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Location, Location, Location! Senior Week: Location Thursday! I’ll be honest…when my kids fall asleep in the car I take the opportunity to scout fun and new locations. I will also say that this is the one thing that stresses me out the most before a shoot! I’ve learned over the years to find great locations […]

Senior Week: Location Thursday!

April 11, 2024

Educational

girl in white dress on a mountain top

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Light is Everything To the average eye, all light looks pretty similar–especially to someone who doesn’t dapple in photography. But, I am here to tell you that light. is. everything. It can make or break an image, and the time of day has a lot to do with it! I always shoot during golden hours. […]

Senior Week: Light Wednesday

April 10, 2024

Educational

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Welcome to Senior Week where I share all my best tips and tricks to ROCK your senior session! Today is Style Tuesday! If you’re like me…I need a few tips on being stylish. I wish I could say that I was born to see style and what goes together with what. Nope. This definitely doesn’t […]

Senior Week: Style Tuesday

April 9, 2024

Educational

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Hey there, friends! This post will be mostly for upcoming seniors to get EXCITED about their senior portrait session, BUT it works for anyone who is looking forward to a photo session! Believe it or not, most of my senior clients book me in their junior year! Seriously?! Yes…By booking early they get first dibs […]

Senior Week: Hair & Makeup Monday!

April 8, 2024

Educational

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I knew this newborn session was going to be great, but I didn’t realize just how spoiled I would be until I met baby Maxwell. Born a few weeks early, he started out his precious new life on a plane ride to Great Falls, and 10 days later, he graduated from the NICU and got […]

Helena Montana Newborn Session

March 14, 2024

Newborn

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As the snow falls outside, I’m reminiscing on our trip to Egypt this very week last year. My husband and I had not taken more than one night away with each other in over 8 years, and when we were given the chance to take a kid-free vacation…we took a trip of a lifetime. I […]

Egypt

February 7, 2024

Personal

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To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever done an indoor maternity shoot before, but this Helena home maternity shoot won’t be the last! I fell in love with this idea! Maggie and I had been planning on doing her maternity shoot indoors due to her being 30 weeks in January. Due to what I […]

Helena Home Maternity Shoot

February 6, 2024

Maternity

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Are you newly engaged but you have no idea where to start on how to plan a wedding?! Well this blog post is for you! As I approach my 20th year shooting weddings, I have learned a few things I’d love to share with you! Read on to learn the first 10 steps to planning […]

First Steps to Plan A Wedding

January 13, 2024

Educational

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Abby and Chase’s December engagement session was full of sunshine and love! We were so blessed with warm sunny skies–and no snow! When they originally booked their engagement session, I pictured freezing temperatures and snow everywhere. Well, that sure didn’t happen! Abby and Chase have been together since high school. They met during a tour […]

December Montana Engagement Session

December 12, 2023

Engagement

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I hadn’t heard from Hannah about her upcoming newborn sessions so I emailed her to check on how she was feeling, only to get a reply that Mr. Milo had already made his appearance! Funny how those babies come when they want to! She mentioned that he had been such a sweet baby, and after […]

Lifestyle Newborn Session: Milo

November 9, 2023

Newborn

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