This Mom right here is one gorgeous lady. Pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and post pregnancy. Motherhood especially looks good on her. These two parents slayed their engagement session and slayed their maternity session. I have a feeling Slade will be the best big brother. Storm is already a very loved little girl. She will be spoiled by her Mommy and always protected by her Dad and Big Brother Slade!
I absolutely love it when couples bring their dogs. Dogs are a part of the family too! Look how happy they are having their pictures made. Sometimes the highlight of your day is seeing your dogs. Bring those fur babies to your session. I promise it will be fun and you will be glad you have those photographs.
Even though Christmas was 3 months ago, I had to make a blog post about this session. These sisters wanted to do a session of the three of them for their parents. When we are adults we forget that our parents would love updated pictures of their children. After all, you will always be your parents babies. No matter what age you are, make sure to update those pictures.
I know Spring is quickly approaching, but I still have fall-family sessions to blog about. This family was so much fun to shoot. I love it when I get genuine candid moments during family sessions. Candid moments make for the best memories.
I love recurring clients. When families keep coming back for me to take their pictures, it makes my heart so happy and makes me incredibly thankful. I love the family dynamic this family has. These guys are truly there for each other.
I will admit it, I use to say I DID NOT like doing newborn sessions. They are probably the most stressful session a studio newborn photographer can shoot. I would refer people to other newborn photographers because I wasn't confident in myself. However, fresh 48 photography and in-home newborn photography are sessions I'm starting to really love. I love the raw and real moments that you get during both of these sessions.
This sweet family also booked a mini session for their yearly photos. This was supposed to be a traditional fall session, but as you can tell mother nature decided for it to snow. Even though it was freezing this day, the kiddos did so good for their pictures. I'm still crossing my fingers that we will get one big snow.
These pictures truly glisten of this couple. The golden hour sunset made every picture glow and all the colors pop, which is what I love. They only booked a mini session, and that is really all they needed. They photographed so well that they didn't need an entire hour and that is something I do offer to my clients. If you only want to book a mini session that is an option.
Can you say Squad Goals!?!?!? I loved doing this business shoot. These ladies were nothing but fun and genuine to themselves. Even when you own your own business, you have to stay true to yourself. Let your business portraits represent who you are and make them fun. People and clients look for authenticity and someone they can relate to when booking you for the service you provide.
If you haven’t checked out Ambiance Nail Salon, you are missing out. These boss babes keep growing and, in my opinion, are the best nail salon. I loved collaborating with these fellow boss babes because these girls work hard to provide quality service. As a fellow boss babe, I respect and admire that.
Rock Island is one of my favorite places to take pictures at. There are so many spots to choose from and they are make for the perfect family photos. The lighting, the scenery, and the outfits were perfect for this family session. I mean you can’t go wrong with buffalo plaid, ever.
Golden hour for this session was absolutely perfect. It provided so much mood and brought out all the colors. These two were a blast to shoot and you can see the genuine love between the two in every photograph. I love meeting couples that have fun during their session, even if having their pictures made isn’t their favorite thing to do.
I hope everyone else is cheering their way into this New Year. This couple was an absolute blast during their engagement shoot. They let themselves enjoy each other and had lots of laughs, genuine laughs. People tend to overthink their session and what they should do during their shoot. My advice is genuinely to be yourself and let yourself have fun with your photos. You want to look back on your engagement photos and remember your session being a fun time. Bring a beer and have some fun.
Fall mini’s are always some of my favorite sessions to shoot. Most of my fall mini clients are recurring clients, so I love seeing how families change between sessions. Fall photos turn out to be some of the best photos for clients. I think the golden sunshine, fall wardrobe, and the fact it’s not 90 degrees outside helps with that. If you only choose one time of the year to have portraits made, definitely pick the fall. The colors always pop.
I know we all love looking at the Pinterest perfect pictures of kids photos, but let's be honest kids have off days. They could be perfect little angels and do everything just how you want them to or they could cry the entire time. This family session turned out to be a good session, but there was a lot of crying and very few smiles. That's the reality of kids though, their true reality. They cry, smile, throw fits, have off days, etc. I know when you get to finally have family photos taken, you want them at their best, but having a photograph of them smiling or having one with them also being themselves throwing a fit, is a good photo as well. Embrace the perfection, but also embrace the other side of it. Remember that's reality for the rest of our lives!
Even though this Mr.and Mrs. got married in Gatlinburg, they wanted to have a session at home with the kids involved. If you decide to elope, you can still get dressed up and have pictures taken at home or after-the-fact. Sometimes when you book a venue out-of-town, you don’t get much say so on who your photographer is. I mean, I know the groom won’t want to get dressed up twice, but what bride doesn’t want to get dressed up in their wedding gown again.
Sports pictures don’t have to be generic. Especially when your kiddos play multiple sports. Get them dressed up and have their photos taken so you can truly look back and remember their personalities when they played sports. These two always do good for their pictures and these are some of my favorites of them!
It’s always a good idea to do an annual family session, but it is also good to do a yearly extended family session. Everyone changes, even yearly. Document your years together. Make it a family get-together, so everyone always has memories and photographs to look back on.
When you have a family, this big, getting everyone to be on the same page can be tricky. Thankfully I was able to capture pictures with everyone looking. I did have to work for it, but it was worth the work. I love it when prominent families get everyone together for pictures. Plus, grandparents do love it when they have pictures of their grandbabies.
I know people are probably tired of me talking about Miami, but I absolutely love this place. When I retire I would love to move here, if it wasn’t so expensive. The warm weather and the atmosphere is what I love the best about it. The food and scenery is awesome as well and has so many cool spots for pictures. I have been twice now and I still feel like I have so much more to explore. Here are some random shots from my 30th birthday trip.
Taking pictures of this sweet girl in Nashville was nothing short of fun. She has a personality that captures a room and I love how she just goes with the flow. I mentioned with her fair portraits that this lady will go far, and I really mean it. I have no doubt this sweet, young lady is going to do big things in the adult world.
