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The Biggers Family

January 9, 2024 0 Family, Photography

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.

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~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!

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~Emilia Joy

Faith ~ Senior Session

September 28, 2023 0 Senior

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!

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~Emilia Joy

Dillan~ Senior Session

September 28, 2023 0 Senior

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!

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~Emilia Joy 🙃

Harmony~ Senior Session

September 12, 2023 0 Senior

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.

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~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. 😍

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~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

The Taylor ~ Family Session

March 11, 2023 0 Photography

What a perfect spring day this was! I love to watch kids having fun playing outside while I get take pictures! There’s nothing like those genuine, candid moments. The trees around our pond were just in the beginning of blooming. You can see the hint of that spring glow in the trees!

Doing sessions like this is a dream come true for me! I LOVE that I get to capture these special family moments forever and ever! These little kiddos will grow up someday and they’ll be showing these pictures to their kids and grandkids and I think that is just so special, amazing and beautiful. I mean I get to capture the unique lives of people and their families…FOREVER 😍

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~Emilia Joy

Josh and Emily

January 31, 2023 0 Photography, Uncategorized

Josh and Emily were so sweet and so fun! They met me at my favorite childhood hiking spot, in Southern Illinois, for a post wedding photo session. This day was a dream come true for me! For years I’ve wanted to do a session at the spot but it just never worked out! I’m thankful for Emily and Josh who braved the cold January day. It ended up being super cloudy and super windy but we still got some epic portraits…I guess we all had a dream come true! was so soooo pleased with all of the portraits from this session! Emilys veil made for some excitement in the wind but gave us some beautiful portraits! It was a fun adventure and %100 worth the cold!!

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~Emilia Joy