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HI! I'M CATHY BLACKSTONE.

I am a Columbus based photographer and welcome to my blog.

I love to photograph babies in the tummy, babies out of the tummy, kids being good, kids being bad, kids with special needs, kids with fur, couples in love, families being themselves and seniors in between text messages :)

I have a fun and carefree style that I think you will be very comfortable with. Of course I love to take the classic picture where everyone is looking at the camera with a perfect smile but what I really love to catch is the real "in between" moments. The candid moments that you will cherish forever.

This is my photo blog where I will share favorite images from recent sessions and blab about my interests and family.

Thanks for visiting my site and taking a look. I really appreciate it. 

THIS ONE….

comes home everyday and tells me how TERRIBLE her day was. This girl did this, and then she said that and then he ignored her….

I listen to her, tell her to beat them all up, give her a hug and some Cool Ranch Doritos, she plops on the couch, sucks her finger, smells her blanket, watches one show then happily skips off into the neighborhood looking for some more drama.

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April 28, 2011 - 4:31 pm apryl - got one of these too... although since we home school tells me how terrible his day is here! he's the child that makes me work for every single moment, you know? got to love them:)

April 15, 2011 - 2:54 am Beth - love this girl

saturday afternoon with the URBANEK family | columbus, ohio family photographer

Love that Annie hired me to come over and shoot in and around the house because they are about to put their house on the market. What a great idea. I would love pics of Brad and I with Jackson and Ellie in our first cute little Cape Cod house in Clintonville. That first home always holds a special place in your heart even though you are dying to get out.

I also love the “feel” of this session. Very lifestyle. Hardly posed. Just hanging out and having fun with the boys.

untitled-41Too bad Annie’s eyes were half shut (not so pretty) in the shot after the hugs. Grayson decided he wanted to be the only one in his momma’s arms and went for his big brother’s eyes cat fight style, lol.
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It was also this little bruisers first birthday – so I focused on him a lot:)

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April 15, 2011 - 12:08 am Liesbeth Parlevliet - Love the angles in your shots! Inspirational as always!

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this amazing hunk of burning love had a birthday while we were in Chicago…

you don’t really know the person you are marrying. it’s such a crapshoot. i don’t think you know who you are marrying until you have kids or until you’ve lived together in 5 years. i lucked out. period. there is not a DAY that goes by that I don’t think I have won the lottery with him. the easiest man to be married to in the world. he has a spotless character. he is patient. he is kind. he truly truly understands and appreciates the job of a mother. he saves me every night when I’ve hit my 8pm brick wall and basically puts the kids to bed – my least favorite job – i’m done. i still get that rush when I hear him walk through the door. he works hard. he chews the tip of his right thumbnail when he is tired. he rubs my neck or head or shoulders almost everyday. he never complains. he hasn’t had a working radio in his car for 4ish months – doesn’t complain. he has a few flaws. can’t load a dishwasher, likes to fold laundry on the couch and then leave it there for the magic fairy, doesn’t mind David Caruso. but I also love that about him.

happy birthday Mr. Blackstone. i love you.

April 14, 2011 - 4:56 am Bentley Waters - that was beautiful. he sounds alot like my husband. hope you're well!

April 8, 2011 - 9:47 am sharee - I love that you appreciate your MR.Steady man. I think alot of women want them to be a "better leader" but I'd pick my go-with- the-flow, best dad ever, put the kids to bed every night and only clean PART of the bathroom, non-complainer husband, rock I can lean on hubby all over again:) ps YOu two are just plain adorable:)

April 8, 2011 - 7:30 am Zoe - You two are so beautiful together. Our world needs what you two have. Cheers to Love!!! The pic is fabulous...I mean, it's ok, you know, if you like that kind of thing.:)

April 6, 2011 - 5:28 pm Stacy - I absolutely love that you call your husband a hunk of burning love!!!

the HRINKO family | columbus, ohio family photographer

Spring Break is over! We had a great time in Chicago – I’ll post pics soon:)

In the meantime we hung out with the Hrinko’s over the weekend so I thought it was due time to post pics from their family session last October:) I’m terrible. I am a mom/wife/housekeeper/cook first. A photographer second. An editor/photoshopper/slideshow/ disc maker third and a blogger 4th. But I can’t tell you how much I care about this family so they need some blog respect!

I think about a half a season went by before Jodi and I sat by each other at a game and within 5 minutes I knew I loved and was going to thoroughly enjoy her. I was annoyed we didn’t find each other sooner. She is one of the people that helps feed my dirty hungry kids because I am frazzled and late. We can break it down fast and I love that. I trust her. She is quickly becoming someone I would call if I needed some help getting out of jail or moving a dead body – hahaa. Steve is the first base coach butt smacker that yells, “get here! get here! get here!” three times in a row ALWAYS. Loves his Jimmy Buffet. One of my biggest cheerleaders. And there is something about a man loving your work that makes your heart swell.

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Their awesome, sweet, happy children…that sounds sarcastic but it’s not:)untitled-4img_6193-bloguntitled-3img_6391blog

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April 4, 2011 - 10:21 am Jennifer Ingram - great as always. not many people can pull off the yellow like you Anna! Love the 2 together in b&w with J's eyes closed.