• studio3z photography {the blog}

    If you have landed here...bless your soul.  Welcome to our little tiny corner of the cyber world, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Below you will see favorites from our sessions we do professionally, and also loads of personal nonsense that we hope at least will entertain you.  If nothing less, you can keep up on our adorable children.  Really, they are worth the trip back here time and time again in and of itself.

    My name is Jess.  My hubby is Brett.  We are crazy about each other, our 4 babies, and our art.  Welcome to our world.

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Monthly Archives: March 2009

being fourth. {gabriel}

pros: more big people to love, kiss and tell you how adorable you are…. cons: more hand-me-down clothes (and peek a boo toes).

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March 30, 2009 - 4:23 pm

sara - those fat little toes look kissable…

March 30, 2009 - 4:40 pm

esther - Love it! So sweet, those fourth ones do get lots of love don’t they?

March 30, 2009 - 6:13 pm

Briony - love this! so sweet :)

March 31, 2009 - 1:37 pm

Abra Morris - This made my day. LOVE it.

March 31, 2009 - 4:02 pm

lucy - i love those precious baby toes.

March 31, 2009 - 4:08 pm

kylee - precious :)

March 31, 2009 - 4:21 pm

Ashie - Bein 4th is da bomb.

March 31, 2009 - 7:30 pm

mel - lolololol i was number 3. dang, i didnt get new clothes til i could buy em myself!!! but thats so dang adorable!!!

April 1, 2009 - 4:05 pm

nichole - been following your blog for a bit now…love your work. this post is absolutely precious…..unforgettable!

April 2, 2009 - 1:27 pm

Gail - I gotta tell you, being the fourth kid in a family of four myself, I love where I fell in the line-up of my family. What’ll be cute is when your daughter gets into high school and Gabe develops these fourth grade crushes on them — oh, it seems so far off, but it isn’t really, isn’t it? :)

Thank you again for being so awesome and open. I really had a great time at OSP with our group – and your sweets just sweetened the deal.

Looking forward to the gang of us doing this again sometime (and to following your blog now!)

Gail

April 2, 2009 - 3:54 pm

holly - i adore this with all my heart. little gabey is the sweetest. oooh, and i am lovin’ your new border.

seeing the sights. {personals from LA part II}

Before we even made it out there to the West coast, Jason (Brett’s brother) had some great plans/ideas lined up for all of us.  You will have to excuse this very long post, but I just had to get the next part of our trip in….as much as I would like too, I can’t extend...

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March 26, 2009 - 12:23 pm

Briony - what an amazing time! i love the pic of riah on the ride…and pretty much all of the other ones too :) ahah

March 26, 2009 - 12:40 pm

shannon selim - first of all… i can’t believe there’s a real school of rock… secondly, i am so jealous of gabey, getting to probably view one of the most entertaining puppet shows that ever was. you know i feel like one of the family when i start calling him “gabey”… haha, and i still haven’t even met you. :( sorry to disappoint with this last trip… one of these days, I promise-brett owes me a dinner! you’re kids will have some awesome memories! thanks for sharing!

March 26, 2009 - 12:49 pm

Barb - I kept thinking…this is my favorite. No THIS is my favorite…wait….

March 26, 2009 - 12:50 pm

sara - thank you, I am now dying to go to the LA science center…that place looks crazy cool!!! BTW, thanks for sharing your trip with us, it really seems as though it was the perfect vacation (with a little work mixed in)! :)

March 26, 2009 - 1:28 pm

holly - looks like a BLAST!! you know how i always tell you you’re cool, and you always deny it?! well, look at you miss “i-go-to-museums-with-super-cool-actors-and-am-super-chill-about-it.” see? you are. so. cool. and an awesome mama. LOVE ALL OF YOU CRAZY-COOL Z’S.

March 26, 2009 - 1:53 pm

meredith - now this is fabulous! i love it :-)

March 26, 2009 - 2:24 pm

betsy - AWESOME!!!! : )

March 26, 2009 - 3:39 pm

Maya Laurent - I know want to go to LA just for this place! I don’t even think you need to have kids to think that place is fun!!!

March 26, 2009 - 8:15 pm

julie - These are so cool. Looks like alotta fun out there!

March 27, 2009 - 11:42 am

lucy - i love it! this looks like my kind of day….tons of fun with the kiddos! love the pics…esp. gabey’s little face! man, i really miss those babies.

March 27, 2009 - 11:10 pm

Sharon - So enjoying all of these pictures! You do such great storytelling with all of your pictures. You could post every day and I would look at them all. I LOVE photography! And am really loving yours.

March 28, 2009 - 12:17 am

jessica - So…we have really cool museums, food and cockroaches in NYC. Come and visit…please?
Our 750 square foot apartment can withhold the Z family!

food, friends, and family {personals from LA}

I am continuing our L.A. trip on the blog this week because frankly, who was I kidding that I could finish it in one week.  We took A LOT of photos. So, the main reason we made the trip out to Los Angeles was for the amazing west coast light and to see Brett’s brother...

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March 24, 2009 - 12:16 am

Kylee - I’m super jealous of your trip! And I love that your kids have such a great uncle, very cool! :)

March 24, 2009 - 12:25 am

Abra Morris - Looks like you had a blast. Love the pictures. Thank you for sharing.

March 24, 2009 - 3:37 am

wrecklessgirl - WHAT.IN.THE.HECK.IN.THE.WORLD.IS.YOUR.BABY.DRINKING?!?!?! :)

{ love ya } and yah, your brother in law loves your kids, but have you ever thought that maybe i love them more…? and i’ve only talked to them for a half an hour. so there! :)

miss you guys!

March 24, 2009 - 3:37 am

wrecklessgirl - ps. eating the boy’s face: priceless.

March 24, 2009 - 11:14 am

Maya Laurent - Those food photos might have just changed what I want for lunch. Yum!!! It looks like your kids are so lucky to have a loving uncle!

March 24, 2009 - 11:24 am

Barb - Fantastic photos, as always. I also think that your wavy haired boy looks just like his Uncle J. Thanks for sharing your trip with us!

March 24, 2009 - 2:40 pm

Suzy Ann - Love the photos! You guy’s are so talented. It was a pleasure spending time with the kiddies and getting to know Brett & Jessica. I hope to see you soon! Besos, Suzy Ann

March 24, 2009 - 11:06 pm

gina@kiwistreet - jess, these are too fun. kind of an international visit!
love the one of priya ‘having fun at the grammy’s’ and who
could resist a little ‘love bite’!!!!

March 25, 2009 - 12:30 am

Leyla - Uncle J, don’t eat Ai-dy, eat salad!

March 25, 2009 - 8:25 pm

sara - Jess, these are awesome…looks like you guys had an incredible time and I can honestly feel the love in these photos.

March 27, 2009 - 11:03 am

Mama - The kids will NEVER forget this trip….Wish I could have been there with you all, but I needed to go see about my Dad in TN. There will be another time….BTW my Dad is the Lebanese-part of the family tree for my three sons!!

June 24, 2010 - 8:14 am

Wanda - Jess, is that the Elijah Woods and Dom from Flash Forward TV show???

November 13, 2009 - 7:02 pm

studio3z order deadlines + some randomness. | Cincinnati Wedding Photographers - [...] meeting up with some of our friends who are out there.  We mentioned in one of our posts from our trip out to LA last spring that Brett randomly found one of his good college buddies from New Mexico living less that a mile [...]

claudine + steve + matthew. {family of three}

While visiting Los Angeles, we were so happy to do a shoot for Claudine and her family.  We shot all around their home in Redondo Beach, and let me just tell you, we left just a wee bit jealous of the gorgeousness that surrounds them everyday! Steve actually grew up in Redondo beach too!  How...

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March 19, 2009 - 12:33 pm

Amanda - Dang, I want Brett and Jess to come shoot my family. ;) AWESOME!

March 19, 2009 - 12:49 pm

Briony - i love all of the beach pics…such a fun shoot

March 19, 2009 - 1:02 pm

Kelly (Daphne Photo Studio) - Jess + Brett = freakin’ AmAzInG!!!

March 19, 2009 - 1:49 pm

wrecklessgirl - i love the bike on the sidewalk with the little boy in the lead. so darng (dang+darn) cute!!!!

March 19, 2009 - 2:18 pm

Maggie - So after looking over all the LA pictures plus Amy and Caleb’s wedding…I’m crying. No seriously! Your pictures are breathtaking and I can’t wait for you guys to capture my memories for me! You two have a gift…

March 19, 2009 - 5:53 pm

mel - where have you been all our lives? lol. annd family of chucks. SO cool. yer going to have some sweet opportunities at barbs wedding with those babies!!

March 19, 2009 - 9:06 pm

alisha - I LOVE the bike ones! definitely show family personality!

March 20, 2009 - 1:26 pm

rebecky - My favorite family shoot to date. The family is beautiful and the little boy should be a model–he works that camera. Can’t pick just one cause I love them all. The beach, bikes, and coffee makes it all a family fun trip instead of a “photo session” –loved it all. Great job.

March 22, 2009 - 10:28 pm

Maya Laurent - I love the sleeping one! He came up with some great poses!!! Jealous that you got to shoot in the sand…and awesome CA sun!

March 23, 2009 - 1:00 pm

Mary Marantz - these are awesome! LOVE that last one!

March 23, 2009 - 7:47 pm

Susan Solo - What a cute cute family! Love all of the beach cruiser-bike photos. I hope those are printed HUGE and displayed somewhere!

March 24, 2009 - 11:00 am

Lana Cease - Love ALL of the pics, very beautiful.

March 29, 2009 - 9:13 pm

Allison Davis - That is one incredible family session! And that’s how it should be done ladies and gentlemen… Great, great stuff! Love the portraits, love the bikes and the play time – it’s just great!!

April 8, 2009 - 10:15 am

lucy - i totally missed this shoot while i was in india, but i’m glad i backtracked….awesome shoot! such a great family session! love it!