Inara Studios

I love working with Bella’s family because a) they are good friends of ours and b) they are always open to my ideas. =) This year we did an urban, downtown Nashville family session to get ready for the Christmas season. I love, LOVE looking around Nashville’s streets and alleys for great spots for photos.

Look at the amazingly cute outfit Bella’s mom picked out for her!

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Bella, you and your family are so bella. =)

What a precious baby! Even though Caroline was super active and had her own ideas about what our portrait session should be like, I was able to get some great images! I absolutely love the outfits her mother picked out! So adorable!

If these don’t melt mommy and daddy’s hearts, I am not sure what does. =)

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Jennifer:  Can’t wait to hear what you think!

I love looking at other photographer’s work and hearing their thoughts and stories behind the images they take. It is so intriguing and inspiring!

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Last night, Cade and I got to see Jeremy Cowart talk about his journey into photography. I was really surprised to hear that he became a very acclaimed photographer in only a few short years. His work is simply stunning!

After the event I was finally able to get my hands on Hope in the Dark, a coffee table book full of images from Jeremy’s trips to Africa with some reflections written by Jena Lee, from Blood:Water Mission.

If you haven’t ever seen this book or heard of BWM, I strongly encourage you to look into both. All of the proceeds from “Hope in the Dark” go to building wells to bring clean water to communities in Africa.

This book has beautiful images that will blow your mind and others that will bring a smile to your face! It doesn’t matter if you are done with your Christmas shopping or not, I strongly encourage you to pick up this amazing book and be INSPIRED!

Lucas was only shy for about the first minute of our session. Then, he was full of energy and was having too much fun going up and down the stone stairways at Percy Warner.

What a sweet family!

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It was a pleasure to meet and work with you guys! I’m excited about seeing Lucas again when he turns 2!

P.S. Misty - your referrals rock! Thank you so much! =)

Last week, before I took a few days off to eat turkey and ham, I met up with this beautiful family to get some photos for Christmas. Since they live only a block from 5 points (which is a fabulous place if you’ve never been) we took advantage of the great, urban backdrops.

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I had a lot of fun with you guys! Thanks for hanging out in the cold. =)