Samantha Newman Photography

ots for photos. She was able to make photos go quickly and everything went smoothly. She is also so calming to have around with the day of nerves and is super helpful with posing and everything. On top of all those good things, Samantha's photos are BEAUTIFUL!! All the lighting and colors and posing are perfect. She does such a great job. I have received so many compliments on how beautiful our photos are, and we are a terribly unphotogenic couple. Samantha made everything look perfect!

We had originally planned to have a big wedding in Cincinnati Museum Center, but instead chose to get married, in a small ceremony with just our immediate family in our backyard. We had Samantha work with us for this day and we couldn't have been happier with the results. We chose not to do an engagement photo session before the wedding, so the first time that we met her was the morning of our wedding. She was extremely friendly and personable as well as professional, and had a great eye for lighting, poses and scenery that would lead to a great shot overall. She even rolled with it when we found that one of our guests had solicited her to take some professional headshots of him (a thing we would have never expected Samantha to do) but she just went with it to ensure that she was doing everything she could to ensure our day went as well as possible. We chose to move forward with hosting our "real" wedding later in the year and we chose to utilize Samantha again for that event after how well everything turned out from our backyard wedding. Her photos were great and she and her second shooter were very professional and personable all night. We have nothing but positive things to say about Samantha. She did a great job and we're very glad we chose her for our wedding.

ntly that she understood the vibe and aesthetic I was hoping to capture our day. Samantha was so communicative and easy to schedule our engagement session with. She was SO fast in returning our engagement pictures and we fell even more in love. I cannot recommend Samantha more!

h my whole planning process. Our engagement photos were a BLAST and exceeded our expectations, making me even more excited for our wedding. From the moment Samantha arrived on wedding day, I knew I could count on her for more than just photos. She helped with our timeline, keeping us laughing, making sure all of the details were perfect and making sure we were still having fun during some of the more stressful moments on wedding day. Samantha was open to us suggesting shots/poses, as well as locations, which was so nice! I appreciated her flexibility and her ability to roll with the punches (including our questionable transportation and complicated logistics). She brought along an AMAZING second shooter who I trusted just as much as Samantha to capture our moments. With a second shooter, we were able to get photos of the groomsmen and groom getting ready, have multiple angles for ceremony, and have someone with a different perspective getting their own take on the day. SO COOL to have photos from 3 cameras total (yep, Sam wore 2 all day!) and get to see the differences in focus and distance. Our gallery is so unique because of this, but still cohesive, light, airy and tells the perfect story of our day. I'm so thankful to have had Samantha on my wedding dream team. My husband Alex cannot say enough good things, either! He specifically thanks Samantha for the photos at our first look, and for passing tissues when he needed them. Thank you for everything, Samantha!!