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I'm Molly. I'm a midwest hybrid wedding and lifestyle photographer (hybrid meaning film and digital photography - I can assure you I have no super powers).
I first entered this world of photography as a 15 year old high school student learning the intricacies of film and I've been enamored with it ever since!
I'm a wife to my high school sweetheart Aaron, and momma to our sweet Penny girl. When I'm not wearing my photographer hat, I love traveling the world, renovating our home, and spending too much time at our favorite Mexican restaurant.
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fun facts about me
I was a nerd before it was cool to be one…If I could have grown up a decade later; I would have THRIVED as a youth with my enormous glasses, buck teeth, bowl hair cut, and deep love for Lord of the Rings, Nancy Drew and drawing dolphins.
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I got my degree in Architecture from BGSU (forever a Falcon!)…and although photography has always been my first love, I’m always up for a challenge and thought a degree requiring 4 years of no sleep sounded just about right. In all seriousness, I do love it (Architecture).
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I’m married to my high school sweetheart and we’re enjoying life together traveling, adopting cats (well just one), killing all the house plants, spending way too much time at our favorite Mexican restaurant and doing variety of home improvement projects in our 108 year old house (its amazing the conflict installing hardwood floors as newlyweds can create). Our baby girl, Penny Ann, was born August of 2019 and she's our light.
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My first and favorite tattoo is my brother’s name on my wrist. To say I looked up to him would be an understatement. As a younger sister I mimicked him any way I could…he’s the reason for my tie-dye phase and attempts at becoming a soccer star. Also, my three younger sisters are my heart, and my mom is forever my best friend.
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If someone were to ask me why I chose to do photography a couple years ago I think I would have easily rattled off many reasons…I love creating, I feel gifted and confident in this field, I really enjoy connecting with people and learning their stories, and I love being able to capture the moments in time that so, so quickly pass by. And all of these still ring true but this past year weighty words like legacy and heirloom have been on my heart.
My grandma (Mimi as we all call her) has advanced Alzheimers and no longer recognizes who we are or is able to share any more of her story with us. And what a heartbreaking realization that’s been. After my last visit with her, my aunt brought out a box full of all these photos of Mimi from different phases of life and my mom, sisters and cousins all gathered ‘round and picked up and passed around these yellowing images of her life…her time in the Navy, time spent on the beaches of Hawaii, her at my age and as a young wife and mother, her beautiful garden.
Heirlooms. Legacy.
How precious these images are to her children and grandchildren who weren’t around for all these different pieces of her life. And the stories and legacy of this astounding woman will outlast her years on this earth. I know as her granddaughter, being able to see and hold an image of Mimi in her wedding dress long after she’s able to tell me about how nervous she was that day is nothing less than a gift. And I’m so grateful for the people behind the lenses at those times in her life building Heirlooms for my family to cherish today.
So, I am grateful for this position behind a lens and the opportunity and privilege it gives me to create beauty and share legacies.
And Other Reasons Behind My "Why".
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Creating Beauty
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Legacies Heirlooms,
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