Olivia! by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

This face totally cracks me up! It’s the “who me?” look.

What pretty girls! Like mother, like daughter, right?

I was so excited to do Olivia’s 9 month pics, but Mother Nature had other plans. It rained, and rained, and rained. We had to cut our session short and postpone it for another day. Even on the rescheduled day, we shot between showers! Oh well! I’m super happy with how the images turned out. Olivia is beyond adorable! I have this terrible habit of looking through my sessions on my camera on my way home… only at red lights though! (Safety first!) And while I was going through Olivia’s images, I just couldn’t get over how stinkin’ cute she is! As soon as I got home, I had to show my husband. haha! I had so much fun capturing Olivia at this exciting milestone!

<3 Kat

Meet Max! by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

Meet Max! He just turned one in August. What a cutie-pie!

Max is a man of many interests.

He enjoys playing Halo on the xBox.

Max is well read. The Eency Weency Spider is a classic.

He is figuring out this whole “walking” thing.

He enjoys flying through the air…

and hanging upside down.

Max is such a funny boy! He had everyone cracking up.

It was supposed to rain the whole day of this shoot. We were fortunate enough for it to hold out a few hours for us. We even had some sunshine! I had so much fun on this shoot. Seriously, I was laughing so hard I was crying. Max is a character and so expressive! I had such a hard time picking out my favorites to blog. I feel like the ones I picked showcased his personality pretty well. Brandon and Becky, thanks for letting me capture Max’s first birthday!

See you later!

Yeti the Hedgehog by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

When I got the email from Cortney about photographing her pet hedgehog, Yeti, I was so excited. I’ll take any excuse to play with super cute animals! Here are some of my favorite shots from the session.

Yeti was a great subject to photograph. For a nocturnal animal, he had a lot more energy than I thought he would. It definitely took some creative staging. Yeti loves little his wicker house, so we used that to our advantage! When his house was near him, he would scamper inside and almost immediately curl up and fall asleep. Poor guy just wanted to get back to sleep! haha.

New Aquarium by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

Hey guys! How are you doing? I’m keeping busy… just the way I like it! I think I would be miserable if I had nothing to do. Last week, I did a rockin pet portrait of Yeti, a Hedgie that is absolutely adorable! That blog post is coming soon, don’t you worry.

That shoot inspired me to photograph the newest additions to my household. I recently bought a 20 gallon aquarium and I am IN LOVE. There are four residents of the tank.

First is Lord Tubbington, a ryukin. He’s kind of a turd. He’s always hiding and very skittish.

Next is Lady Tubbington, a fantail.

Then there my black moor, Jon Snow. He’s name as such because he’s taken the vow of the black. (Game of Thrones reference)

And I know I shouldn’t have favorites, buuuut meet Tyrion the Imp. He’s a LIONhead. (another Game of Thrones reference… Sorry lol)

He’s so curious. Whenever I approach the aquarium, he’s right there to greet me! Love him.

So here’s my full set up. I’m sure I’ll get some more fun tchotchkes for in there and I’ll rearrange some things.

That’s just my inside fish! I have a 1500 gallon koi pond in my backyard with 4 koi and 2 comets (Their names are Jack, Sally, Henry David Thoreau, BlackFin, Sashimi, and Maki). I’m going to try to get some good pictures of them soon.

Well, I’ve got to feed the fishies now. Be sure to come back in a couple days to check out Yeti’s pictures! You’ll be glad you did; he’s too cute!

Washington Photo Adventure by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

It is so hot and muggy here. It’s 2am and I cannot sleep because my bedroom is unbearably hot! I’m not sure how much longer I can stand these uber humid, 90° days. Just a few weeks ago, I was in lovely 60° weather. I wore jeans and a hoodie everyday. I was in my happy place, the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. LOVE!

My first experience with Washington was on my honeymoon in 2009. I convinced my husband that we needed to see the Olympic National Park. We both fell immediately in love with the area (and that’s saying  a lot; my husband is a tropical beach kind of guy!). Two years later, we talked my in-laws into making our annual family vacation a trip to Washington! We rented a house just outside of Port Angeles, WA. It was located right on the Straight of Jaun de Fuca. We spent the week visiting wineries and lavender farms, white water rafting on the Elwah River, and hiking Hurricane Ridge, Rialto Beach, and the Hoh rainforest. We hung out in a bunch of cool towns like, Victoria BC, Port Townsend, Sequim, Port Angeles, and Seattle. ( Whew! I think that’s everything!)

Here are some of my favorite shots from the trip!

What a way to end the day.

We picked up the hobby of making zen rock statues. The rocks on the beach are perfect for it.

Purple Haze Lavender Farm in Sequim, WA

Hoh Rainforest!

Hoh again. I love those ferns!

Rialto Beach, LaPush, WA

Seriously.

I was feeling crazy inspired so I did a few self portraits! Check out the size of that driftwood!

with the husband

without.

This poor guy washed up on our beach one morning. When Aaron and I found him, he was still breathing, so we tried to do a daring shark rescue. But it was too late. He was too far gone to return to the sea.

Hurricane Ridge. Very “Sound of Music”, no?

Looking at these pictures makes me feel homesick. I can’t wait to go back. I swear, if I ever win the lottery, the first thing I’ll do is buy property in the Olympic Peninsula!

My “Kardashian” Family Shoot by Seven Hills Photography, Cincinnati Photographer

(I posted these pics a while back on FB if they seem familiar to you)

My sister, Julie, is hilarious. She is an eccentric old woman in a 28yr old’s body. (I lovingly refer to her as “Mrs. Havisham.”) She approached me with the idea of doing a family shoot in the Kardashian Christmas card style. She wanted something “glam and fabulous.”

(photographer Nick Saglimbeni)

I think we nailed it.

I don’t think my dad has ever had a martini in his life!

I blatantly refused to wear fur. haha

We decided to shift gears and do some “Mad Men” shots. I think this is one of my favorites. <3

I love that my family can get together on a random weekend and play dress-up! As you can tell, we don’t take ourselves too seriously.

Good Bye Blogger!

Welcome to the new blog for 7HillsPhoto! Go ahead and make yourself comfy!

I’ve decided to ditch Blogger. I haven’t really been a fan for sometime. I’ve always seemed to have problems with it. Oh well, out with the old, in with the new, right?

If you want to check out the old entries, you can find them here! (I apologize… I’ve been terrible about updating!)

I’ve been up to a whole mess of things since my last post (on the old blog) so of course I have a mess of photos to show you!

I’ll post just a select few for now.

Victoria’s Valentine shoot! She’s so adorable!

Chris & Christina got married on May 7th. Tiffany did a great job on this wedding!