Category Archives: Family Sessions

One Big Happy Family {Canton, GA Photographer}

With so many fellow Milton Alumni followers, I just had to share some of the images from a recent session (you might recognize a few familiar faces). I absolutely love a multi generational shoot, so imagine my excitement when Mrs. Bearden asked my hubby if I would be interested in capturing some family moments for her and her whole fam! I joked with John because I felt like I was the only one who never had Mrs. Bearden during my 4 year stint at Milton. She is now a grandma to 2 and also had all her siblings visiting for the holidays! With everyone in one place, I got to help this  fun loving bunch  update their family album! Take a look!! 🙂

 

 

 

Love these guys…{ Alpharetta Family Photographer}

I absolutely cannot believe that I haven’t posted images from the session below yet!!! I have been meaning to ever since the night I shot them. Meet the Caropresso family! Comprised of my bestie and his amazing (and ridiculously gorgeous) family! I have officially now known Juan for exactly half of my life! We met in college and have been through thick and thin ever since. We are absolutely terrible at calling each other, still bicker like brother and sister, giggle like children and keep it totally real when the other needs a dose of brutal honesty. Clearly he hears the later way more than I do 🙂 As much as I love him, I simply adore his wife Jesse! Actually ….if I’m being honest, I probably like her a lot more lol! I’m serious! Not only is she fun, smart, loyal, confident and annoyingly beautiful… But she is absolutely the best wife and mother that I could ever have imagined for my sweet and silly friend! Did I mention she is extremely patient also? … J/k. Seriously though … Had you told me way back then that I would watch Juan marry the women of his dreams on the beach and have the honor of watching his children Braedon and Luca grow up, I would have said “your darn right I will!” Now had you told me he would still be telling the same stupid story of how I stomped on his frozen pizza in 3 inch heals 20 years later…. I would have said “I would freaking hope not!” Sadly …. He has never recovered. #RIPPIZZA

These pictures make my heart so happy! Enjoy!

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Waiting for Clare…

I love catching up with former brides of mine from Bella B and had an absolute blast capturing this new phase in the Logan family’s life! I remember Katie being so laid back and fun to be around on her big day. She hasn’t changed one bit! Wesley is going to be an amazing big brother to sweet little Clare! I won’t keep you long, take a look for yourself at this gorgeous family! OH! One more thing…this is the awesome location we have been telling you about for our upcoming mini session this weekend!! A few spots left! *wink wink*

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Rain, Rain Go Away….{East Cobb Photographer}

Picture this…. you are getting ready for your long awaited maternity session.  At this point you have picked out outfits for three people, your hair and makeup is good to go and you are now ready to walk out the door….and it starts to rain?  UGH! Do you risk it an pray it stops or reschedule? This is always tricky call! In the case of the adventurous Paul family, we decided roll the dice and head out to East Cobb Park despite the weather! Now, I have found myself taking this chance several times this summer and had a dry shoot each time I did (take that rain!).  So what could go wrong right? Holy cow you guys! This time… I’m not going to lie, I was extremely nervous that we would be rained out.  On my drive over the drizzle turned into a legit downpour! I had no idea what the condition of the park would be even if the rain did stop.  All I could do was hope for the best and joke that maybe we would get lucky and have a pretty rainbow for our pictures lol.

Though this story didn’t end with a happy rainbow or a pot of gold, the rain did stop and the sun even came out towards the end! I’m so glad this fun loving family is as crazy as I am because we were able to capture some very sweet moments and certainly had a lot of laughs doing it! I’m so excited to meet baby Paul this fall! Wait until you see how adorable his sweet big brother Sawyer is in the meantime!

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Airman Merritt

While shooting the Merritt’s fall photos last year, I learned that Ryan was being deployed in just a few short months. I love all my family sessions but, this one struck a cord with me. It was special. It was their last family session before the United States Air Force sent him to Africa with his unit. When I got in the car I called Lindsey to recap what the family had shared with me and how touched I was by the news. I can’t remember who said it first (because we were both thinking it), but we asked them if we could be there to capture his homecoming and document the intimate moments of Daddy coming home and Jessica seeing Ryan again for the first time in months! As we got closer to August, Jessica started relaying information to us to keep us in the loop. Now, if you know anything about the military you know what I mean by “starting.” There was no set date and time until right before. Once they finally nailed down the first week of August, we still waited to hear the actual day, location and time. I can’t imagine how antsy Jessica was getting because even Lindsey and I were eager for the big day! Well the day finally came!!!! 9:15 on Wednesday night was when the family would be reunited. Coco Alley was ready, about to leave for Hartsfield Jackson International Airport when we got a call from Jessica that he wasn’t returning home that night. They were stuck in Baltimore until the following morning. We were all devastated, but after HOURS of scheming and planning- the next morning we all made it to the airport, somehow on time, and the reunion was priceless, breathtaking and tears were definitely shed. I know for a fact, Lindsey and I were incredibly honored to do this for the Merritt family. It made us even happier that we were able to snap some moments of other airmen and women from Ryan’s unit with their families as well! Just icing on the cake, I tell ya! But, below, are some of our favorites from the homecoming with the Merritts! You may or may not cry!!

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Sand in my toes

Sweet summer time is almost over! Can you believe it?? School is about to start and we will have a kindergartner in the Allen household! Holy Cow!!!! We took one last family trip to the beach and got to spend some time with some of my favorite people! My parents, grandparents, brother and nieces were all in attendance! We spent countless days in the sand, the kids enjoyed some movies, and tons of good food!! You’ve met my little fam but let me introduce you to the rest of the Breen side. We are missing some special people…my grandmother, my brother’s fiance and soon to be niece!! Hope you enjoy this beautiful Navarre Beach sunset!

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Summer, Summer, Summer time… {Johns Creek, GA}

I know I’ve said this before, but I absolutely adore shooting large multi family sessions! It’s the perfect storm of capturing special moments with everyone enjoying each other’s company mixed with quiet moments between couples. Sprinkle in the opportunity to chase adorable little people around and I’m one happy girl! The Eramian family’s shoot was a dream session for me! It’s been a little while since I’ve had the chance to shoot at McDaniel Farm Park for one. The place was uncharacteristically empty, it was breezy and cool( which for July in GA is practically unheard of) and this loving group of characters were an absolute pleasure to hang with. For anyone who has had portraits done with Coco Alley, you are well aware that we push hard to schedule our sessions close to sunrise and sunset. Here is another prime example of why it’s totally worth attempting to make that happen! Those are the absolute best times for gorgeous, magical light! That said, I totally recognize its not always ideal when you have littles that go to bed early or can’t risk throwing off a nap schedule. I’m just saying that if you can, you won’t be sorry!

I’ll leave you to enjoy this huge overshare of images of the potentially the cutest set of cousins and their awesome families! If you are anything like me, you won’t be able to stop smiling at their sweetness or reminiscing about past childhood summer nights with your own family!

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Sunflowers galore!

I had the pleasure of photographing this gorgeous family for the first time this past fall and our little summer reunion was just as much fun!  Courtney, Eric and their ADORABLE children Harper, Asher and baby Max brought their A game! It started to rain shortly after we arrived at the sunflower field so we hustled back to the car just incase it poured. After discussing the (seemingly non phased) kid’s very recent birthdays and Asher’s latest Mickey Mouse book bag and the loot inside, the rain had stopped as fast as it had started.  We decided to risk it and shoot close to the car incase the rain picked up again. Luckily it stayed dry the rest of the session and we got to ham it up all over the farm! I honestly love all of the images from this session! Not only because of the beautiful sunflowers, lighting and the gorgeous Nagy family, but because of all the laughing we did! Despite the extreme heat, the constant redirection, waiting and walking to find clear areas to shoot (it was super busy), everyone remained in such a great mood! The kids are only 6,4 and 1 1/2 years old! Not even the bees seemed to bother these kiddos and I’m here to tell you … they were everywhere! They are as well behaved as they are cute lol! The sneak peek is proof!

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A boy and his boat…. {Cumming newborn and family photographer}

Add another sweet birthday boy to the list because little Liam is officially ONE!! Now… When I say that I’ve been planning his stylized session for a year, that is honestly no exaggeration! Let’s just say the raft attempt at his newborn shoot was not up to this perfectionist’s standards so I scrapped it lol! Do over baby!! This time it was go big or go home! I had vision, a location and built a better boat (shout out to my talented hubby for helping me and making the sail). What I couldn’t have planned for was all the fantastic FOG!!!! There was a little fog the night I scouted out our spot but this was on a whole new level guys! A massive amount of thick magical fog kept rolling in and out during our sunset shoot and it was glorious!!!! Ahhhh yes…. redemption smells so sweet my friends!

Ok, so who wants to buy a boat? Kidding….

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Surprise! {Maternity and Newborn Photographer Cumming GA}

The secret is out and I’m finally able to share some images from a very special session I shot a few months back! I’ve been photographing moments for this sweet couple for a few years now, so I was super excited to be part of a monster surprise Allison wanted to plan for her hubby, Dane. Upon discovering she was pregnant (EEEKKKK!!),  Allison reached out to me and we planned, plotted and immediately kicked into action! We thought it would be fun to shoot this session in two parts so we could incorporate their little girl Ava Rose. She helped her momma wrap up the reveal gift for daddy and then sat next to him while he opened it! His face was priceless! Congratulations lovebirds! I’m over the moon happy for you and your growing family! I have to admit, it was cool to be the first to know, guys! Not gonna lie lol : )

I’m looking forward to meeting this little Christmas baby! For now enjoy these adorable pictures! Alpharetta Photographer

Pregnancy Announcement and maternity photos by Cumming Maternity and newborn photographer