Journal

Stories From Recent Events

A closer look at the days we photograph across Cleveland, Akron, Canton and the rest of Northeast Ohio.

Assad lifting Suemaya among the sunflowers at Rogish Farm as the October sun glows behind them

Love Story · Chesterland, Ohio · OCTOBER 1, 2026

Suemaya & Assad's Sunflower-Field Love Story at Rogish Farm

An early-October love story among rows of sunflowers, moving from playful walks and quiet portraits to the warm last light over Rogish Farm in Chesterland, Ohio.

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Naya photographed during her senior session in Cleveland's Cultural Gardens, framed by greenery and late-summer light

Senior Portraits · Cleveland, Ohio · SEPTEMBER 12, 2026

Naya's Cleveland Senior Session at the Italian & Hungarian Cultural Gardens

Naya's senior session moved through the Italian and Hungarian Cultural Gardens in Cleveland, blending fountains, stonework, flowers, and greenery with a relaxed portrait experience shaped by a family that has come to feel more like friends than clients.

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Deep partial lunar eclipse photographed over Northeast Ohio by Rada Abib Photography, the Moon glowing rusty red beneath a bright sunlit sliver

Night Sky · Cleveland, Ohio · AUGUST 28, 2026

Photographing the August 2026 Lunar Eclipse Over Northeast Ohio

Earth's shadow climbed almost all the way across the Moon above Northeast Ohio, leaving a rusty red disc under one brilliant sliver of sunlight. Rada Abib photographed the deep partial eclipse through its midnight maximum.

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Hala and Abe standing beside a tall white hydrangea bush in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, his hands resting over hers on her baby bump

Maternity · Cleveland, Ohio · AUGUST 14, 2026

Hala & Abe's Cleveland Maternity Session at the Italian Cultural Gardens and Museum of Art

A late-summer maternity session with Hala and Abe moving from the gardens, stonework, and greenery of the Italian Cultural Gardens to the timeless architecture surrounding the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Backlit portrait in the dune grass at Headlands Beach with the bride-to-be's patterned dupatta stretched wide as the sun shines through the fabric

Love Story · Mentor, Ohio · AUG. 3RD 2026

A Golden-Hour Love Story at Headlands Beach in Mentor, Ohio

Quiet portraits beneath enormous trees, warm evening light through the dune grass, movement along the boardwalk and a Lake Erie sunset to finish the night — a love story captured in both photo and film at Headlands Beach State Park.

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Bride and groom kissing in the open doorway of a weathered white barn with sunlit fields behind them

Weddings · Canton, Ohio · JULY 4TH, 2026

A Warm Summer Wedding in the Canton, Ohio Area

A church ceremony full of soft window light and family moments, followed by relaxed summer portraits around a weathered white barn, open fields and mature trees in the Ohio countryside.

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Balcony-wide view of Severance Music Center with the pianist and Steinway lit by a single warm pool of light beneath the ornate glowing ceiling

Concerts · Cleveland, Ohio · SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

Inside Polina Osetinskaya's Cleveland Recital at Severance Music Center

One pianist, one Steinway and an enormous Art Deco hall. A Cleveland concert photographer's look at Polina Osetinskaya's "The Art of Transcription" recital at Severance Music Center, from the first pool of stage light to the crowd gathered in the lobby afterward.

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