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Abshire Family | North Louisiana Photographer

The Abshire family. Oh how I love to photograph them. The sweetest little boys you ever did see.

Two years ago I met the Abshires at their home for a sweet family session that ended with going out to Dr. Abshire’s flags. If you’re from Homer, Louisiana then you probably know about the Abshire’s flags. It’s a beautiful sight.

I was thrilled when Micah reached out to have me come and photograph them in the flags again. I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to have clients that come back year after year for more portraits. It thrills my heart and is truly the greatest compliment.

We knew it would be a hot one so we decided to get up with the sunrise and do our session first thing in the morning. I have only done a handful of early morning sessions and let me tell you, this one here made me fall in love with the early morning light. It is so soft and gorgeous,

We certainly weren’t able to beat the heat, but in all reality, it would have been far worse in the evening. So I guess we did beat the heat. Ha! It was still an incredibly muggy morning. If you know how summer mornings are in Louisiana then you know what I mean.

I was struggling with my lens fogging up but man, some of the images where my lens fogged up were so fun!

I love this family and I love how easy they are to photograph. It is such a joy to work with you and your family, Micah!

July 25, 2023
Conroy Maternity | Minden Louisiana Maternity Photographer

My sister is having her fourth little girl so we’re adding to the girl tribe on my side of the family. All the grand babies are girls. Talk about loud when they all get together. It is so fun for them, though!

Jessica is having her baby in September so that put her maternity session right in the middle of summer. Here in North Louisiana, summer is HOT!! Mix heat and humidity with being pregnant and its not the best combo. I didn’t want to have her out in the heat for long so we opted to do most of the portraits in her home. I set up my off camera flash and we got to work.

After the indoor portion we went to downtown Minden and found a beautiful crepe myrtle tree to get a few outdoor images. This is the way to go when it’s as hot as it has been!

I love these images so much and can’t wait to add this sweet little bundle of joy to our family. It won’t be much longer until we are photographing this sweet brand new baby.

July 18, 2023
June Recap | North Louisiana Photographer

A while back I had mentioned how I wanted to share more of our personal life here on the blog and then I never shared more. HA! That’s about how it works, isn’t it? Well, here is a little recap of our June.

We spent lots of time outside in the early parts of June, finishing up the harvesting of our plums and blackberries. Now that I think about it, it could have been more like the end of May, but close enough.

It gets hot fast here in North Louisiana so, for the most part, June days are spent indoors in the A/C. We had a few days that weren’t awful, however and so I grabbed my camera for a few images of the girls.

We have enjoy countless hours in the pool to escape the heat and try to spend some time outdoors.

Outdoor sessions have slowed down some due to it being so hot. Once Fall arrives, things are going to pick right back up! We have a number of in-home newborn sessions coming up and even an in-home maternity session. I’m excited for that!

My girls are soon to begin VBS at our church and I’m thrilled they will get to have that experience. VBS was a highlight of my summer as a kid.

I looked forward to sharing more of what is going on in our personal life and actually keeping up with that better this time.

For now, I’ll leave you with some fun pictures of our orchard and our kiddos.

July 11, 2023
Vivian’s First Birthday | Shreveport Louisiana Baby Photographer

You’re going to want to sit down for this one if you’re not already

Oh my goodness. Sweet Vivian turned one and her little birthday party was the prettiest I have seen. The balloons, the cake, everything. Mama did such a good job with this party!!

Deborah contacted me to photograph her baby’s first birthday party and I was so excited! I love being able to document precious moments for mamas all over North Louisiana. There is almost nothing I find more joy in than knowing I am able to take a load off mamas and just let them enjoy these special moments. Planing a party is hard. Hosting the party is hard. Keeping up with your busy one year old is hard! Let’s not add trying to document the party to the list of things you need to do.

Little Vivi was so happy all day and loved all the attention being on her. She was the special little lady today. I loved following her around and capturing some of her sweet smiles and the joy that she brings to her family.

It was such an honor to be here for this special day and I can’t thank you all enough for having me.

July 4, 2023
Baker | Shreveport Louisiana Newborn Session

Sweet little Baker. Oh how I adore photographing these precious new babies. This is definitely my most favorite thing to photograph. It’s such a special time. It goes so quickly and many times it can feel like a fog because it is not easy. But it is so beautiful. I have never come into the home of new parents and thought anything but “how beautiful.”

Meeting the Rentz family was the highlight of my day. They are some of the sweetest people that I have had the privilege of photographing. They were so welcoming and kind to me. So trusting as I worked to soothe and photograph their precious new boy.

Little Baker’s nursery was so cute with all the blue and white gingham. The puppy dogs were such a sweet touch, too! It is so to see the different ways that mamas find to decorate their nurseries. Every one so unique and so cute. I always make it a point to get images of it because it won’t be long until that room is changed into an older kid room. I want mamas to have photos to look back on to see how sweet the room was back then. Is that not just a sad thought?

I can never say it enough but the saying it so true. The days are long but the years are short. You don’t realize how short they are until you are several years removed from newborn-hood. Then you realize, time goes so very fast.

It is the highest honor that I can ever receive to have brand new parents welcome me into their home to document this incredible time in their lives.

June 13, 2023
Justin and Lillian | American Rose Garden Portrait Session | Shreveport Louisiana Photographer

Justin and Lillian

I have photographed these two for the last three years and I couldn’t be more happy about it. Each time they reach out to book, I get more excited. Each session we have together gets better and better. They are so easy to photograph!

This time we wanted a little change. We usually do their session in the Winter. This time we decided to do it in the Spring. Florals, bright green colors. What more could you ask for??

We both, at almost the same time, suggested the American Rose Garden in Shreveport Louisiana for the location. Fate? Destiny? Probably so.

The date of the session came and it was gloomy, raining, storming here and there, so incredibly humid. I ended up getting sick. Justin got called out to work. Ugh. Let’s just reschedule for next weekend.

As the next date approached it was showing rain again. NOOO!!!

Once the day arrived everything cleared up other than it was supposed to be cloudy. I was actually good with this because this location closes at 5 which makes it hard to shoot during golden hour when the sun sets at 7:40 right now. We decided to start at 3:30 and hope for clouds. Clouds were forecasted so I was feeling confident. In all reality, I do know how to shoot in harsh light. It is just usually not my favorite look.

When we arrived at the location, there was not a cloud in the sky. Not a one. AHHH!! It was HOT! It was crazy humid. Oh boy.

Once we started, some clouds started forming and it was constant in and out. Bright sun. Clouds. Harsh light. Soft light. If you are a photographer who shoots in manual mode then you know the difficulty that light like this brings. You are constantly changing your settings.

Thankfully with the Canon R6 I can see what the image will look like before I take it. SOOO nice!

Anyways, back to where we were…

I was nervous about the light. I was nervous about how much we were all sweating. It was a lot! But these are my absolute favorite images we have created together. You can’t even tell it was so hot. You can’t tell it was 5 hours before golden hour. I love these and that is all.

I hope you enjoy them!

June 6, 2023
Roncali Family | Ruston Louisina Photographer

The Roncali family

I have known them as long as I can remember. So many memories growing up with them. To be able to come back and document their family now is such a joy and an honor. This job never, ever gets old. It’s hard to even call it a job when it’s something that I enjoy so very much. Whether it’s new families that I have never met before, returning clients, or old friends I count it the highest honor to be the one documenting this special time. This is a time that, once gone, doesn’t come back. Yes, there are times it is chaotic, but it is so wonderful and so very beautiful.

Coordinating extended family sessions can be tough, especially when part of the family lives out of town. We have been talking about this session for two years now. Everything finally aligned and the most beautiful session was able to take place in their backyard. What a gorgeous backyard, right?! Oh, I love it!! I think a family session can be special anywhere, but when it takes place at a location to which you have raised your children, that makes it VERY special.

Thank you, Roncali family. This is a session I won’t soon forget.

May 30, 2023
Abigail’s First Birthday Party | North Louisiana Photographer

Sweet Little Abigail

I know y’all are used to seeing her on my blog by now. I love having her here. She’s so cute and sweet.

I don’t normally photograph birthday parties, but for faithful clients and friends I will do just about anything.

Little Abigail had the sweetest strawberry themed birthday party and I loved being there to document it for her family. I know how stressful it is to plan a party, host the party and try to take the pictures of it as well. Too much on a plate at one time. I loved that I could take this part off their plates and just let them enjoy their first birthday party with their baby girl. How precious is that?!

May 23, 2023
Lake Bistineau Senior Session | Lemuel Pruitt | Shreveport Louisiana Photographer

High School Grad, Lemuel Pruitt

Lemuel is big into fishing. We knew when we scheduled his session that we wanted to have his portraits somewhere to where we could incorporate his hobbies. That is something that I think is so important with seniors. Adding in elements of what they enjoy doing. Whether it be sports, fishing or hunting for the guys or cheer, photography, painting, flowers, etc for the girls. Adding in elements that are them make their portraits more personal. I’m all about that.

For this session we met at Lake Bistineau in Doyline Louisiana. Y’all know this by now that this is my favorite location for portraits. The park has such a Louisiana feel to it. I love the moss in the trees.

We knew we wanted to get out in the kayak for some of Lemuel’s portraits. After getting the more formal wear out of the way, he changed into his fishing clothed and we headed out for the water. It was so fun to just let him do his thing while I photographed him. It’s kind of hard to do much posing out in the water on a kayak after all. Haha!!

These images are so fun and so Lemuel. So glad we were able to capture him and some of the things he enjoys.

May 16, 2023
Greenhouse Portraits | Minden Louisiana Photographer

We went to a few different green houses in Minden Louisiana and of course I brought along my camera. Why not?! Everything is content. Haha!!

Actually, I really have always wanted to photograph inside a greenhouse. So this was the best time to take advantage of being there with my girls. They didn’t love me making them stop to take their pictures but it was worth it, at least to me.

We went to Culpepper’s nursery and Cone’s garden supply in Minden. Both had a beautiful assortment of plants. Cone’s had the best flowers while Culpepper had beautiful baskets arranged. Both were great!

May 9, 2023