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I'm Sami, an Indianapolis newborn & wedding photographer. This sweet space is home to many of my newborn sessions, weddings, and family sessions - as well
as personal posts about motherhood +
the pursuit of a life well-lived.
I'm so glad to have you here! 

Welcome to my little corner of the internet! This sweet space is home to many of my newborn sessions, weddings, and family sessions - as well as personal posts about motherhood + the pursuit of a life well-lived. I'm so glad to have you here!

I'm Sami Orndorff, a wife, mom, and Indianapolis photographer in love with capturing joy & celebrating your season.

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October 20, 2017

Where to even begin with these two?! From the very first time we got together (over the best cheese curds & beer at Broad Ripple Brewing Co., of course!) to this past Saturday, it has been such a joy to get to know Brandi and Adam as a couple, and I am so sad their day […]

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October 16, 2017

If you’ve been around the blog for a while, you’ll recognize this sweet family! I photographed Landon’s newborn(ish) and one year photos, and it was so much fun getting to capture sweet Kylie, just shy of two weeks old! In a house that has been all BOY, I loved seeing all the girlie details in […]

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October 9, 2017

There is nothing better than Bloomington in the fall — other than a wedding in Bloomington in the fall, of course! :) I can’t imagine a more perfect day for Allison and Mike’s celebration. It was the perfect mix of tradition and them. Allison wore her mother’s wedding dress, but she and her father walked down […]

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October 4, 2017

There’s nothing quite like an Indiana sunrise in the country, so when Kelsey and Jarrod told me to pick a spot I’d been dying to shoot at for their sunrise engagement session, I immediately thought of Trader’s Point Creamery! It was the perfect morning — even better than I could have imagined, and I can’t […]

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September 28, 2017

Emily and Chris may have both graduated from Indiana University in the same class, but it took another three years of post-college life and a mobile dating app to finally cross paths! And, as she shared in one of our first emails, it was “#loveatfirstswipe”: the rest was history. A first date at Big Lug, […]

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Sami Orndorff is a Wedding Photographer & Lifestyle Newborn Photographer located in the greater Indianapolis area.