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I have been taking Mateos photos since he was born. He has been shy around the camera for mostly that whole time. But he’s so cute it doesn’t really matter. We went to a park near Lakeland for Mateo’s Third birthday photoshoot and man was it hot. But, we got some great images to last […]

Mateo’s Third Birthday Session

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Birthday Cake Smash Photos

Sweet Finley celebrated her first birthday and I was honored to take these photos. She is the most precious little girl with a beautiful smile and the cutest top pony you’ve ever seen. Her mother and I discussed the simplistic vision we had for Finley’s cakes smash and it turned out perfectly. I loved how […]

Finley’s First Birthday Milestone Session + Cake Smash

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Owen’s parents love the movies Jurassic Park and Jurassic World and decided to name their baby after the Character in Jurassic World. So it was only fitting that we do a Jurassic World-themed Cake Smash. He loved smiling at the camera and playing with his cake!

Owen’s World- Jurassic themed Cake Smash

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Newborn Baby Boy

Ace’s (Alexander) Newborn session in Tampa Florida will whisk you away. His parents brought the most adorable outfit and I had to add it! He was such a dream to work with and it’s always fun having done his mothers maternity session to meet the baby that was in the belly! This outfit is my […]

Ace’s Adventure Newborn Session

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The sun is shining the water is warm and couples and families are coming out and saying “I want family photos and I want them on the beach at sunset” I’m not kidding! Imagine having your first child during covid, and not being able to capture it with any type of professional photographer. So I […]

Clark Family Beach Session

Family Photoshoot

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I love watching my littlest clients grow up. It really brings me such joy to photograph newborn to one year sessions but sometimes I don’t see those babies after that. But I have been taking Gael’s pictures since he was 3 months old, and for every Christmas and Birthday for the past 5 years! It […]

Gael’s Fifth Birthday Photoshoot

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Little boy holding mom and dads hands

If you’re wondering what the perfect time of day to do a photoshoot with a toddler is, well thats a loaded question. I do almost all of family sessions around sunset, but I know during the summer in Tampa, it can be hard to keep the little ones up until the sun goes down. To […]

Bahr Family Session

Family Photoshoot

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Couple on the beach for their Maternity session

I get a few emails asking “We’re on vacation in or near Tampa can you do our family or maternity photos?” Of course! I love to capture you on your vacation get away. It doesn’t hurt that some of the most beautiful beaches in the world are in Florida. I loved doing this photoshoot for […]

Sea Side Maternity Session with Chelsea and Hung at Clearwater Beach, Florida

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Well, well, well…a baby that slept…the entire session. I love every baby that comes through my door, but never have I had a baby that slept as soundly as little Bryson. Bryson was born a few weeks early so when he came to me he was still so tiny. Even though my girls were 3 […]

Bryson’s Newborn Session

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My daughter Sydney was born at 32 weeks, along with her identical twin sister. Besides being small, she was perfect. She stayed in the NICU along with her sister for 30 days. After coming home they were just eating and growing, But at 4. months old, Sydney started having seizures, and they were bad. Them seemed to have come out of no where, and the hospital had no answers for us. She had multiple seizures every single day and her

Sydney’s Epilepsy Story

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