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Hello, friends! On the blog tonight, you’ll meet Lauren and Jamie from my hometown in Alabama. I’ve known both of them for many years, but had never really hung out to get to know them. And that brings me to one of my favorite parts of photography. The people. Meeting people I’ve never met, digging […]

Families, Photography

August 3, 2018

lauren + jamie – maternity – thomasville, alabama

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Happy Monday, friends! I don’t know if you happen to have a case of the Monday blues, but if so, I’ve got the cure! A seriously cute engagement session that involves hot air balloons. Meet Jeremy and Shelley! Seth and I met Jeremy working our “day jobs.” In fact, Seth worked for Jeremy for a […]

Engagements, Photography

July 31, 2018

jeremy + shelley – a shreveport, louisiana engagement

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Hey there, friend! In a world where we are constantly bombarded with the negative news, the mere mention of a military homecoming can bring this girl to tears. To me, military homecomings represent not only the sacrifices our soldiers make and mark their safe return back home, but I think those moments of re-connection shine […]

Homecomings, Photography

July 25, 2018

military homecomings – shreveport regional and barksdale air force base – shreveport, louisiana

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Friends! Hello there! I’m finally getting around to recapping my summer sunflower mini sessions and sharing them here with you! It has been a busy summer thus far, for sure. I thought my spring was going to be the busy part of my year, but I think that was just the start! As I welcomed […]

Photography, Portraits

July 10, 2018

sunflower mini-sessions – gilliam, la

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Meet Natalie and Will! It was my distinct pleasure to join them in New Orleans last weekend to capture their engagement portraits. Like many of my other clients, I have known these two for quite some time. Natalie moved to our school when we were in eighth grade, and we’ve been pretty hard to part […]

Engagements, Photography

June 19, 2018

natalie + will – a new orleans engagement

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Meet the Grosse-Heilmann kids! To our southern ears, that name sounds a little funny, huh? Well, these three cute little munchkins belong to one of our favorite German colleagues. I’ll never forget the first time I met their dad. We were in a training class together, and as we went around introducing ourselves, I innocently […]

Families, Photography

June 7, 2018

the grosse-heilmann kids – lake bistineau state park – haughton, la

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Happy Friday, my friends! A few weeks ago, it was my absolute pleasure to load up my friend, Meg, and take a short little weekend girls getaway to Laurel, Mississippi, to photograph Abbie and Taylor. Though she was several years younger than me, Abbie and I grew up in the same hometown and went to […]

Engagements, Photography

June 1, 2018

abbie + taylor – a laurel, mississippi, engagement

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Hello, again, my friends! Today’s post comes to you served with a whooollleeee LOT of southern sweetness. Like many of the other families I’ve photographed, I’ve known Kayla for most of my life. When she was in college, she worked for my mom. Since the first day I met her, I’ve thought she was absolutely […]

Families, Photography

May 22, 2018

the jackson family – thomasville, alabama

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Happy Friday, friends! Many months ago, Stefanie contacted me with a tea party photoshoot she had in mind for her daughter, Tensley. She mentioned she might like to have her son, Braden, dress in costume, as well, and we dreamed up this shoot over the next months. But before I get to the pictures, there’s […]

Families, Photography

May 19, 2018

the stauffacher family

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There’s no secret that my life has been a little busy lately. Five weddings in five weeks with only one in my own state. Just a little busy. So, while scrolling through Pinterest in a few moments of free time recently, I happened upon Megan Gilger’s The Fresh Exchange BlogĀ and instantly fell in love with […]

Around the House, cooking, Entertaining

April 30, 2018

living my best life – an al fresco dining experience