Flowy, natural, romantic, layered. Tiny floral print on a peasant top with flared jeans and oversized beaded bracelets. A white, loose fitted, baby doll dress with short camel booties and large turquoise teardrop earrings… THIS is what boho styled dreams are made of. I think out of all the “styles” boho feels the most effortless. […]

Baby, it’s COLD outside!!! All this winter weather has me thinking about layers, so I thought that might be a good topic for this week’s What to Wear Wednesday! You know what I love more than a whole bunch of things? A really cool jacket. Whether it’s sequined, or leather, or furry, or floral… I […]

The pandemic has taken so much away, and with that we’ve had to do a lot of swerving and pivoting. One thing I’ve really loved, however, is how my team sessions have ended up. I haven’t done “mini sessions” in SO very long, but with group size restrictions I have had to make the necessary […]

Just like with every new year, we have new goals. Personal goals and business goals… New blogging goals are on the top of my list, because I know I’ve fallen behind on the blog over the last year. There are a few reasons why I like to blog – One, I love to write… Even […]

If you are anything like me, the first thing you start thinking about, okay, OBSESSING about, is what to wear in your pictures. Sometimes I know exactly what look I’m going for and the trouble is finding the perfect pieces to make it go from a “look” to a “lewk.” Other times, I have no […]

When we started talking about blogging for 2021, I knew there were a few things I wanted to touch on regularly – What to Wear being one of them! One of the #1 things I’m asked is “Shelby…. what the heck do I wear???” Since this answer is a little more involved than just a […]

Y’all. It is February. Can you believe it? Because I can’t! As our teams come together and mini sessions start, I am falling more and more in love with how this year is beginning. With so much fun planned, we will be sharing more on Facebook and Instagram (so make sure you are following us!) […]

I’ve spent some time this morning looking through old blog posts and reflecting on 2020… I know we’re over halfway through the first month of 2021, but this month – January – is the month when I do most of my planning for the year. It’s cold outside (usually), and it’s a good time for […]

I really shouldn’t make promises I can’t deliver on… I’m pretty sure I posted last week sometime that I was going to share this family’s blog last week. *Face palm* Sorry, y’all!!! To be completely transparent, my whole personal life has been turned right upside down this year because we decided to pull our kiddos […]

I just finished a session that was F R E E Z I N G, so I thought why not share a session from the summer and the creek?! I was just saying last week that I knowwww it’s only January, and I knowwww we have at least another month and a half of the […]

Some of the hardest blog entries for me to write are the ones I put off for the longest. Kind of like when you have a TON of work to do and all you want to do is take a little nap to avoid it for a little while… Anyone else? When I have a […]

Kaitlynn reached out a couple of months ago and told me she’d like to do portraits to really symbolize her college experience and her mental health journey.  She and I have been in some shows together and I’ve known her for some time, so I knew a little bit about her story and I knew […]

We did it, you guys! We made it to December and completed an entire year’s worth of Vintage Pattern Project!!! I couldn’t be more proud of my friend Jodi for the hard work she’s put into this project in 2019. She had an idea and saw it through to the end, and that in itself […]

What a year, am I right?? I shot somewhere around 110 sessions this year, which absolutely blows my mind… From teens, to high school seniors, to college kids and college seniors to theatre productions and promo shoots, headshots, families, newborn babies and baby plans, births and maternity, small business owners and community events… I was […]

Long before Aftan stepped in front of my camera, I knew her name. I could tell she was ultra involved with school, and she had a great reputation. The kind of reputation you WANT your kid to have… One that follows them without them even realizing it. Kindness has literally radiated off of her every […]