Novalyn // Newborn Session

Hello all!

Back at it again with my beautiful niece's session! Obviously she was a newborn at this time, but now she is a two year old! I truly can't believe how much she has grown. Her personality shines through so hard and I know that she will be my forever littlest best friend.

Alrighty! Below are some of my favorites 💗

Josh+Makenna // Maternity Session

So I have a niece and she's two now... and I am just now sharing her parent's maternity pictures...

Whoops!

This was my first time taking maternity pictures for someone, so posing was a little difficult because all the normal couple photos don't include a large belly. But we did our best and I think they all turned out so cute and wonderful!

Below are some of my favorites! :)

Aurora // Newborn Session

So two of my best friends had a baby about three months ago... and she is the cutest little human being ever. Her name is Aurora and she's a tiny little thing.

This is the first baby born out of my friend group, so you already know she has tons of

friend aunties there for her. We have already seen her grow up so much over these past couple months and we can't wait to see who she becomes when she grows up.

Watching your friends become parents is something magical. Watching them go from carefree and making plans on their own schedule- to watching them soothe a crying infant, making sure she's fed, cleaned up and in a fresh diaper; it's just a wonderful experience that I hope everyone gets to see one day.

Below are some of my favorites from her newborn session!

We're Back! // Meagan+Ryan's Maternity Session

 Well hello there! It has been a while-- almost five years to be exact. I'm not going to lie, I burnt myself out again. I didn't want to pick up my camera, touch my computer, be around people, go to events... I didn't want to any of it. Before I knew it, I had graduated college, lost my passion and my creativity and then it was 2020 and there was a pandemic.

I've worked in the pharmacy setting for the past five years, going from a retail setting to a hospital setting. COVID did a number on me- working long hours with little staff, little breaks and little motivation. I started a new position in 2021 where I had a set schedule, weekends off and a little bit of a life again. Fast forward to now, 2023- COVID is still a thing, there are still some very sick people, but I'm craving movement again. I'm craving photography. I'm craving some normalcy again.

While I haven't picked up my camera much, I did just recently take some maternity photos of one of my best friends. I was very very nervous about picking up my camera. I was nervous about not having the eye or touch to get those special photos but looking at them and editing them, I realized that I just picked up where I left off.

It has been such a delight holding my camera again. Feeling the familiar weight of it in my hands. Spending hours in front of my computer editing.

Oh my goodness how much I missed it...

Below are some of my favorite photos from Meagan and Ryan's maternity shoot!

Coming up next...

Aurora's newborn pictures :)

Cody+Josie || 2018 Thoughts

Wow. 2018 has been a real doosey, let me tell you that. Immediately following graduation in December of 2017, I stopped taking pictures. Between sporting events and two photography classes, I had burned myself out. And fast. Between this wonderful session and December, I maybe picked up my camera three times. Once when my town had an ice storm roll through, the second when all of the peonies in my town bloomed, and the third was Cody and I went to the Tail of the Dragon.

I do still love photography.

I had to fall in love with taking pictures and the editing aspects of it. It was hard and sometimes frustrating, but I believe this session was worth it.

It was a real blessing with Josie contacted me in order to take pictures of her and (her) Cody for the 10 years together and five years married. It was well worth the long wait and time away from my camera.

Without further ado, here are my absolute favorites from my first session back --