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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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May 17, 2023

Sweet Hollyn was the first babe I photographed in 2023 — and somehow I never got around to blogging her session! Which is just a shame, because HELLO! She’s just precious, guys!! I just adore the Hughes crew so much. I’ve photographed Jenna, Brad, and their people since their first days as parents, and there’s […]

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May 10, 2023

It’s a beautiful sunny Wednesday afternoon, and the Ng family is ON THE BLOG! I can’t tell you how much I just adored this session. Katelyn and I have been Instagram friends for several years now — I think I actually originally started following her for her garden stories (haha!), but along the way I […]

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May 2, 2023

Sweet Mary Ann is HERE! What a joy to finally meet this little lady. I had the pleasure of photographing Rachel and Thomas not just once but TWICE before her arrival — for announcement photos and their maternity session this winter. And now their sweet little girl is HERE! Enjoy some of my favorites from […]

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April 11, 2023

Hip, hip, hooray — Baby Everett is HERE!! Oh man, guys. I don’t even know where to begin with sharing this beautiful, wonderful, joy-filled newborn session. Kaitlyn and I have been Instagram friends for 8ish years at this point — we met briefly at a photography conference in Virginia back before either one of us […]

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March 13, 2023

Happy Monday! I’m so excited to share another snuggly lifestyle newborn session from this past month with you on the blog today — I can’t get over the JOY in these photos and just love this session so much! Everything about our time together felt so natural. The Jack Johnson album playing softly in the […]

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