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iCloud is Not a Backup for Your Photos.

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Did you know? If you’re like most people, you think that lovely little cloud is backing up all of your photos. Here’s the truth: iCloud is a backup for your iPHONE. Not for your photos. Let me break it down:
iCloud is designed to mirror your phone. Everything on your phone is stored in iCloud. That way, if something happens to your phone (it shatters, gets dropped in water, just stops working, etc.), you don’t have to worry—you...

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Airplane-themed Maternity Photos | Ashton + Blake

Eeek!! Ashton is having a BABY!! I can’t contain my enthusiasm. They are theming Memphis’ nursery with airplanes, so it was only fitting to get a plane for their maternity photos. Thanks so much to Bryan Martin for letting us use his plane! Ah! I’m only a year and a half into being a mom, […]

Jun 24, 2020

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Baby Girl Newborn Portraits | Baby Olivia

Eeeek!!!! I have just been so, so excited about this session because it means Katherine and Richmond are officially PARENTS!! Ahhh!! I am just thrilled, and so excited I got to see them again. I photographed their wedding way back in 2016, and believe it or not, they are the couple that made me fall […]

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Feb 28, 2020

Newborn Family Portraits | Khoury + Melia with Baby Scottie Belle

Eeeek!!!! She’s here!! Introducing Ms. Scottie Belle, born at 6 pounds, 12 ounces on November 28th! Isn’t she just the most precious little doll baby?! She looks just like her mama, and she is just beautiful! I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have extreme baby fever. ESPECIALLY for a little girl. This nursery […]

Dec 17, 2019

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Beach Maternity Session in SC | Sevanna + Phil

It feels like yesterday Sevanna first booked me for her wedding. I remember planning out her engagement pictures, and her bridal pictures, and being so excited for her wedding to come. I am grateful to have found a friend in her, and was so bummed after the wedding was over (just because that meant we […]

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Dec 8, 2019

Navy & Copper Nursery Newborn Portraits | Baby Jett, MK + Jordan

Baby Jett is here!!!! This sweet, sweet boy was a joy to photograph. He was just so good and so sweet, and y’all gotta stop having babies because I can’t HANDLE IT. I’m not ready for another one yet, but you guys are making it so difficult!!! (This is my 4th newborn session within a […]

Dec 5, 2019

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Nashville, TN Newborn Portraits | Baby Lyla

It was an absolute pleasure to get to take Baby Lyla’s very first portraits. <3 I love her and her parents so much!! Enjoy my favorites! <3 Want a throwback? See Hannah + Jarret’s engagement portraits here | Hannah’s bridal portraits here | Their wedding here

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Nov 15, 2019

Stone River Maternity Session in Columbia, SC | Jordan + Mk

Same spot, different day. Does this give you the feels or what?!!? Strolling along this path the day they became husband and wife, and then again just weeks before becoming parents. I CAN’T DEAL. Mk had the idea to use their wedding venue as the location for their maternity session and I LOVED IT. I’ve […]

Oct 20, 2019

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Glencairn Garden Maternity Portraits in Rock Hill, SC | Khoury + Melia

First a bride and now a mama!! Eeek! I am THRILLED I got to photograph this beautiful, beautiful friend of mine again. I fell in love with Melia + Khoury when I did their engagement portraits, and so to be able to have photographed all of their memories up to this point just makes me […]

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Oct 15, 2019

Baby Reese | Newborn Portraits in Columbia, SC with Jess + CJ

Eeek!!! One of my favorite couples ever had a baby!!!! I am just thrilled. Three years ago they were walking down the aisle as husband and wife: (one of my favorite weddings to date!), and now they have welcomed a new, mini version of them into their lives! I am just over the moon excited […]

Oct 15, 2019

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Newborn Photography at the Hospital | Baby Remington

Remington Matthew McCall was born April 19, 2018 weighing 7lbs 8oz. He looks like his daddy, loves to snuggle, and has the sweetest little coo. <3 I had the best time at this session loving on him and getting to catch up with his sweet parents. (It feels like just yesterday I was photographing their wedding!) […]

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9 years. That's a lot of milestones, precious moments, and artwork I've been able to create. But where are all of those photographs now? I hope they are lining the walls of homes, plastered all over social media, sitting in albums on coffee tables, and organized in a way that makes them easy to find and enjoy. That's the hope. My mission is to help you make that reality.

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I've been photographing people throughout the Carolinas and Georgia for over 9 years. That's a lot of milestones, precious moments, and artwork I've been able to create. But where are all of those photographs now? I hope they are lining the walls of homes, plastered all over social media, sitting in albums on coffee tables, and organized in a way that makes them easy to find and enjoy. That's the hope. My mission is to help you make that reality.