Tessa N. Brediger Photography

Tessa N. Brediger Photography Film and digital documentary wedding photographer based in Dayton, Ohio and traveling the country. Here for punk rock, dogs, cool light, inclusivity, and love.

Just two boys, doing boy things with their matching blue trucks.
04/11/2026

Just two boys, doing boy things with their matching blue trucks.

Friends and Clients, As of 12pm today, my website is offline for the foreseeable future. I have loved being your photogr...
03/18/2026

Friends and Clients,

As of 12pm today, my website is offline for the foreseeable future.

I have loved being your photographer for the past 12 years as a professional, and for far longer before then as a creative.

As motherhood, college classes, and an international move continue to take up time in my life, it is time for me to step back for a while. I do intend to return to my business, but for now, my first priority is being present with my family, being a successful student, and helping my family prepare for a move abroad to Germany in the summer.

In the meantime, I am ALWAYS available to be your photographer. Whether you have a wedding, senior portraits, family photos, or brand work, I can be contacted here or on Instagram at . I'll be posting more travel and documentary work there in the future, and I look forward to using my creativity in a different way.

I have had no greater honor than bearing witness to your weddings, your growing families, and your milestones. You have my endless thanks for your trust in my artistry. I appreciate you more than you know.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being here. I hope you'll follow me into the next era. Love you guys, and see you around!

He’s cancer-free!!! My nephew Levi was the star of the show at largest bell ringing! There are so many people who have ...
03/15/2026

He’s cancer-free!!!

My nephew Levi was the star of the show at largest bell ringing! There are so many people who have deeply loved our family over the last 2.5 years. Whether you gave to his GoFundMe, followed his story online, or are one of the many medical providers who kept my best friend alive, thank you. We have been in awe of our hometown and local communities — Orrville, Smithville, Virginia Beach, AFIT, and our international military friends.

And yes, Levi is dressed as Michael Jackson, his favorite artist, and walked down the bell dancing and singing to Thriller. 😂❤️

THANK YOU (and for a brief stint last winter). Here’s to many more years with the best big kid I know.

Photos and people who made the bell ringing happen:

Views from the hike to Kilonani Mauka in Kāne’ohe yesterday. Love love love this island.
03/12/2026

Views from the hike to Kilonani Mauka in Kāne’ohe yesterday. Love love love this island.

North shore, shark’s cove (more like sea urchin cove, iykyk), and Kilonani Mauka in Kāne’ohe yesterday. Love love love t...
03/12/2026

North shore, shark’s cove (more like sea urchin cove, iykyk), and Kilonani Mauka in Kāne’ohe yesterday. Love love love this island.

I’ve never been so hyped up in my life than when I asked a group of Gen-z girls in jorts to take this photo for me. Than...
03/11/2026

I’ve never been so hyped up in my life than when I asked a group of Gen-z girls in jorts to take this photo for me. Thanks, babes.

Ocean kayaks, Hale’iwa and Waimea Bay, a new sarong, made in Hawai’i + one iPhone pic of the honu (green sea turtle) I s...
03/10/2026

Ocean kayaks, Hale’iwa and Waimea Bay, a new sarong, made in Hawai’i + one iPhone pic of the honu (green sea turtle) I spotted from the coast. Love you, North Shore.

Today we explored Honolulu and Waikīkī’s Kalākaua Street along with walking in Waikīkī Bay, ate the most incredible blue...
03/09/2026

Today we explored Honolulu and Waikīkī’s Kalākaua Street along with walking in Waikīkī Bay, ate the most incredible blue marlin tacos with an ice cold beer, and made it out to the Pearl Harbor National Historic Park (more words on that later). There is no better feeling than exploring a new place with your best friend.

The first two days in Oahu. 🐚 Lots of feelings, but the greatest of them is happiness.
03/09/2026

The first two days in Oahu. 🐚 Lots of feelings, but the greatest of them is happiness.

In a huge change of plans, we’re moving to GERMANY! Jake is joining the US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) staff command at...
01/31/2026

In a huge change of plans, we’re moving to GERMANY! Jake is joining the US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) staff command at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany.

This is an opportunity we’ve talked about for years, and we’re so excited to have the chance to live overseas for a while. Leaving Ohio will be tough, but we’re so lucky to be loved by our amazing families who encouraged us to say yes to the move.

Ramstein is near the borders of Germany, Luxembourg, France, and Belgium, so you can bet we’ll make allllllll of our European travel dreams come true while we’re there. Until August, you can find us practicing our language skills on Duolingo, since neither of us speak any German, French, or Dutch lol.

Verabschiedung, United States!

I am feeling grateful to be here with my husband and my boys. I’m grateful to be at my childhood home surrounded by my p...
11/28/2025

I am feeling grateful to be here with my husband and my boys. I’m grateful to be at my childhood home surrounded by my parents and my sisters and brothers-in-law and all my nephews, and one niece. I’m grateful to be able to say “What did you say?” over and over again in conversation because the laughter from raucous cousins is so deafeningly loud. I’m grateful for sisters that rock my baby to sleep and change him into pajamas before bed. I’m grateful for brothers that answer all of my preschoolers questions about helicopters and why weather moves. I’m grateful for a dad that seamlessly blends basting a turkey with playing basement monster hunt, and a mom that blends friend and chef and Grammy all into one. I’m grateful for our friends, scattered around the globe, and I’m grateful for the community we have in Dayton. I’m grateful and I never want to forget the feeling of being so immeasurably loved.

Happy thanksgiving from our home to yours.

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