Full Circle: Five Years and a New Chapter

Teresa & Jake's 5th Anniversary Hocking Hills Vow Renewal

There is a beauty in watching a story unfold over the years. As a photographer, one of the greatest honors is not just documenting a single day, but being invited back to capture the chapters that follow.

A couple holds a baby and stands next to a stone fireplace and a wooden pergola at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel in spring. The couple renews their vows on their 5th wedding anniversary.
A close up photo of a baby's foot being held in her mother's hand.

A Journey from Old Man's Cave to Family of Three

For Teresa and Jake, our journey together began years ago at Old Man’s Cave for their engagement session. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of documenting their wedding and just last year, we captured the quiet anticipation of their maternity portraits.

A Legacy of Love

To celebrate their fifth anniversary, Teresa and Jake returned to the Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel to renew their vows before the same stone fireplace and officiant from their wedding day. This milestone was made even more special by the presence of their infant daughter, who served as a beautiful bridge between their past and future. While she only cooperated for half of the portraits in the chapel gardens, her parents' joyful and graceful reactions to her clear "unhappiness" captured the authentic, unscripted reality of this new season of their lives more perfectly than any posed photo ever could.

View Teresa & Jake's Anniversary Session Vow Renewal

  • A couple holds a baby walks through the garden to renew their vows at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel.
  • A couple holds hands and walks into the pergola at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel to renew their vows.
  • A couple holds a baby and stands next to a stone fireplace and a wooden pergola at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel in spring. The couple renews their vows on their 5th wedding anniversary.
  • A couple kisses at the stone fireplace at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel after renewing their vows on their 5th anniversary.
  • A close up photo of a baby's foot being held in her mother's hand.
  • A couple poses for a portrait on their anniversary. The woman wears a white layered dress and the man wears a tan linen suit. They hold their infant daughter.
  • A couple holds hands and walks through the spring woods at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel after renewing their wedding vows.
  • Close up photo of a man's hands holding his infant daughter.
  • Close up photo of a man and woman kissing during their 5th anniversary vow renewal ceremony. They hold their infant daughter.
  • A woman in a white dress holding a baby spins in the spring woods at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel after renewing their wedding vows.
  • A man and woman hold hands during an anniversary session at Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel.
  • A man kisses his baby daughter's cheek.
  • A family stands on the porch of the wooden Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel in Ohio.
  • A man holds his baby on the porch of the Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel.
  • A blond mother kisses her baby daughter's hand while the father holds the baby and smiles.
  • A blond mother kisses her baby daughter's hand while the father holds the baby and smiles.
  • A blond mother kisses her baby daughter's hand while the father holds the baby and smiles.
  • A family stands on the porch of the wooden Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel in Ohio.
  • A blond mother kisses her baby daughter's hand while the father holds the baby and smiles.
  • A mother holds her baby up in the spring woods. They both wear white tulle dresses.
  • A family stands on the porch of the wooden Hocking Hills Wedding Chapel in Ohio.

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