Center. From there we just strolled around the Rock Hall and lake front for about an hour taking in shots and having a great time. Can’t wait to shoot their wedding next month!
