Marci Minnich, the owner and lead photographer for Modern Images Photography, her childhood was far from idyllic but she never forgot to search for beauty in the world. Which is why, when she found herself a single mother at 21, she picked up a part time job to pay for Christmas presents and fell in love.

Four years later, she met a Master Craftsman photographer and began her apprenticeship. Marci struck out on her own in 2000 as one of the first young, female photographers in the Akron/Cleveland area. Marci quickly became a sought after wedding photographer and booked more than 50 weddings per year.

Marci won her Fuji Masterpiece Award, for best bridal portrait, in 2005. The Fuji Masterpiece Award opened up the doors for Marci to work with world renowned photographers like Monte Zucker and Joe Buissink.

While her clients often expressed feeling honored to have her photograph their events, what they didn’t realize was that the honor was truly hers. Their intimate relationships and most cherished moments renewed her love for life and strengthened her own interpersonal relationships. Each weekend she was privileged to see the world through the eyes of a couple vowing to love each other through good and bad or share the tears of a mother as she hands down to her daughter a cherished family heirloom. And it was in these moments that Marci’s cup was replenished filling her heart with positivity, love and light and allowing her to radiate that in all of her own personal relationships.