Ali & Clay | Twinsburg Maternity Photographer
/What’s that? Love is in the air? I think so…
Parker’s Newborn Session | Stow Newborn Photography
/Ten Little Fingers. Ten Little Toes
I love babies.
Wiggling, stretching, sweet little newborns — nothing is more precious. I love to create artistic images that reflect the deep emotional bond you and your baby share, along with every adorable detail.
My goals are simple. When you see your images, I want you to instantly remember these intimate, fleeting moments and to relive the indescribable joy you feel right now. These images are meant to be heirlooms.
Investments in future memories that will warm hearts for generations. Let’s create your future memories now — together.
Caleb’s Studio Newborn Session | Brunswick Newborn Photographer
/2023 has been one for the books! I've had the honor to work with so many people this year and develop new friendships. I just want to take a moment to say a great big THANK YOU to everyone that supported me this year. On that note, cheers to the new year!
Infertility
/I have some crazy, exciting news to share with you!
At the end of February, I received a random phone call from ORM Fertility in Oregon. They were wondering if I would be interested and available to photograph a set of twins for the cover of an upcoming issue of Fertility Road magazine! Initially I was confused…how on earth did they find me all the way in Ohio?
Meet Heather and Brandon, who live near my studio here in Ohio. They are just the sweetest couple who struggled for nearly 10 years to have a family. They turned to ORM Fertility for help and were blessed with healthy twins, a girl and boy!! They are so beyond happy that they have finally realized their dream of becoming parents!
We quickly needed to coordinate our schedules for their photo session as the magazine wanted the images in just 2 days for the cover! Thankfully, it all worked out great! The babies, affectionately deemed the #Twincredibles, were about 4 months old and just as cute as can be! ORM had asked for the babies to be photographed wearing their little “Made with Love in Oregon” onesies and that’s the image that was chosen for the cover.
Of course my darling husband needed to document my reaction the day my copy of the magazine arrived! (Please excuse my geeky self…lol) #lorimasonphotography
This entire experience was very surreal for me…never in a million years did I think I would ever be a part of something like this. But for me, this is what photography is all about. Not the part about getting to shoot a magazine cover… Yeah, that’s cool and all, but it’s bigger than that.
We live our lives loving each other, welcoming children into our world and watching them grow, make mistakes, do awesome things, then one day love and welcome children of their own. There are so many steps and milestones along this journey that make up our memories. Capturing those huge, important moments on “film” is what I do. It is immensely meaningful to me and I hope to create a little bit of joy every time you look back and relive those moments during your life.
Heather and Brandon had no idea how challenging it was going to be to start their family. Thankfully they had the help of ORM Fertility and now… their journey of memories has just begun. You can read more of Heather and Brandon’s story here.
Coincidentally, April 21st - April 27th, 2019 is National Infertility Awareness Week.
Infertility affects one in eight couples, which can result in shame, guilt and overwhelming longing for something others have more easily: children. But sometimes you witness a beautiful story that leaves you filled with optimism and amazement.
You may have seen my social media post a few days ago of an empty bucket in honor of the women faced with infertility. We understand that seeing all the beautiful newborn portraits that we share can be heartbreaking when you are waiting for a baby of your own. Please know that you are not alone. The bucket symbolizes the emptiness that women with infertility often feel...but it also represents the hope for these women, that when their miracle arrives, we, their photographer, will be here to celebrate with them!
ORM is donating $1 for every Like and $5 for every Facebook Share (up to $5,000) of the Twincredibles video to RESOLVE: the National Infertility Association. Please take a minute to help this awesome cause.
2018 Year in Review
/2018 was an exciting year filled with many changes here at Lori Mason Photography! As we are almost to the last day of the year I thought I would share some of our business and personal stories of the year.
Babies…lots of babies! I can’t believe how lucky I am that snuggling babies is my job. Each and every one of them is a blessing. I am so grateful for all the families that trusted me with their most precious little ones. I love being able to provide such a meaningful service, to make a difference and give families images they will cherish forever.
We had a terrible scare early in the year with our sweet Goldendoodle Calvin. If you don’t know about Calvin, he’s kind of a big deal. He even has his own Instagram account @doodleincident. This little boy is just the absolute sweetest thing ever. He was about 7 months old when he showed all the signs of a blockage. Numerous x-rays and consultations were all inconclusive, so the decision was made to do exploratory surgery. They didn’t find any foreign objects, but his insides were pretty twisted up preventing everything from passing through him properly. Thankfully, they were able to untangle everything, patch him up and within a week or so he was as good as new. Whew!
The Cherry Blossom trees this year were amazing! I was able to photograph one of my favorite clients among the blossoms. It was a perfect day and this family was just beautiful.
Mansfield Mayhem! Every year the Mansfield Reformatory (as seen in the “Shawshank Redemption”) rents out the entire facility to a small group of photographers for the evening. I really had no idea what to expect going into it but I knew it would be amazing! I love old abandoned places and this did not disappoint. The iron work was beautiful, even with all the peeling rust. Oh, and the light! Just incredible, a fuzzy, hazy dream. My only regret was not knowing about it soon enough to gather together some models to come with me. While I was there, I learned that this is popular for high school senior portraits. I can see why…guess what I’ll be planning next year?!
aNOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER’S MODEL…I COULDN’T RESIST TAKING A QUICK SHOT FROM THE SHADOWS AS THE LIGHT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL!
Mid summer I discovered that my website was gone. Yep, completely and totally gone. The hosting company that I had been using had a server crash and they were not able to restore anything. Mine and hundreds of other people all lost everything. I just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that they had no backups. This is a company that hosted thousands and thousands of websites. It’s just unbelievable. I lost the months of work it took to build my website, but thankfully, all of my images are backed up in multiple places so I still had those. You should be doing the same with yours. Please don’t rely on a single method of storage.
This takes us to our new studio! For years I had envisioned having a commercial studio space. I loved my home studio, but it was time to take the next step. The new space was a mess when I first saw it, empty, dirty and being used by other tenants as a workshop. Through blood, sweat and tears (literally) we slowly transformed this ugly duckling to a darling space that I love dearly. My sweet husband Elliott put so much hard work into laying the floors, installing the sliding doors, assembling the Ivar storage system for all the props and so much more. I am so very grateful for everyone, from those who gave me the confidence to take this leap, my landlord who was so excited to have me there, the contractors who did what we couldn’t, my new neighbors who offered help and support, the Solon Chamber of Commerce who coordinated the ribbon cutting, my daughter Stephanie who surprised me by flying in from Wisconsin to be with me during our grand opening and of course the rest of my family who shared this journey with me on such a personal level. Thank you all so very much. I hope to have many happy memories here. Here’s to a Happy 2019!!
