Hindu Celebration - Cincinnati Photographer

December was an exciting month for Sonja B Photography. I photographed two small weddings, endless family portraits, a birth and a 2-day Hindu Celebration for a 60th birthday.

I arrived at 7:30am and when I stepped inside the house the ritual was already on its way. The room was full with mostly men and colorful saris. Lots of chanting and flowers everywhere. It was absolutely facinating. After a few hours everyone took a break for a yummy breakfast but only shortly because the ritual had to go on. In total I was there well over 6 hours, chanting non stop plus a fire in the middle of the room that made all the fire alarms go off. It was seriously an incredible experience.

Cincinnati Hindu Celebration

If you are planning a Hindu celebration in the Greater Cincinnati area, please contact me as I would love to photograph your event.

Maternity Studio Photography Session

I am so excited to share this Maternity session with you! And I can't wait for this baby boy to be born and photograph his Newborn session in April! I have so many favorites of this session that I just couldn't narrow them down!

Aaaaand of course big Brother Lyndon got to be in the spot light! He did so great and what a great listener for his age! That little curl on the top pf his head.... swoon! I can't decide which one is my favorite. What do you think?

Lyndon with Mom, Dad and the baby in the belly! The last picture is probably my favorite!

To book your Maternity Session, please contact me through my website at www.sonjabphotography.com or via email sonja.mcgill@yahoo.com. I would love to photograph this important milestone in your life, either in my Cincinnati downtown photography studio, in a local park or at your home. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Roman's First Haircut

My favorite part of my job (and I know I said that a bunch before, but hey I do LOVE my job) is that I get to be sometimes part of "first " events... first birthday, first communion.... But, I think photographing Roman's 1st Haircut might be one of my favorite firsts! I photographed Roman's birth and many sessions in between, next year I will be photographing his parents wedding and in the middle of all that they asked me if I could photograph his first haircut.

And I may or may not have shed a tear (or two) when that first cut was made! Love this boy fierce and his family!

Treehouse Session - Cincinnati Family Photographer

This family hired me to take pictures of their beloved treehouse. They found out that the tree is sick and might have to be cut down. 

I had so much fun with this fun loving family. Lots of giggles and laughs during the session, which made the session go by so fast and easy.

To book your fun photography session with me, please visit my website at www.sonjabphotography.com for more info and pricing. You can contact me through the website or at sonja.mcgill@yahoo.com. I am looking forward to hearing from you.

99 Days of Summer Project - Week One

For the past three years I have tried to document our summer in daily pictures... Every summer I have failed. I think one year I even made it past the half way mark, and still failed. This year we set family summer goals we wanted to reach and mine was trying this project again (and learning to play "Over the Rainbow" on the ukulele but I will fail that one miserably).

I knew I needed to do something differently and that's when I came up with the idea to invite others to join in on the fun. A quick Facebook post looking for others to join spread around and before I knew it, the little group that I started, grew to over 60 members.

The rules are simple. Take a picture a day from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Photograph something that represents YOUR summer and/ or YOUR day. Post it to our group and use the hashtags #99daysofsummerproject and #day1 #day2 and so on.

Below is my first finished week! One day in particular wasn't easy but it was easier than in the past because I was being in some way held accountable. So one week down... many more to go but I can't wait to keep going at this point!

This little project is only fun because I have this amazing community around me I wanted to share a few from them. I picked each picture of the day not because it is the best photograph of the day but because to me these pictures scream "Summer in Cincinnati" to me. There are so many, many more amazing photographs, every single one so different but sadly I can't share them all. Here are just a few:

Hope you enjoyed these as much as I do!

Joanna's In Home Newborn Session - Cincinnati Newborn Photographer

have you ever had that dream, where you can't get somewhere no matter how hard you tried? Yes?! Well, that's how this session started out for me haha a long story that I will spare, but has a great ending. I DID make it to the session and it was ahhhh-mazing!

Joanna was a champ and slept almost through the entire session, only waking up once so I could photograph her beautiful eyes.

 

 

 

 

To book your Newborn session please contact Sonja at www.sonjabphotography.com or 5133009578. Sonja B Photography specializes in Family & Newborn Photography. Sonja's portrait studio is located at 2530 Spring Grove Ave near downtown Cincinnati.

Event Photography Session in Cincinnati OH | Kate's Birthday Bash

Kate celebrated her Birthday at Brommwell's Haerth Lounge with an amazing masquerade. Everything was pulled together just perfectly from the decotarions, to the Jazz band, to the masks, to the food! I was honored she chose me as her event photographer to capture this important event in her life.

To book Sonja B Photography as your event photographer please contact her at sonja.mcgill@yahoo.com.

Family Canoe Session

I have been wanting to do this type of session for a long time, but had a hard time finding the right family.

This wasn't an easy under taking. We had to reschedule 4 or 5 times (because of weather and sick kids), I brought my husband a long to help carry this canoe about 1/4 of a mile on a narrow trail through the woods.. anyways, afterwards I looked at them on my computer and I knew all the trouble was worth it!

I am hoping to do a few more of these family canoe sessions in 2017!

To book your customized Family Session with Sonja B Photography in Cincinnati, contact her at sonja.mcgill@yahoo.com.