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Apr30

Andrew’s Fifth Milestone Session

Apr30

On Saturday I had the absolute pleasure of meeting this little man and his mom! She contacted me looking for a photographer to photograph her sons 5th birthday milestone session and I’m so glad she did!! We met up at the gorgeous location of Wetumpka Southern Homes and Gardens, now known as Caffco Outlet, where we explored and took some awesome pictures!

Let me introduce a little man that is so jam packed full of adventure, spunk, SMILES, and imagination…. Mr. Andrew! He’s a lover of all things dinosaurs and loves to hunt for sticks that resembles his favorite ones! From th second I met Andrew I had a permanent smile plastered on my face! I said “Hey, Andrew! Guess what?! My best friends name is Andrew, so that practically makes us best friends, right?!?” (which is true) His reply was “YES!” so now I have a second best friend by the name of Andrew! 😉

Throughout our session Andrew was telling me all about his dinosaur collection and how he has his own YouTube channel dedicated to teaching others about dinosaurs! PS I watched the few episodes he’s broadcast so far and he is THE CUTEST teacher EVER!!! If you’d like to take a look at this little mans channel you can find that here: Andrew’s Dinosaur Toy Box

I look forward to working with this sweet family again and cannot wait to watch this handsome young man grow with each milestone session that we share together!

Whitney A Photography, Wetumpka Alabama, Elmore County, Prattville, Southern Homes and Gardens, Caffco Outlet, Photographer, Milestone Session, Five year old photo session, little boy, Montgomery County, Photographers, Children Photographer

Aug01

How To Have A Successful Adult Cake Smash Session

Aug01

How to have a successful ADULT cake smash session.

Jennifer: 432 months old

Who says cake smash sessions are just for babies turning one!? Jennifer sure didn’t and she just turned 432 months old! Add that up real fast! (36 years young!) On day 22 of Jennifer’s birth month, I got to photograph this beautiful mom while she celebrated her 36th birthday by smashing a cake and sipping some wine.

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Here are a few tips on how to have a successful ADULT cake smash session!

Step 1: Hire a photographer, buy cute tutu’s, make a ridiculously funny t-shirt that states your age in months, assemble cute props and other essentials to make the day super fun filled with a ton of laughter.

Step 2: Get a beautifully decorated cake and mentally prepare to smash it- you have to mentally prepare yourself to smash such a gorgeous cake.. (Cake by Zizi’s Treats, provided by yours truly!)

Step 3: Pack your favorite beverage, milk or wine, and prepare for an evening of lots of laughter, some snorting, and cake to go up your nose.. – Tip: Don’t forget your cork screw!Step 4: Invite your child(ren) to participate in the cake smash (someone has to drink the milk).

Step 5: Enjoy reminiscing as you look through your fun filled gallery packed full with fun memories made.

Tip: You are only as old as you feel! Surround yourself with amazing people and fun times and 36, or 432 months, is only a number.

A note to Jennifer- Happy birthday!!! <31 July> Thank you so much for letting me be part of your birth month! I had a blast and enjoyed every second of it!! I can’t wait to capture many more milestones in your life and watch you blossom into a beautiful being! <3

May21

DeRidder, Lake Charles Wedding photographer

May21

Whitney A Photography | DeRidder, Lake Charles Wedding Photographer | DeRidder, Louisiana

Whitney A Photography is an experienced, licensed and insured, Lake Charles Wedding Photographer. Based out of DeRidder, Louisiana and serving the surrounding areas.

Wedding season is upon us.. Did you know that 10,000 weddings have already taken place just last weekend!?! Some of you have been planning away for your one special day that for most only comes once in a lifetime! Being new in town is a struggle sometimes. New clientele, new venues, new vendors to make connections with, but none the less, I am so excited to shoot at new venues, meet new vendors, making new connections with DJ’s, florist, wedding planners.. I am so SO excited about the 2016 wedding season! Last year I had the opportunity to connect with brides from different areas of the world, some military who were saying their “I do’s” for the second time, but in front of their friends and families for the first time. A beautiful couple saying their “I do’s” for the first time after being soul mates and high school sweethearts, having 5 kids, and finally getting their happy ever after after. I traveled, did a few locally, indoor, outdoor. I feel like last years wedding season set me up for success!

What I offer for my brides and grooms is a unique experience that allows you to stress less and spend more time planning your beautiful day. From the initial consultation I am working hour after hour to ensure I have all the details right so that when we get to your wedding day, we are as prepared as possible and go into your wedding day with success on our mind. Together, My brides and I conduct a wedding day timeline, a shoot list of all the details, must haves, first looks or traditional looks… We have it all down to a science! I can not guarantee your wedding day will be stress free, but I can guarantee that I will do my best to fulfill my part of your day so that you have as little stress as possible.

More often than not, wedding photographers become a wedding planner, and that’s ok by me! I love helping my brides iron out all their details of their wedding day! It puts my mind at ease knowing that I have a game plan and that we’ve created it together! Together, lets document the perfect wedding day that you and your groom will cherish and can proudly show your children, grand children, and great grandchildren. Something that you’re proud to hang on your wall to show off to friends and family! Lets create this together! I can not wait to hear about the plans you have for your beautiful wedding day!

For pricing and information on Whitney A Photography’s wedding collections click here. Whitney is a DeRidder, La based Lake Charles Wedding photographer.

May05

Mommy and Me Children’s Photographer

May05

Mommy and Me Session with the Clark Family|April 16, 2016 | Children’s Photographer

I had the absolute pleasure of photographing this beautiful little family in Hodges Gardens State Park. For those of you who’ve never been to Hodges Gardens, it is hands down one of the most beautiful parks and is full of Southern charm. It was the best setting to photograph this gorgeous mommy and her beautiful babies!! Jude and Carter are best friends and you could just see the love this big brother had for his baby brother!

When you’re a military family, you move… It’s just what you do. For business owners, it can be challenging to get back in the loop of things; building new clientele, marketing in a new area, finding new locations, these are only a small portion of the headaches of uprooting your business and planting it in a new state or even country. Trying to get your name out there can be intimidating! You don’t want to be that annoying constant poster of the Facebook groups, so you have to come up with creative ways to spread your name like wild fire. My way of doing this is by contest. The freebie… Who doesn’t like free??? Right? My contest consisted of “How many jelly beans are in my candy jar?” I had many enter, but only one won the prize. Some say the military is a small community, yet often we feel like it’s HUGE… Fact is, if you’ve met someone in one location, you are bound to see them in another location, or know someone who knows them.. In this case, this beautiful family just so happened to know one of my best friends, a fellow photographer, someone I’ve known and grew with as a photographer.. And she got to have her photos taken by this amazingly talented photographer back in California! Who knew her lucky guess would have us crossing paths not even a half a year later.

Anywho, back to this beautiful little family. These two little boys were just the cutest! Jude was such a big help, helping me capture a few photos of his mommy and little brother. And I got some sweet little laughs and snuggles from Mr. Carter while capturing the sweet moments between mom and Jude.. Here are a few of my favorites from them. <3

Mommy and Carter, he really was one of the happiest of babies!! Jude and Mommy!! <3

Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful women out there rocking the mom status!!

Children’s Photographer is one of my favorite things to capture. I love how innocent they are and how their personality blossoms throughout the photo session.

To view photos of these sweet little boys through the eyes of one of my best friends, you can visit her page here. She too is a Children’s Photographer.

Mar15

West Park, DeRidder Louisiana

Mar15

Whitney A Photography | Children’s Photographer | West Park, DeRidder Louisiana

So usually in the off season of shooting, me and one of my girl friends (who also happens to be an amazing photographer herself- check her out here like to play ‘Dora the explorer’ and go out looking for unique and different locations. Sadly, we now find each other on total opposite sides of the US, so that isn’t going to happen for at least another year. BUT… With me having my very first session here in Deridder, Louisiana tomorrow; I needed to get out and scout out some locations. Louisiana has been quiet good to me! There are beautiful flowers blooming everywhere and lovely farmlands, open fields, parks, and beautiful wooded areas everywhere. With all the rain we’ve been having lately, I haven’t been able to make it past a 15 mile radius. I can not wait to finally get out and explore, but until I get that chance, here a few locations that I have been able to find. 🙂 A few of these locations are in West Park, DeRidder Louisiana.

Modeling for her mommy, my beautiful doodle bug. Note: She actually does have that photographers child syndrome at times where she just does not want to participate in my shenanigans… but we just make the best of what we can get. After all, she is a 3 year old. 😉

You can check out my work on Facebook to see more sneak peeks and behind the scene action!

A little before and after for you as well! Top right is straight out of camera (SOOC), the overall images is the final edit. 🙂

This awesome little locations is minutes from our home! I can’t wait to return here when flowers and trees are in full bloom! The lighting here is phenomenal during golden hour! (Golden hour is the hour or some before sunset. The sun appears golden and is usually one of the best times to photography, especially when you have a nice tree coverage producing sun rays!)