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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

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!