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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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June 8, 2021

I’m so thrilled to share Jennifer and Michael’s engagement session with you on this gloomy Tuesday morning! After months and months and months of reschedules and changes and cancels, we couldn’t have cared less about the clouds and were all SO excited to finally celebrate Jennifer and Michael as we walked around the gorgeous Newfields’ […]

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March 10, 2021

I’m so excited to share Rachel and Ryan’s lifestyle maternity session from this past weekend with you today! There were so many wins from this session: fun time spent with an incredible couple, a new-to-me location that I’m now OBSESSED with, and a gorgeous winter sunset with fairly temperate weather! I always love maternity sessions, […]

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October 30, 2020

This couple…peek fall colors…the stunning Newfields grounds as our background…MAN, guys! This engagement session is what autumn dreams are made of!! I loved meeting Alex and Ella this past weekend and exploring their future wedding venue — Newfields in the fall is simply the best. Even better than our location? Ella and Alex!! These two […]

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September 4, 2020

Brian proposed on Leap Day of this year…and then the whole world shut down! To say Amanda and Brian’s engagement season has been a bit, well, different, would be no stretch. COVID has changed quite a lot these days. Add into it all a move to a brand new city (hello, Indianapolis!), and life has […]

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August 12, 2020

I may not normally blog a lot of my family work…but when you have the perfect early morning session with great light, gorgeous blooms, and joy-filled moments, you just can’t not share them! I’ve been photographing the Hoyas ever since Charlotte’s newborn session, and I love getting to catch up with them again each time […]

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