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Public Service Announcement: Take the Photo
PSA: Take the dang picture. As the holiday season is rapidly approaching with family events and family photoshoots for fall sessions and Christmas cards, I’m here to tell you to take the picture. They’re important. Even if they seem like they’re not. Even if it seems unnecessary or inconvenient because you really just want to watch sports or cut into the turkey or just not get dressed up for the photos. Even if you don’t like how you look and don’t want your picture taken. They’re necessary. They’re important. They matter. Your kids, your grandkids, they don’t care how you look. They love you no matter what. In the future,…
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Guide to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL + A Recap
We just got back from a short 5 day vacation to Ponte Vedra Beach & I’m going to give you a guide to Ponte Vedra Beach! Ever since we got back from Panama City Beach in July, Macy was itching to go again. This time we were able to get Grammy & Andy to go with us so it was more of a family vacation this go round. We haven’t been on vacation with them in 10+ years so it was fun to be able to take a trip with them again. None of us except for Mom had ever been to Ponte Vedra so it was fun to be…
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Panama City Beach Vacation 2020
For years growing up, we always went to Panama City Beach (PCB) for vacation. I’m talking for about the first 15 years of my life. It was the first beach my feet touched. Well, I wasn’t a huge fan of the sand and would draw my feet up under me every time they touched but you get my point. Haha It’s been about 8 years since we’ve been back though. It’s one of those things that you think about with nostalgia and you want to go back and relive it. This year we finally did. We went to our top restaurants (and judged the hushpuppies at each place because we’re…
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Robinson Maternity + Mother & Son Photos in LaGrange, GA
This is a special maternity & mother/son photography session because it’s my cousin, Laura & her son, Collier! She’s due in August & I knew when she said that she was pregnant that I wanted to take maternity photos. I was prepared to beg. But thankfully, she didn’t make me. Hahaha! I actually had a dream back in November that she was pregnant & then when we celebrated Christmas as a family, my mom, sister, & I all thought “She’s pregnant.” Then a few months later, she shared that she was. I don’t want to say that I predicted it…but… 🙂 Haha This is Laura’s second baby—it’s a girl!—so I…
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Tipton Family Session in Fayetteville, GA
I photographed this sweet mother-son duo back in March before the stay-at-home order went into effect here in Georgia & I’m so glad that I was able to photograph them beforehand! My aunt introduced me to the Tiptons & the first thing she told me was that I would love Amy & that she was so sweet! She was not wrong. My sister & I love her! She’s easy going, kind, & funny. She even turned the camera on me & my sister & we got a great photo with that golden hour light! This little boy was precocious & had the cutest personality. When I asked him his name,…
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2 Day Vacay to Panama City Beach
For YEARS, my family would vacation in Panama City Beach. We’d stay in the same condo around the same time of year. We’d eat at our same favorite restaurants. We’d spend 1 morning/early afternoon at Pier Park & spend the rest of our vacation sitting on the beach. It was glorious. Then…we got older, the owners sold their condo plus we wanted a change so we started going to different beaches. But one thing remained the same…our love for a particular restaurant: Liza’s Kitchen. It’s a sandwich shop right on the main drag of PCB (Panama City Beach) & it was walking distance from the condo we always stayed in.…
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How to Create Your Family Album
There are a few (okay, technically 9) steps I take to create our family album & I’m going to share them all, plus a few secrets, with you now. One of my favorite things to do is to create these family albums. In all honesty, I tend to complete the previous year’s book when I’m at least a few months, if not half the year or more into the next one. Why I do that I have no idea. But either way, the book gets done & I love working on it & pouring myself, our photos, & memories into it. I hope you’re able to create your own, however…
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How To Organize Your Photos
Here is your comprehensive guide for how to organize your photos! It probably comes as no surprise that I’m very organized. For me, it’s the only way to live. I actually, kinda, sorta love to organize. Having something neat, clean, orderly, and looking pretty allows me to take a deep breath & breathe easily. Photos are not an exception to this. For a while, my photos were a hot mess because I just didn’t have a good system at all. Well…I’ve turned that around & got it all figured out for digital AND printed photos and I’m sharing all of that with you today. It has taken me quite a…
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How To Store Family Photos & My Why: Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of the Family Photo Scanning Project: How To Store Family Photos & My Why for doing this! Why I Started The Photo Scanning Project You’re probably wondering why on earth I decided to do this & why I kept doing it when I discovered how many photos there were. So here’s why: I’ve always had a love of photos. I’ve always felt that photos were extremely important and now I believe that even more. The majority of those photos I had never seen before & being one of the youngest in my family, I didn’t know my cousins when they were kids so it was fun…
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My Family Photo Scanning Project
Not to freak anyone out but…I can pretty much recognize every member of my extended family as a baby. Let me explain: As some of you may remember, my grandmother passed away in August. So one day I was over at my grandparent’s house beginning the cleaning process and I discovered a drawer of photos, most of which I had never seen before. That day I had a great idea: the family photo scanning project. I should scan all of those photos so we have digital copies of them so we can have them forever and I’ll have them all titled with the names of those in them for future…
