Emilia Arterburn, Author at Emilia Joy Photography

Tyce and Brooklyn ~ Wedding

May 19, 2024 0 Photography

This was one of the most beautiful wedding days that I have been able to capture! Brooklyn and Tyce are one of the sweetest couples ever and this wedding was so full of joy from beginning to end!

I thought it was going to rain all day so I brought along my clear umbrella and said a few prayers. God was very kind to us and blew all the rain away except for a little sprinkle that cooled us all off.

From meeting at summer camp to all the long distance traveling in their relationship you could tell these two were made for forever! From our first meeting at their engagement session to all the communication and planning between that day and their wedding I KNEW this wedding would not disappoint. All the hugs and shouts of joy when every guest was spotted was such a testimony to how well these two love the people around them. Their wedding was so Jesus centered and so personal and sweet, it almost got me crying (but I have my job to do so there’s no time for that 😂).

To say that I feel privileged, to have been trusted to capture this perfect day, is an understatement. It means the world to me to be trusted with such a big and important job on someone’s most important day of their life. Thank you Brooklyn and Tyce! And special thanks for both of their families and the amazing bridal party for making this day so fun for me as well! May 17th was one for the books! I’ll be sharing these images as long as I’m in business.

Folks these are just the sneak peeks…keep following along to see many many more.

As always, thanks for being here!

~Emilia Joy

PS: The Barn at McIntosh Road is my favorite venue yet! It’s Soooo pretty!

Caleb + Leah’s Wedding ~ Georgetown Tx,

Sticky Post February 9, 2024 0 Photography, Uncategorized

Wow this wedding was such an honor and privilege to be a part of!

From beginning to end it was filled with joy and tears that were such a testimony to how much Caleb and Leah are loved by the people around them. Caleb and Leah are goofy and wild and they care very deeply for the needs of others and love the people around them so well! I’ve known both Caleb and Leah for several years and so it was extra special to be a part of a wedding of friends and to spend the day with a bridal party full of all my friends too. This day was full of laughter and joy and a decent bit of tears. Tears make it extra special to though.

Everything about this wedding went so well and we had very few hiccups. And somehow I came back with over 5,000 images 😂🤪 YIKES. I can’t wait to see how the gallery tells the story of their day!

I actually teared up when I was looking through the sneak peek gallery. There was a lot of lead up to this wedding, the %80 chance of rain that was predicted for the day, me traveling to Texas with all my gear (double, triple and quadruple checking to make sure I had everything), plus this being the first time I’ve ever shot a wedding in a town square, all of this made looking through the sneak peek gallery seem like a flood of answered prayers. We were blessed with perfect weather and an almost flawless ceremony and a timeline that went so smoothly thanks to lots of helping hands.

For now here’s a little peek into Caleb and Leah’s wedding day!

And as always, thanks for taggin’ along

~Emilia Joy

PS: The last two pictures are a picture of me with the bride and groom and a picture of the amazing video team with us too! Bechler Video is in the process of making an epic video that I can’t wait to see!

The Biggers Family

January 9, 2024 0 Uncategorized

This is part two of me trying to be more consistent with blogging 😂 We shall see how long this last.

The Biggers Family came out to the farm for a fall session, they were the sweetest and most loving family I’ve worked with in a while. They were up for all of the fun and all of the prompts. They had so much fun with each other and that’s what makes me love their gallery so much.

It’s hard to emphasize enough how important it is that you come to your session ready to play games and have fun! The photos you will love the most are the ones of you and your kids laughing and playing with each other. If you come expecting to just pose and get it over with you’ll miss out on a fun memory and you make the whole time rushed and unexciting. Come prepared to make memories, to laugh, to enjoy the time you’ll spend together. Change your mindset from “Let’s get this over with” to “Let’s make this a super fun memory.” You’ll be surprised at how well this will make your session go and how much more you will love all of your images.

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Hadlee ~ Senior Portrait Session

January 2, 2024 0 Photography

Hadlee sent me her Pintrest inspo board and I knew our farm would be a perfect fit for what she was looking for! Hadlee and I had met a few times before but we had such a fun time during her hour long session. She said after our session, “it was exactly what I wanted it to be!” And that’s always my favorite thing to hear!

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Faith ~ Senior Session

September 28, 2023 0 Uncategorized

I had so much fun meeting Faith and doing her senior pictures! She’s seriously so much fun and I felt like I had a new friend by the time she left. She told me “That was the first time I ever enjoyed getting my photo taken.” That’s the best thing I could ever hear as a photographer!

We laughed a lot, as usual, and spent the time wandering around our farm and catching all the glowy light. Our fields are perfection right now and they give the dreamiest look to the images!

Faith has big plans and I’m excited to see where the Lord is going to lead her in the next phase of her life!

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Dillan~ Senior Session

September 28, 2023 0 Uncategorized

This session was so stinking pretty! I’m such a huge fan of people wearing white to their sessions…it’s so timeless and classic! I love the way all of these pictures just pop off the screen. Yikes…can you tell these make me super super happy!

Dillian was so sweet and had the most stunning smile! It’s always so fun to watch my clients get more and more comfortable in front of the camera! My favorite way to make people laugh is by telling them to make themselves laugh…it always works 🙃 I’m not a funny person in general so I got do what it takes to make people laugh!

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy 🙃

Harmony~ Senior Session

September 12, 2023 0 Photography, Uncategorized

I’ve known Harmony for as long as she’s been alive! Our families have been friends…well forever practically. For a long time she was my friends younger sister but now she’s graduated and it blows my mind. How is life going by so fast!

Harmony texted me asking about doing her senior session at sunrise, and I was all for it! She’s only the second person to brave a sunrise shoot with me, and it was so worth it! There’s something so chill and peaceful about early mornings, fog and sunrises.

I’ve had such a blast with my senior girls this past year and I’m super excited for all the 2024 seniors coming my way!

As always, thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Ellie, Laken and Pistol

August 12, 2023 0 Photography

Our pear trees were in full bloom and our back field was still golden from the winter. Laken texted me and asked if she could bring her horse for some photos with her daughter before the blooms fell off the trees and I am SO glad she did. The beautiful bloom and the jet black horse were perfection.

I love how we went from a princess session or a cowgirl session with just an outfit change. Ellie loves horses just like her momma and it was impressive how well she controlled that giant horse.

All in all in was a perfect evening. The best kind of spring weather, the best kind of blooms, the best kind of glow and the best models.

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Johanna~ Senior Session

August 12, 2023 0 Photography

Johanna and I had a super fun time taking her senior photos. She has contacted me asking if I could incorporate her horse into the session with her, so we met out on her friends beautiful farm. The spring glow and the golden tassel on the oak trees made this into pure magic. 😍

Thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

Anna~ Senior Session

July 19, 2023 0 Photography

It’s been a minute since I’ve posted on here…as is typical with me I’ve been having technical difficulties… I know it’s shocking 😂

This senior session was so fun! Anna came out to my farm and we explored the fields and ponds. I thought we much get rained on but it ended up being a perfect spring day! It feel like we have the best of all worlds on our property, fields, ponds, woods, flowers. Anna said that it was her dream place to live, so she was perfectly at home and you could tell.

As always, thanks for tagging along!

~Emilia Joy

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