Hi All! Just wanted to let you know I am doing FREE sessions for Military families through Christmas. If you know someone out there that has a spouse that is deployed and wants photos of theirself with their kids or just pics of the kids I want to shoot them! Not only will I be doing the session free but I'll also be making a show of the images (if they want me to ) to share with them overseas. Holidays are an even tougher time four our service Men and Women and I would love to give them amazing art of their family to make their holiday a little brighter. Spread the word and tell them to call me asap, I'll take good care of them, but then again you already knew that right!

Thanks Friends!


Nick O'Donnell has been a professional wedding photojournailst for 15 years. He was chosen as PPSO's photographer of the year for, Picked for the Knot magazines Best of List, and Won Album of the year three years straight. This blog is his photographic life. This is real life as Art.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Jennifer and Mark in West Chester

Jennifer and Mark got married at the Savannah Center in West Chester last month. It was a great day of shooting with the two of them and their wedding party! It was so nice having such a small group to shoot with, we really got to talk to all of them and got to know them really well. Jennifer and Mark are such a fun couple to be around and we had a blast all day with them! We still laugh about some of the funny things that happened on our shoot that day! The reception was a blast and everyone really got into the PhotoGuestbook! We really enjoyed shooting with everyone that day and hope you all enjoy the photos!
Jennifer and Mark, thank you so much for having us come shoot your beautiful wedding! You guys are so much fun and we can tell you are going to have a great life together. Congratulations to both of you and we hope you love your photos as much as we do!

To view all the photos, click here.
-Nick








Coming Soon...the 2011 808 Studios Couple of the Year Contest!

Hey everyone! If you are a 2011 808 Wedding Bride or Groom, be sure to make sure you are friends with us on Facebook! We are going to start the couple of the year for 2011 here in a few weeks and don't want anyone to miss out! We will be giving away an awesome prize for the winners and you win by people liking your picture we put up! If you don't friend us, you might not know when the contest starts, because we invite all of you to be a part of it. Friend us now so you don't miss out!

Christa and Ryan are married!

Christa and Ryan are good friends of my wife and I. Christa grew up with my wife and they have stayed best friends over all these years. I was so excited when they got engaged and even more excited when they told me they wanted me to shoot their wedding! I knew it was going to be such a fun day with the two of them. They saw each other for the first time right out in their backyard. The shots of them sitting in their backyard are my absolute favorites from the day. After we drove around Lebanon shooting for a while, we met the wedding party and shot some more! Their ceremony was great, you could see the excitement on both of their faces the whole time. Their reception was a blast and everyone enjoyed the PhotoGuestbook! Their wedding day couldn't have been more perfect, thanks to everyone who helped make everything so great for them!
Hope you all enjoy the photos!
Christa and Ryan, you guys are so great and I want to thank you for letting me shoot your wedding. It means the world to me that you guys trusted me to come be such a big part of your wedding day. You guys are so much fun and I know you will have an amazing life together! I hope you two had as much fun taking these photos as I did!
To view all the photos, click here. NOTE: the link has been acting funny so if it doesn't work right for you, please click purchase prints online on the left of the page, then click purchase prints in the middle of the page, finally, click on Christa and Ryan.
-Blake-








Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Heather and Todd at the Crystal Room!







What an awesome wedding! Heather and Todd got engaged at the Eiffel tower, no not the one at Kings Island, the one in Paris! Thanks Todd for making all us guys look bad when it comes to our proposal stories. :) It was a great theme to bring into the wedding, so we actually ran with it when we did their Save the Dates, and even the cake was topped with an Eiffel tower. This was a special wedding for me, great friends of mine ( and past 808 Couple) Elisha and Dusty were the ones who reccommended me and they were also in the wedding. It was awesome to see them again and meet their son, who's also my friend now! I really make me happy to see Heather and Todd together, they are both just the nicest people you could ever meet and that sure was evident when you met their wedding party each one of them were just like Heather and Todd, we loved every minute of working with them. This one was a favortie of mine, Heather and Todd really are as cool as they look here!

Click here to see the show on YouTube or click here to view all the photos. Thanks Heather and Todd! I can't tell you how much we enjoyed working with you and your families, you both deserve every bit of happiness you bring each other, your marriage will surely be a source of inspiration for family and friends. - Nick

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Mary and Matt's E-Session!

Mary and Matt are getting married at the end of the month, so we squeezed them into all the other E-Sessions we've had this month! It was great to get to know them a bit more, they are such a sweet couple. Love the new red door I found!! See you soon Guys! - Nick




Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Megan and Patrick's PhotoGuestbook!

Megan and Patrick had a super fun group to do a PhotoGuestbook with! Megan and Patrick's guests came up with some really creative stuff! Like planking!
To view all the photos from their PhotoGuestbook, click here.


Carrie and David's E-Session in Toledo






I got to take a little road trip to see Carrie and David for their E-Session. It was great to see them again, it's been since Abby and Marks wedding! It was great to catch up and we had a great day to shoot too. Thanks Guys! Wish your wedding wasn't so far away! - Nick

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Julie and Grant at Miami



I love shooting at Miami in the Fall, the trees are always gorgeous! I'm so glad I get to shoot there twice in one week. I get to shoot Julie and Grant there again this weekend for thier wedding and I couldn't be more excited! See you Sunday guys!! -Nick

Monday, October 3, 2011

FREE PORTRAIT SESSIONS!!


Hi Everyone! It's Alex, I wanted to post for my Dad since he spent the whole weekend taking photos of me and now he's too busy editing them for mommy! 808 Studios (my daddy's awesome photo studio) is doing free sessions from now until Thanksgiving, You'll save $50 and even get a free Metallic print if you want to get the CD so you can make prints for your Mommies, Daddies, Nana's or Grandmas. But Mommy calls the free Metallic print for the living room! Call my dad as soon as you can the month is almost full, and next weekend is just for me, my friends and the leaves! Here's his number 513-229-8885 - Alex :)


Isn't Alex just the cutest! -Daddy (Nick)

Brittany and Andrew in the rain and shine and then more rain...

Brittany and Andrew got married at Polen Farm in September. The day was kind of rainy and dull, but the wedding party was the exact opposite, so we went and shot outside anyway! The rain cleared up for a little bit and they were able to have the wedding outside under the gazebo at Polen. The day was so much fun and Brittany's dress was perfect for our new vintage look! The reception was a blast and everyone was really into the PhotoGuestbook! One of the bridesmaids even sang a Tina Turner song and nearly blew the roof off the barn with her voice! It was a fun group to work with and we hope they all had as much fun as we did! We had a blast shooting with everyone even with the rain and hope you all enjoy the photos!

Brittany and Andrew, thank you so much for having us come out and shoot your wedding! You guys are such a great couple and we had a lot of fun with the two of you and your wedding party! Brittany, Thank you so much for trusting me, I know you knew it would all be worth shooting in a little rain! Hope you guys have a great start to your new lives together!
To view all the photos, click here.
-Nick