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Angela Cochran Photography, Salem, OH (2026)

08/24/2026

I don’t shoot senior sessions often but I always have SO MUCH fun with the ones I do take on. It is such an honor to try to fully capture 18 years of childhood, talent, and hopes and dreams all rolled into one session. In years past, I would have had a solid shot list in my head (and I still did this time too) but this time, I allowed space to see what he did in the in-between moments. The way he’d instantly start to kick the ball around the moment I went to my bag to switch lenses, the way he’d joke with his mom who was carrying a pile of jerseys and extra details to make his session extra memorable, and the way he stiffened up like a wooden soldier the moment he changed out of his soccer uniform. It all tells a story. Of a life well lived. Of a young man who is well loved and has been supported all along the way doing the sport he loves.

I’ve watched this young man’s parents for several years from a distance. I shot their oldest daughter’s senior pictures a few years ago and I quickly realized they are parents who are 1000% there for their kids. They’re the dedicated volunteering parents who have been marching along with the high school band during parades for well over a half a decade, have keys to the concession stand because they’re working mostly every game, and involved with every fundraiser or extra event the school comes up with. Because their kids are everything to them. It’s inspiring honestly as a mom of little kids who are just starting their school/sports age years. In 12 years, I hope my own son can say I was there for everything. ✨

08/22/2026

One of my favorite things about being a photographer is being invited back into a family’s story year after year. In the spring of 2025, this beautiful mama reached out to me hoping to get pictures with her tiny new baby under white flowering trees. We agreed on a chilly spring day in a very short gap where the weather was cooperating and along came the sweetest dad who was willing to do anything to keep his baby girl happy and bring his wife’s dream to life. 🫶🏻 My husband is much the same - doesn’t love pictures himself but knows how important it is to me so this family quickly found their way right into my heart. I photographed them again last summer when baby girl had gotten a little bit bigger and started getting more of her features with those beautiful blue eyes starting to pop.

And then got the privilege this week of photographing their now growing family at their home! 🥹 We started in a stunning field right next to their house that mom regularly photographs her own clients in and worked our way back to their Pinterest worthy garden. Their little pup was always close by and snagged a green bean in now what is my favorite ever dog photo (I literally laughed out loud when I saw - swipe for photo 4). 🤣

Love love love families who invite me back over and over again into their life. The extra perk is that you get editing that consistent enough even if the location is different to build a beautiful gallery wall that can grow with you over the years as your family grows up. 🥹 Swipe to the end to see their photos from last year!

08/21/2026

Early this summer, I sent out a one-time email for a dream that had been on my heart - bringing sessions HOME. Bottling up exactly what this season of life looks like for you whether you live in the country with acreage, a backyard in the middle of a small town, a new build in the suburbs, dressy, casual, whatever YOUR life looks and FEELS like. And it’s been a dream come true to have clients jump on board with me and be able to create image like this. 🥹🥹 Photos that feel like art. Your real life that feels like it belongs of massive mural on your wall. Everything and everyone you love doing all your favorite things at the place you love the most - HOME. Swipe to the end for a sneak peek of last night’s session. ✨

08/17/2026

Gearing up for another amazing senior session next week and realized this one never found a permanent spot in my feed yet - what an absolutely criminal oversight! 🫣 I don’t shoot senior sessions often but I do for intentional seniors with wildly big dreams and talent.

This sweet senior and her mom met with me at Starbucks in the spring of last year to share their dream of having her senior session on a runway. At the time, she was taking flight lessons and since then she’s become an accomplished pilot, taking her own solo flights and starting her college career this fall. We also mixed in a second night of shooting to capture the essence of one of her favorite places - a family cabin in Canada on the lake. Although we didn’t have the time to fly there directly, I found them a local location that matched the vibe of her favorite place.

So much fun and such an honor to shoot a session with such intentional vision behind it. Maybe we’ll fly to Canada when she graduates from college. ✨

08/16/2026

Things you should know about me as your potential photographer: the more animals the better. And if you took the time to paint your chicken coup this cute with southern coastal happy colors, like Charleston just dropped into your country backyard, you’re my kinda detail-oriented, joy-in-the-little-things person. We’re gonna get along just fine, I promise.

Small town Ohio photographer | Country life photo session | At home lifestyle photographer | Canton Ohio photographer

08/07/2026

Imagine having a childhood so magical that mom was willing to take a chalk ball to the face (swipe for the last photo) for you to have fun during family photos. 🥹 And not only that, but she loved this stage of life with you so much that she specifically booked family photos that would freeze time when you were this age doing the things you all loved so much.

I sent out on a gallery on Tuesday morning and within a few hours this inquiry hit my inbox from that client’s sister. She saw the heart, intention, and emotion bottled up in her nephew’s 1st birthday gallery and needed one herself of her own family to remember her favorite summer so far - a maternity leave filled with a brand new baby girl, care-free evenings, chalk balls, blow up slides, snackle boxes, and never ending energy from her 2 boys. To remember what the JOY of transitioning to 3 kids 4 and under felt like.

From a technical standpoint, this was one of my most high stakes sessions I’ve ever shot. As a mom of two energetic boys myself, I know the speed, tenacity, and head on a swivel feeling required to keep my camera safe and lens clear around splashing water, dusty chalk balls, and 2 little boys racing out of the frame at all times. These parents worked with me and pivoted with me for almost an hour and a half last night to get these frame worthy photos and I hope that all of mom’s dreams came true about bottling up what the summer of 2026 felt like. 💕

Youngstown family photographer | Backyard session

08/06/2026

Have you ever watched the movie Homeward Bound? I’ve never once made it through that movie without sobbing buckets. And I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I teared up as I was culling through this session. I can literally hear the voices of the two dogs from that movie in my head as these two good girls narrating how good their life is. You can see it in their contented smiles, the way they snuggle up next to their people every chance they get, and in the constant way they watch everything that is going on. A silent, constant presence and comfort.

As I’ve been doing this summer, I sent out a questionnaire to this mom about what she was hoping to have captured for their backyard session. Top priorities were her little boy’s boundless happy energy, having fun as a family together, and some sweet moments with their oldest dog who is moving much slower these days at almost 10. I think that last part broke my heart a little as a dog mom myself and having photographed them since both dogs were much younger. I set out to make sure she was in as many pictures as possible but honestly? It wasn’t even hard because she’s always there. She moves a little slower these days and takes some breaks. But she’s loyal, she’s faithful, and she always finds her spot next to one of them eventually.

Bailey girl, I’d like to say you hit the jackpot. But honestly I think they hit the jackpot with you. 💕

08/04/2026

Being a mom of two energetic, ever changing little boys transformed how I take photos. THIS is feel I’ve wanted to bottle up in every stage as a mom and it’s the good stuff that lights me up for every session I get the privilege of capturing.

When I sent out a questionnaire this client, some of the top things she wanted to capture were this little boy’s happy, smiley personality, the way these two brothers ADORE each other, and his Velcro baby need for mommy at any and all times. So even though we had a cake for his birthday session and we did shoot that, I really wanted to tell the story of their every day in this stage right now. And I hope I did. Peep the 4th photo where the brothers are had literally grabbed each others’ hands. 🥹 My goal as a photographer is that when you see a carousel of photos from me that you can FEEL what it was like to be there. ✨

08/03/2026

I woke up to the kindest comment in an email this morning from a returning client wanting to book: “I loved what I saw from your recent work. Very creative and very personal!” And it made me smile so big because I’ve been shifting very purposefully this year and it’s really starting to translate. Families are seeing that their unique story can be told. Not just yearly family photos that feel a lot like everyone else’s. But unique heartfelt storytelling that represents the life they’ve built, told from the eye of a photographer who has always prioritized beautiful skin tones, adores a good outfit ensemble, and will always search for the most flattering angles that make moms often comment “how did you make us look this good.” Because you DO look this good and the life you created is BEAUTIFUL. Because it’s real. And authenticity is always more beautiful than anything else.

Hiding in years of my portfolio and hundreds of sessions are gems like this where I got to come to people’s homes and capture their real life. Looking back, I’ve always written about these sessions with more passion and I think the writing has always been on the wall that this is what I was meant to do.

A highlight for me is that this dad was talking with me the next summer after I captured this session - he was showing me around for his niece’s maternity session. And he looked at me and said, “we had our own family session in this area last summer and the photographer caught us just walking with my coffee cup in the morning as we were letting our chickens out, like we always do. It’s my favorite photo ever because it feels exactly like us.” The grin that started bottling up out of my soul - “THAT WAS ME!” The way I could have jumped up and down in the moment like a complete child 🤣. But that moment has stuck with me for years now and it’s the reason why I’m working so hard to show what can happen when you hire an intentional photographer. I may not be the loudest personality or the most memorable face, but if my legacy is that I’ve captured a dad’s favorite photo of the life he’s built through sweat, blood, and tears, I’ve done my job right.

NE Ohio family photographer

08/01/2026

“Do you have a vision in your heart for how you’d like your session to feel?” I want it to be playful, fun, documentary vibes and feel authentic and genuine. We’ve quit our co-op, we’ve dropped therapy, and this is the year of the house. We’re coming back to simple joy and slower rhythms. Meaningful photos to me capture real personalities and real emotions. = Mission understood. 🫡

This year I’ve started to send out a questionnaire to moms before their session to really get a sneak peek into their heart behind why they booked their session and what makes photos feel meaningful to them. Sam is my running buddy, a professional photographer herself, and homeschooling mom extraordinaire. She’s intentional cultivated such a fun loving, curious, sweet family. And I had never seen professional family photos of them! So about a month ago, I gently suggested that their incredible family dynamic DESERVED to be celebrated, commemorated, and remembered.

And I think we can all see why! The joy radiating out of this family is palpable in every. single. photo.✨

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