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Small Business Saturday Specials | k.H.a. lifestyle photography | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 25, 2016 By // by kate

Book* any of our three wedding packages by Monday, November 28th and receive 25% off.

Book* our Engagement package by Monday, November 28th and receive a complimentary framed 8×10.

Book* a Lifestyle Session by Monday, November 28th and receive a complimentary 8×10 album.

Book* a family session by Monday, November 28th and receive 25% off of your entire print order.

Contact me to take advantage of any of our Small Business Saturday specials! Deals are good through midnight, Monday, November 28th.

*Booking requires 50% non-refundable booking deposit to hold your date, as well as returning our signed contract.

Connor | First Birthday Party | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 21, 2016 By // by kate

Connor’s First Birthday

Connor’s First Birthday

Connor’s First Birthday

Connor’s First Birthday

Our youngest nephew Connor turned ONE yesterday! ONE! I can’t believe it’s been an entire year since he came into this world.

He’s a vivacious, lively little dude, who has mastered the art of crawling, loves putting EVERYTHING in his mouth, playing with his big brother Tyler, and snuggling with their chocolate lab Dakota. He’s independent, hates to sleep, and loves to explore.

Watching him explore and discover the world is one of the biggest blessings in my life, and I can’t wait to see what this world has in store for him.

Weekend In Review | k.H.a.lifestyle photography | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 21, 2016 By // by kate

Friday night took us downtown to Nationwide Arena to watch the BlueJackets take on The Rangers, (we won, btw) Jeff and two of his brothers were off to schmooze in AEP’s corporate box, so Mariah and I took our tickets for a gals night… great game, bookend-ed by drinks at Gordon Beirsch made for a great Friday evening.

Every year the female contingent of our family here in Ohio spends the Saturday before Thanksgiving kicking off (and in some cases completely finishing) their Christmas shopping. Due the fact that until a few months ago I lived in Oregon I’ve never been able to partake in the Heitkamp Ladies Shopping Day.

This year, I was all in. We started the morning with everyone converging on my sister in law’s to game plan our day, then as all mornings start, we hit Starbucks for our liquid energy and we were off… Target, Toys R’ Us, Hobby Lobby (LOVEEEE Hobby Lobby), fast stop for lunch, then back at it, Kohls & ended at the Polaris Fashion Place Mall.

Largely, I was along for the ride, as Jeff and I plan on utilizing the fine folks of Amazon for the bulk of our Christmas shopping so we don’t have to schlepp gifts back to Portland with us, or mess around with shipping. Christmas decorations & household decor on the other hand… We’re finally to to the point that we’re ready to start decorating here, so the timing of a girls day at Hobby Lobby was just about perfect. I can’t wait to start decorating for Christmas, which will take place much to Jeff’s chagrin next Sunday, when we get back from our Thanksgiving celebration at his parents.

Sunday our littlest nephew and God son Connor turned one, so we all converged on Greg and Meredith’s to celebrate the little dude, whom when presented with his little cake to smash was just not quite sure what we wanted him to do with it.

We wrapped up the weekend again in front of the fireplace, winding down from a busy weekend with family, and gearing up for the week ahead, which, according to all the notes I have, is going to include a bazillion pounds of potatoes, as I gear up for side dishes for Thanksgiving at our friends home, and then the family Thanksgiving in Fort Recovery this coming weekend.

BlueJackets Game

Ladies Shopping Day

First Birthday Outfit

We did some great shopping.

Connor’s First Birthday

BlueJackets Game

Expertise.com | Best Maternity Photographer in Columbus

November 18, 2016 By // by kate

Expertise.com released their list of the top 19 maternity photographers in Columbus yesterday, and we’re on it!

The fine folks behind Expertise.com started with a group of 179 photographers and narrowed it down to the top 19, by rating us all across 25 metrics.

“Our goal is to connect people with the best local experts. We scored maternity photographers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analysed the results to give you a hand-picked list of the best maternity photographers in Columbus, OH.”

There are not words to express how thrilled I am by this, and unbelievably flattered I am to be included in a group of such amazing talent.

If you, or anyone you know is engaged, about to become engaged, or expecting, I’d love to sit down over a cup of coffee (or wine) and get to know you, and talk further about what you’re looking for!

So many, many thank’s to all of my clients, friends, & family for all of the love and support!!! There is no way I could have done this without you.

The entire article can be viewed here.

Katy + Josh | Christmas Card Photos | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 15, 2016 By // by kate

I met Katy & Josh while photographing a wedding earlier this fall, and pretty much fell in love with them both on the spot. They are two of the most open, gregarious, loving people you’ll ever meet. When I was asked to photograph them for their Christmas card, I was through the roof.

“We didn’t know we were making memories, we just thought we were having fun”

Katy reached out a couple of weeks ago, asking if we still had time to get a session in for Christmas card photos… my response was instant, OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE TIME! I asked Katy if she had any specific ideas about their session, and we hit the ground running.

We spent last Sunday evening at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park west of Columbus, where laughter and conversation flowed like water.

The energy that these two share is magnetic and so full of love, the entire session was a dream, and I can’t wait to get them back in front of my camera again!

Katy & Josh | Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Weekend in Review | k.H.a.lifestyle photography | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 14, 2016 By // by kate

This was the first weekend since we moved into our home in Dublin, and really since we’ve been in Ohio that we didn’t have a list a mile long of unpacking boxes or house projects to get done.

So we decided to explore.

Friday night started with me teaching my youngest brother in law (Curt, you’re also currently my favorite brother in law) how to make a kick ass meal, with only a few slight hiccups. Also, probably the most exciting moment of my last week, I found a store that carries Los Vasco’s wine. The wine that has long been the house red at my mom’s house, and reminds me of home, so I did what any sane rational woman would do, I bought three bottles. (which, to my credit, was less than the case that was my knee-jerk reaction to finding out here)

Saturday, Jeff woke me up asking if I wanted to try out a new coffee shop on High Street in Worthington, which turned into walking all along High street, drinking coffee and poking through the shops. Knowing that we didn’t have anything waiting on us at home, we decided to expand our exploring up into Delaware, for more poking around and lunch.

As we drove, I hit up Yelp, (which I must say, is an app that I use on the daily, especially now that I’m exploring in a whole new part of the country) to find us a place for lunch, and we landed at Restoration Brew Worx.

KILLLLLLER good food and great beer. And hard cider. Jeff and I took advantage of the exploring time to start to nail down details of a new project that we have in the works, as well as stopping every oh, three feet, for me to snap another photo. (Thank God for a patient husband)

Drove a couple hours up I71 to Akron, to photograph the coolest birthday bash I’ve ever seen for a fellow photographer, then back to Cbus.

Sunday brought more exploring with Jeff, this time up to Sunbury, which is a small town to the north east of the city, again poking through small shops before meeting up with my friend Heather and her family for lunch at the Firehouse Tavern for burgers and again, beer. (hey, it’s the weekend)

To wind the weekend up, I had a session at Battelle Darby Metro Park, with two of the most fun people I’ve had the pleasure of working with. They pretty much gave me creative license with their session, but more about that when I post their session’s blog.

Sunday was capped off with butternut squash soup Jeff had waiting, a big pile of blankets, a super smooshy big chair, and a roaring fire in the fireplace.

As far as weekends go, one of the best we’ve had since we moved.

Katy & Josh | Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Weekend Wrap Up | A Few Days Behind | Columbus Lifestyle Photographer

November 9, 2016 By // by kate

So I’m a few days late on the weekend wrap up, but, better late than never.

Last week was landmark here in our household, we had our first Oregon visitor! My friend Alicia came out for the week, to hang out, recharge her batteries, and enjoy a whole lot of doing nothing. Well, doing nothing in the grand scheme of things… We grocery shopped, at what has fast become MY FAVORITE market, Saraga (check them out here) which has pretty much everything that you could ever want or need, had serious Gilmore Girls Netflix marathons, cooked which of course turned into eating, poked around North Market , which is Columbus’ answer to Pike Street Market, and spent time enjoying the fall sunshine at Inniswood Metro Garden.

Alicia and I, along with Mariah of Mariah Ellenwood Photography , took our cameras with us to North Market on Saturday, and poked around the Short North, before hitting up Koki’s for masa, and taking my first shot at home made tamales. (thanks momma, for teaching me, and answering all of my questions via text).

Dinner was a smashing success, the Buckeyes won, and it was a great way to wrap up Alicia’s visit.

This week, we’re back to what has become our new normal, I’m still working on the final unpacking, and starting to (think about) tackling decorating.

Happy Wednesday!