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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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April 4, 2024

As a newborn photographer, I always get so excited when we get a baby yawn during a lifestyle session! :) :) Eek! HI!! I’m over here on this dreary Thursday afternoon wrapping up work before our Spring Break trip to the beach next week (!!!!), and realized I had never blogged this *adorable* lifestyle newborn […]

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March 1, 2024

So many good things about today’s post: it’s a Friday, it’s MARCH, and (most importantly!!) Abby and Joe’s San Diego wedding celebration is ON THE BLOG! I just love these two so much and truly don’t know where to begin or how to set the tone of how special it was for me to be […]

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February 6, 2024

Newborn sessions at home are just my most favorite thing. I love how every single one is *so* different — and yet so similar, too. The pauses for nursing, the big siblings playing with toys and showing me rooms, the tiptoe peek into the crib, the slow sway and soft calming pats, the softness and […]

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January 17, 2024

The third Bower newborn is on the blog! It’s just so sweet getting to come back again and again to document each new season of life – I can’t believe Eleanor is in kindergarten, Jack is a big brother, and now sweet Henry is HERE! These kiddos love each other SO much, and I loved […]

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January 15, 2024

Cleaning up the blog over here on this chilly Monday afternoon in January — and I realized sweet James’ home newborn session was never published! Ahh! I adored photographing the Coltrain crew earlier in 2023 and all the joy and life that comes with raising THREE littles two and under!! Phew!!! I had so many […]

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