I'm Nick O'Donnell and I've been a professional wedding photojournailst for 14 years. I was chosen as PPSO's photographer of the year for 2008, Picked for the Knot magazines 'Best of List' in 2008 and 2009, and Won Album of the year for 2006, 2007 and 2008. This blog is my photographic life: why I do it, and how it changes my life and the lives I photograph.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Brittany and Corey's Wedding on July 3rd






Saturday, July 18, 2009

Update: I'm still alive!

Hey! I know you were begining to think I went on vacation or something, Yeah right, in July??! I hadn't blogged in a while becasue it has just ben crazy at the studio with E-Sessions and Weddings all back to back, with a few Seniors and babies dropped in for good measure, or just to make things a little more crazy! So Yesterday I posted 6 or 7 entries and I'm working on updating them for everyone as soon as I can. I'm off to shoot for Stacey and Justin today, and so stoked that I won't be on any bridges this time!!! - Nick O'Donnell - photojournalist

Friday, July 17, 2009

Leanne and Berry (Ben too!) at the Greene







Genny and Glen's E-Session in Cincinnati!





Amelia and Greg and Braxton's E-Session





Wednesday, July 15, 2009

molly and Brian






Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Tracey and John in Chicago!!!






Friday, July 10, 2009

Paula and Ryan







From the moment I met Paula and Ryan I was stoked about shooting their wedding. It was honestly written in the stars that I was to be their photographer and I'll tell you why. We had originally been booked for June 20th with our friends Tabatha and Kyle's Brother, who oddly enough is named Ryan! But the date opened up about a week before we did the Dayton Premier Bridal Expo in September, and I really felt like I wouldn't book it and that was OK with me. My best friends wedding was the week after that on the 27th in Chicago so I felt like I could just take little vacation around his wedding and spend some time with friends. When I met Paula she was just so excited to finally find a photographer that could really understand what she was looking for and could match the vision she had for her wedding. My first thoughts of her and Ryan as we were talking at the Bridal show was "This couple is too cool, I'm not lucky enough to work with them, and I'm sure I'm booked for their date" So I asked: I was available! Couples like Paula and Ryan are what make up the vast majority of our wedding clients and they're exactly what we look for when we're boking a date. I feel like they are do deserving of a wonderful photographer and a perfect day because of who they are. It makes me so happy to see two wonderful people getting together and growing two spectacular families. My favorite little moment of the day was shared between Paula and I. It was when we were shooting her and the girls at Wegerzyn Gardens. It was the last pose we had her in just before we finished up, the bridesmaids we all congregated over my shoulder as I photographed her sitting on the bench. I told her to look over my shoulder at her girls, and just as she did she began to well up with tears. I said: Paula, you ok? She replied: Yeah, I just have really good friends. She had me in tears! Having great friends like that are just a testament to who Paula and Ryan are, I just loved working with them and I'm really looking forward to our extra session together, we'll im really looking forward to seeing them again however it is, I just love being around them! Thank you so much Paula and Ryan, I just can't tell you in words how much I appreciated the extreme pleasure of shooting your wedding and working with you both for the past year, you and your familes we're a blast! You can see all the images here and if you would like to post the show on your Facebook or Myspace page please contact us at www.808photos.com Feel free to share the images and leave your comments below to let us know what you think! Thanks- Nick O'Donnell / Photojournalist

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Brad rules

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Stacie and Justin's E-Session



Ok I just realized a three "most" points about this engagement session: First this was the most scared I ever was during an engagement session, It is the most Ground I've covered during a single engagement session, and it could possibly be the most fun I've had at an engagement session! Stacie and Justin are my July 18th couple, and we went on an engagement sesssion Indiana Jones would have been proud of last week. Justin's family lives on 30 acres on the outskirts of town complete with 3 cute hounds, 2 osrtiches, and a river, along with a ton of things that bit! They love being there so I was more than up for shooting thier images out there! The scary part of the session was going out deep in the woods and climbing up 300 ft (realisticly about 100ft, but I REALLY don't like heights) to the abandoned railroad bridge that was covered in trees! If it wasn't so cool I would have just shot them with my long lens from the gound!! But the images were totally worth the cold sweats! :) If you would like to post the show on your Facebook or Myspace page please contact us at www.808photos.com Feel free to share the images and leave your comments below to let us know what you think! Thanks- Nick O'Donnell / Photojournalist