It was about 10 years ago that Shaw Photography Co. was just a seed of an idea. Christina was still working at The Park School of Buffalo, New York, and dreaming about transitioning full time into wedding photography, (At that time it was still called “Christina Shaw Photography! HA! How so much has changed!). Maddie was a senior at the school and they’d often cross paths as Christina was in the head’s office and would sign most of the kids in and out when they would come and go for appointments. That year Christina photographed Madeline’s senior portraits at what was the start of her transition into full-time photography. Now, 10 years later it’s our honor to be photographing her wedding in 2021!

For Maddie & Bobby’s engagement session, we had to wait until the travel restrictions were lifted for Ohio for us to travel to them. Once the restrictions lifted, we quickly set a date for August and headed to Cleveland for the session! We were so excited to explore Cleveland through Madeline & Bobby’s eyes. We explored their favorite neighborhood, the Arty, residential Tremont, where they first lived. We then finished the engagement session by going to the waterfront at sunset. In between those two places we got to learn a lot about Cleveland and even had a healthy conversation about the comparison of Cleveland to Buffalo! They are so similar and yet, SO very different. One thing we know is we’ll be back to explore more of Cleveland soon! (Check out our recommendations below!)