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Aloft Hotel, Voinovich Park and the Rock Hall Hall of Fame Too! Janine and Matt made my job as a wedding photographer super easy. Sweet personalities, great looking couple, fun friends and wonderful locations! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Beautiful Church and Weymouth Country Club Were the Settings Salina and Sobhy are such a sweet couple and I love how they interact with each other. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Cleveland House of Blues Rocks Their Wedding Lauren and Trace love to dance and the House of Blues in Cleveland is the perfect place for that. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

B House Is Elegant Place For A Wedding The wedding day of Emily and Markus at the B House was filled touching family moments and great details. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Gervasi Vineyard Is A Wonderful Setting Olivia and Jamie’s wedding at Gervasi Vineyard was full of fun and emotion. Isn’t the front entrance of the Gervasi Vineyard gorgeous? Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

100th Bomb Group Ceremony Starts It Off Kelli and Billy are fun couple and their very spirited wedding party helped keep things interesting all day. The reception at the 78th Street Studios in Cleveland even exceeded my high expectations. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Rainy Day in Chicago Is Still A Good Time A quick trip to Chicago to meet Gina and Chuck made for some great images! When I think of the city the “L” trains always come to mind. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Impressive Architecture and an Abandoned Building Janine and Matt had lots of variety for their engagement session. We went from Severance Hall, Wade Oval and the Cleveland Museum of Art to an abandoned factory building. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

In Cleveland’s Eclectic Waterloo Road Area Briana and Rob’s engagement session was a lot of explosive fun! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Upscale Westin Hotel In Cleveland Is Gorgeous Gina and Albert are one of the sweetest couples I’ve been lucky enough to photograph on their wedding day. Their engagement session in Chicago was full of great images so I was excited for their wedding at the new Westin Hotel in Cleveland.

W. 25th Street Is Hot! Salina and Sobhy wanted an urban feel for their engagement photography and one of my favorite places these days is the W. 25th Street area in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland.

A Wonderful Wedding East of Cleveland I knew Kristen and Craig would be full of energy on their wedding day after we spent a good amount of time doing their engagement photos in the cold winter setting of Cleveland. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Stylish Couple’s Wedding in the Chardon Countryside Claire and Alan are creative, fun, caring and love great photography! Sounds like my kind of people! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

University Circle In the Rain Markus and Emily wanted to have some fun done at the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, specifically Markus’ homeland of Finland. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Rachel and Chris Enjoy A Stylish Cleveland Wedding Day Rachel and Chris have a great rapport and their sense of humor meshes so perfectly. This amazing window framed the couple perfectly and is one of my favorite photos I’ve taken. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Ellen and Seth’s Wonderful Wedding What a nice little town this sweet couple chose to live their lives and Ellen teaches math at the local high school. When I drove to the city limits and saw the city limits sign saying “St. Anne population 1300” I thought the choices might be limited. While scouting around […]

Julie and Nathan’s North Canton Wedding Great couples make my job fun and Julie and Nathan are a great couple!

Brittany and Steve’s At The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Brittany and Steve’s wedding at the zoo was a first for us. They’d never married each other before and I’d never photographed a wedding there!

Paper Doll House Makes A Great Location Everything worked out perfectly for us when Kristin and Sherri were back in the Chicago area from their current Oklahoma home. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Wedding Cakes and Bakery Fun Lauren and Trace came up from Florida to finish planning their wedding details and we found the perfect place for their photos! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Snow and Guitars On a warmer winter day with plenty of snow and ice Anna and Elias shared some music and moments at Edgewater Park. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Who Misses the Winter? Now that it’s getting warm how about a fun reminder of a couple enjoying the cool weather! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer While doing photos with Rachel and Chris we happened to see this bus on the side of the road in the Coventry neighborhood of Cleveland Heights. It made the perfect backdrop for a photo. Can’t wait for their wedding this Saturday! Thank you, – Scott Shaw […]

Abandoned Amusement Park Is A Fun Ride Old rusty rides and ticket booths full of color still standing? We had to check this out and Julie and Nathan were excited to see what we’d get! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Abandoned Theatre Brings The Drama What could be more fun than shooting photos at night in an abandoned 1920’s theatre in freezing cold weather? Nothing! Well maybe a bit warmer temperatures. This was so fun! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Fall Memories For This Cold Winter This winter has seemed like the longest in many years. What better way to warm up than look at some engagement photos of Brittany and Steve in Cleveland from when forty degrees and windy seemed really cold. Now that temperature feels like a heat wave! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw […]

Fun On the West Coast of Lake Michigan Gina and Albert live in Chicago and will be coming to Cleveland for their wedding in May. I’ve been there many times but never done an engagement session there so I was excited to meet them! We started at their Lincoln Park apartment on the north side […]

Cold But Fun Photos On Cleveland’s W. 25th Street It’s winter in Cleveland so the cold was to be expected. Kristen and Craig braved the temperatures and made it fun. We started at the West Side Market and then moved to the Market Garden Brewery. After that they had some fun in the snow before […]

Noora and Ahmad’s Glamorous Day (and Night) You have only to meet Noora and Ahmad once, to know that this couple’s style is exceeded only by their charm. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer We met downtown at the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland in the historic Higbee Building for some portraits before the […]

A Gorgeous Day for Engagement Photos Noora and Ahmad will be married very soon so here’s some photos from their engagement session. We spent time in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens on the city’s east side with this sharp-dressed couple. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Have partner, will travel – and the wedding moves from Illinois to Iowa! Chicagoland resident Marykim met Kris in Iowa and they enjoyed a commuter relationship. So it was fitting that their Illinois wedding would ultimately be moved to Iowa. For almost three years Kris would travel to see Marykim and help with her bed […]

Marykim and Kris’s Wedding In Corn Country Yields A Bumper Crop! From the first conversation, the wedding of Marykim and Kris sounded like a fun trip. I’ve never been to Des Moines, Iowa and always hear about corn, corn, corn: much like my home state of Illinois. I was certain there was more to the […]

Natalie and Tom’s Wedding Party in Canton and at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Was Beautiful and FUN The Byzantine Catholic wedding ceremony took place at the St. George Romanian Catholic Cathedral in Canton. We took portrait photos on the grounds of the church, taking advantage of the very interesting buildings on the property – […]

Natalie and Tom’s Fun Filled, Beautiful Wedding in Canton, Reception Followed at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Natalie and Tom’s wedding day promised to be a fun one. When Natalie filled out the wedding planner she wrote: “The wedding party consists of wild, fun-loving, athletic drinkers and a mix of Canadians and Americans.” Oh […]

Emily and Jeremy’s Downtown Cleveland Wedding at the House of Blues: Ceremony and Reception The main stage at the House of Blues in Cleveland played host to Emily and Jeremy, the bridal party and family for the couple’s ceremony and reception. This is an amazing location for Cleveland wedding photography. The guests looked on from […]

Emily and Jeremy’s Downtown Cleveland Wedding at the House of Blues Emily and Jeremy live in Boston and came in for the wedding day, where we met. Not a problem, as both were delightful and so friendly: we all settled in quickly. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

Tricia and Andy have great chemistry in photos; that was clear in our engagement session. So I knew their wedding would be a fun day. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer They chose Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens for the ceremony. It is a truly beautiful estate – named for the Old […]

Loren and Mike’s Cleveland wedding day: the ceremony and reception. The ceremony was on the west side of the Key Tower lobby with the historic Society for Savings bank building in the background. Mike is a big fan of Cleveland architecture and loved the archway behind them. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding […]

Loren and Mike’s Downtown Cleveland Wedding at the Key Center It’s a real gift when both the bride and groom value and are excited about their wedding photography and engaged as we capture and make memories of the moments, characters and qualities that matter to them. Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer

A few engagement photos before Saturday’s wedding at Stan Hywet Hall Tricia and Andy will be wed Saturday at Stan Hywet Hall and I wanted to show a few of the photos from their engagement session. They were very natural in front of the camera although I think they did display more PDA than they […]

Lauren and Nick’s Downtown Cleveland Wedding at the Wyndham I had been looking forward to Lauren and Nick’s wedding since shooting their engagement photos in the fall. We found the perfect fall leaves on the trees and a family of deer and had all kinds of fun. I knew the wedding would be something not […]

News flash! As a photojournalist I communicate with photos more than words. But today will be the opposite. Stand by for NEWS! Please enjoy, Scott Shaw Photo | Cleveland Wedding Photographer Do you feel that the first time you do something it is daunting? Do you feel uncertainty, fear, excitement or confidence? Maybe all of […]