Hi, Kindreds! I hope you had a marvelous weekend wherever you are! I spent this past weekend meeting with upcoming brides and dreaming about what their wedding day will consist of. I’m so thankful for the amazing couples I’ve been blessed to work with. <3

 I'm over the moon at how much fun farm sessions were and I want to share a few snippets from each session. If you missed it, or are new around here, I welcomed families and couples to my family farm where I grew up. There are plenty of rustic, organic backgrounds that inspired laid back, fun-filled portraits. At my family farm, there is a wide open space surrounded by pine trees and the occasional oak tree, and if you know anything about oak trees, can I get a hallelujah for that heavenly diffused light?! Just a fair warning, there was golden sunrise madness in some of these photos! Pure liquid gold sunlight just pouring everywhere! There's some pretty great bokeh too. (BOKEH!!) It was wonderful and beautiful! 

I love trying new things. KTP has a very specific aesthetic and caters to the creative, thoughtful, insightful, and community-oriented. But sometimes it's fun to step out of your comfort zone and give something else a try just to clear the creative pipes. What type of content do you create to get the inspiration, creative juices going? 

I am so very thrilled to share the McCook Family's portraits today! Not only were they so CUTE, but so easy to work with! We hustled big time to beat the rain but you'd have no idea it was dreary and icky out! What a sweet time for everyone! It was nice to see folks from my hometown since I don't see very many of them as often due to my move two years ago. The best thing is seeing people you care about when you haven't seen them in a while. Amanda was a majorette in high school (like me!) and helped choreograph some of our routines back in my high school years. Carrigan, their beautiful oldest daughter was in my Internship class way back when she was in 2nd grade! Now the teen years are upon us! YIKES! Camdyn is getting ready to go into 5th grade, and was taught 4th by my aunt who is also a teacher. They are growing up way too fast! YOWZA!! Time slow down! 

Goofy and sweet all in one breath! That's Jimmy and Hannah perfectly! <3 <3 How sweet! 

As with any session I book, there's a little story. (hehe) We trekked over to Davis Island for Anna's bridals, and had plenty of ideas. We picked out our location but once we got there, things didn't turn out quite like we had anticipated. Our select building wasn't a resort or club of any sort, it was just a cute old folks retirement complex. We wanted to remain respectful of the building and kept asking around for the office but all the people there kept telling us there was no office! Plus, it didn't look exactly like some of the images we saw online (we actually couldn't find the exact building we were looking for!). So we moved on. We came upon this lovely apartment complex with the most stunning exterior. We knew we just HAD to have it! As if by divine intervention, things started falling into place. Every backdrop you see was within 10 feet of each other as the front of the building. Then, there was the back of the building with a pool, view of the a yacht club, and the prettiest architecture ever. You wouldn't even know we weren't in Italy! 

I am so excited to share this session! I've known Ashley since high school, and we discovered that Mark and my husband Joshua played football together in middle school, and knew each other after all! We traipsed around St. Augustine, getting a little lost, changing behind sheets in people's front yards (while a tour carriage was going by!", and laughing our heads off! All we could think about was how the driver could have narrated like so: "And on your right, you will see a lady changing behind a sheet!" HA! We had a wonderful time and I'm so happy they trusted me with a film camera in hand, which takes a lot of bravery! It sure did pay off! 

I can't say enough about the Taylor family and our time together. This little family is so genuine, so filled with gratitude, humility, and STYLE that I felt to refreshed and peaceful after our shoot. Each family member was so unique and memorable I just squealed at each moment I grabbed because I knew I wanted to do them justice. In between the moments on camera there were fabulous non-camera moments such as little games of catch, someone getting mooned, and glimpses of 3 going on 13. They're so cute, ya'll. I loved it! 

I am so thrilled to have this sweet couple's engagement session up today! There were a few things that I LOVED about this shoot:

1. It was at a driftwood beach, which I have never photographed before!

2. Meara and Drew were TROOPERS, as the beach location was a bit of a hike, jump, and scale-a-mountain away from the start point. They walked all the way there and back in their nice clothes! :D

3. Terrible storms were predicted for the day, but they receded just for us and left a beautifully overcast sky to shoot under! The light was even and the temperature was pleasant, making for a fun and enjoyable shoot.

This couple has been such an amazing pair to work with. This is my 2nd shoot with the Wainrights and I have to say, we have a BLAST! They are so easy going, up for anything, and they put up with my ever changing pose and location requests! What a fun afternoon this was. Love working with you, Olivia and Jeff! 

I feel like I have endless words about this shoot. The film camera seems to be settling in more comfortably in my hands each time I shoot a film session. The digital camera fits well too, but there's a connection, a commitment to film. You commit to it and then wait on it. Unlike digital which is fast paced, spontaneous, and moldable. Whereas film is like a wise elder, set in it's ways but no stranger to change.