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Many families make sure to capture photos with their children year after year. We want photos with mom, with dad, just the kids so we can...

Summer is OH so close. I can feel it. I can smell it. And I am SO ready. For a family photographer, Fall is typically the busiest time of year. But for those of us lucky St Augustine family photographers and Jacksonville Family Photographers we can be at the beach year round which means beach family photos all year! I've been so blessed to photograph many families visiting St Augustine Beach and Vilano Beach this spring. Whether sunrise, or sunset beach family photography is

Did you know it's National Pet Week? If you're like me, your furry baby is almost as important as your human ones (and probably a little less stressful). Do I let clients bring their furry baby's to sessions? ABSOLUTELY YES. They are a part of your family! They are loved! They should be included. So, as my homage to National Pet Week and all our fur babies, here's a few of my favorite pet images from over the years showing why you should include your pets in family photos. I

Family vacations are something we all look forward to every year. I love being able to spend time, focusing on my family with less of a schedule. For many, this is the one time of the year the whole family comes together and they want to document it. I love when families visiting St Augustine Beach and Jacksonville Beach do this. Being able to capture all the love surrounding the children, multiple generations, all together. I'm pretty sure this year, my family will get famil

Early mornings in historic downtown St Augustine Florida are the best. Less people, beautiful light, if you go early enough you can even get sunrise with the intracoastal waterway in the background. I absolutely love St Augustine. I love being a family photographer in St Augustine as well. Walking through the streets and being able to capture a loving family with a variety of backgrounds makes me happy. It's the perfect way to start a day (well, that and coffee). This time la

Celebrating your little one's First Birthday is a huge milestone! All the growth and changes that have happened that first year deserves to be documented! And little makes me happier than when my newborn photography clients contact me later to book first birthday photos. As a family photographer in Jacksonville and St Augustine, I am lucky to be able to meet so many amazing families. To capture milestones, joy, celebrations, all of it. Family Photography is amazing and First

I do my best to help family photography clients choose locations that fit their vision. Sometimes, the location we set upon doesn't work out. If I had not been there before and wasn't aware of issues, closures or fees you just have to roll with it. This wonderful family rolled with it changing course as they were driving to meet me, but the location we found turned out perfectly! (a part of town and preserve I had never been to before) I have been photographing this family fo

Yet another gorgeous session that was supposed to be a Fresh 48 session back in April/May. (stupid COVID) But, when we finally got together the weather was amazing, the lighting was beautiful and the family was wonderful. Lately, things have seemed to fall into place making these sessions just gorgeous and I couldn't be happier (or thanking God more). So, take a moment on this beautiful weekend, to check out a few favorites from this gorgeous historic St Augustine family pho

Yes, my title made me crack myself up, but this adorable little man rocked the Blue Steel face almost the entire session and I am NOT at all mad about it. A beautiful location, the outfit his momma chose, all of it worked together so perfectly. Your little one doesn't have to be a super smiler to create beautiful memories and photos. All you have to do is love on them and each other. Stay warm and check out a few favorites from these Fall family photos at Washington Oaks Gard

It's no secret I always grow to love my Watch Me Grow plan clients. We spend so much time together over their little one's first year of...

Let's be honest. We all know MANY things got delayed or changed this year. It's been crazy and if anything I have gotten much better to adapting and rolling with it then I used to be. This wonderful family ORIGNALLY was supposed to be a Newborn session...... Enter the crazy of 2020 and here we are with a park Fall family photography session with a happy chunky sweet (not newborn) baby boy. But all the sweetness and his photo loving big sister made for a wonderful session for

Let's be honest. Rarely around Jacksonville, does a client say, "My family has some land." But I'm truly not sure if family land has ever been such a photo perfect plot of land! Everything about this session was perfection. The weather, well ok it rained twice, but for a small amount of time and there was a covered area to wait it out. But the fall foliage in Florida, the pond, the trees, everything else, perfection for family photos on your own land. Shooting this session, e

It's true. Most of my sessions are Maternity portraits, Newborn Photos or Family Photography. I don't do weddings, so I rarely get couples only sessions. But, man are they fun when I do. This wonderful couple came to me as her sister and step sister are long time clients. After our session, I got a message stating she loved them even more than her wedding photos, which is basically the best compliment for me. So, take a moment on this Thanksgiving week and check out a few of

I am blessed that I have clients who return to me time and time again. Allowing me to capture special milestones and moments in their lives. This family is definitely one of them as I have gotten to see Riley grow so much over the past 18 months. This session may have been warmer than we would have liked for Fall, but we live in north Florida so we went with it. The water, the sun and when the breeze did hit, it all came together with this adorable family to give them beautif

Being able to capture the love of families is amazing. When one of those families is your best friend of over 20 years and her family. Well, basically amazing. I adore being a Family Photographer in Jacksonville and St Augustine, FL. It brings me joy capturing the love and joy of families all year round. But it's almost like a gift to use my talents God gave me to capture memories for people I love. So, take a moment on this crazy Monday, and check out a few favorites from th

We are all used to getting family photos with your spouse and kids, but every once in awhile a family comes together. To capture all the love with grandparents, cousins, everyone. And that's basically always amazing. This wonderful family after being jealous of Kelly's photos with sweet Nora, decided a whole family session was in order. Toss in boys in vests and their sweet girl cousin running the show and we had laughter and love the entire session together. Fall family phot

Birthday Milestone photo sessions are always fun. Our kiddos grow so fast, capturing them year after year is a way to freeze THIS moment. THIS year in time. To remember all those details forever. This sweet girl's session was postponed twice, but we beat the rain and made it happen on our third try and I am SO glad we did. Miss Mattilyn's momma wanted this session all about her, but once her big sister joined her the amount of cuteness that followed.......well, you'll just ha

If you have been following my page for any amount of time, you know, I always end up loving my baby plan families. I work with them to capture the details, love and joy of each stage as their little one grows from Maternity through the first birthday. Family Photos, Newborn Photos all to document how much those sweet babes change. This wonderful family has killed every session we have had. Like, it's always my new favorite. Unfortunately, Aspen's dad was deployed, and even th

Even though it doesn't much feel like it here in Florida (Fall in Florida is basically summer with pumpkins), it is Fall. Which also means it is Family Portrait season! Granted this may only be a thing in the photographer world it does, in fact, exist. Starting that season off with a large family portrait session who chose the most PERFECT Fall colors is all a family photographer could ask for. Family Photos are often done every year by families, but not often including the g

Last year, I sent one of my cameras in to be fixed and Nikon came back with it wasn't worth the money. So, I upgraded. The new camera had video capabilities so I tried to learn it and did my first ever video slideshow for this awesome family at their newborn session. Fast forward one year later, and when planning his 1st birthday session I remembered the nursery was dinosaur themed. I asked, "hey, if the dinosaurs are still at the zoo do you want to do it there?" Well, Amanda