The Latest

Miley ~Senior Portrait Session

October 4, 2024 0 Photography, Uncategorized

I almost wanted to title this session “110 Reasons to Book as Session at Golden Hour” You can NOT get colors like these at any other time of the day. This was the first session of the year that really felt like fall! Everything was so golden and it was a perfect cool night! Miley came out to our farm…literally one of my favorite spot to photograph (have you noticed?). I was googly eyed over these and have been dying to finish editing so I could post them! I dream of these kinds of colors ! ✨✨✨ ALSO my seniors this year have been KILLING it!

Here’s to an insanely busy fall full of more beautiful session like this one… Cheers 🥂🥂

Thanks for taggin’ along,

~Emilia Joy

Kristin and Drew ~ Summer Engagement Session

September 9, 2024 0 Photography

Kristin and Drew had the perfect summer engagement session. Kristin contacted me several months ago, asking about having me photograph her wedding. I set up a client consultation call we her and knew immediately that we would get along so well. When we met in person I knew their session would be a breeze.

What a joy it was to photograph these two and their sweet young love! We hit it off right from the start and they got super comfortable in front of the camera, super fast! It’s summer sessions like this one that give me a fresh reminder of why I love my job soooo much. The green and the golds from this day were amazing and the weather turned out perfect. The joy and the laughter between these to is unmatched! Y’all are welcome in front of my camera anytime! June can’t come soon enough, I know your wedding will be even better than this!

If you want to see more of the beautiful clients I’ve been able to serve this summer check this out!

As always, thanks for tagging along,

~Emilia Joy

Mama + Me~ Lifestyle Session

June 6, 2024 0 Photography, Uncategorized

A few weeks ago I got to do a really fun Mama + Me session.  We photographers call these lifestyle sessions. For those of you who don’t know what this means, a lifestyle session is a laid back photography experience, where I come in and take photos of you and your family doing a fun activity. There’s a lot less posing and a lot less “look here and smile”. I focus more on capturing genuine emotions and interactions that happen naturally. None of that making goofy noises from behind my camera because for the most part I want your family to be totally absorbed in the moment. 

If you have really little kids choosing a lifestyle session over a typical session is a great option. Choosing an activity that you love to do as a family is such a fun way to make a memory and to keep your littles happy. Not only will your kids “tolerate” this, it’s actually something that your kids will get really excited about! This option helps to keep the kids entertained, focused, smiling, happy and it provides a great way for me to capture the genuine interactions of your family. 

When it comes to doing a lifestyle session there’s so many options of fun things to do! Have a campfire and smores together, get giant ice cream cones  and eat them together, have a water balloon fight, eat watermelon, bake cookies together, or explore a park. There are really endless options and what makes it so special is that YOU choose what would be fun for your family! 

If your family is not a “smile at the camera and give each other big hugs”  kinda family, or if your kids are just too stir crazy for a typical photo session I really recommend talking to me about a lifestyle session. It’s a perfect way to capture YOUR family personality on camera and to have photos to hang on the wall forever! 

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Jenna + Rex ~ Kuttawa, Kentucky

May 28, 2024 0 Photography, Uncategorized

At the beginning of this year I bought a vintage boat. Let’s just say I was SUPER excited about it! I’ve dreamed for years of having a cool boat to use for a couples photo session and now I finally had it, but then it was winter and cold and all the trees were dead 😂 (not ideal for a beautiful boat session) I pulled the boat out once in the winter and my nieces and sister almost got blown away in the wind, oops. So I waited and waited for spring and I finally got to do a few session with some sweet kids but I was still waiting for the perfect couple.

Two weeks ago I found the perfect couple and I finally got to do this dreamy session! Looking through the gallery for me feels magical and dreamy like a scene in a movie. Needless to say, I can’t wait to pull the boat out again for a session. Kuttawa Ky, was the perfect little lakeside town to do this dreamy session in, I can’t wait to go back!

As always, 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

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

Nick + Kylee

December 6, 2022 0 Photography

I had such a blast with Nick and Kylee! They are such a sweet and fun couple! They brought along their dogs to their engagement session and we had a time of trying to get them to stay still 😂 But we got some beautiful images and I’m excited to share this entire gallery! This was my favorite gallery from our farm so far!

Thanks for tagging along!
~ Emilia Joy 🙃

Havynn~ Downtown Portrait Session

October 27, 2022 0 Uncategorized

I don’t do a lot of sessions downtown because I’m usually a trees and field kind of gal but Havynn is an artist, so we met downtown and I LOVE all the images!

Thanks for tagging along!
~Emilia Joy 🙃

Elijah, Amanda + Ruth

October 17, 2022 0 Photography, Uncategorized

Love Love Love these images! 😍😍😍