Newborn Announcements

This adorable 5x7 flat card is available on watercolor paper, art matte and smooth gloss.  Rounded corners and a cute scalloped edge.  Envelopes included. 

Sweet Sixteen Party Invitations

Custom Sweet Sixteen Party invitations are one of the fun advantages of a Sweet Sixteen Photo session.  This 5x7 watercolor postcard comes with envelopes ready to mail to friends.  I've included two versions one's a little closer and takes out the wall to the left.  She's beautiful so it is truly her personal preference.  Both will be gorgeous.  The front may include Sweet Sixteen printed to the left and of course the D logo will not appear on the printed card.  Minimum quantity 50 additional increments of 25 available.

Graduation Announcements

Front of a 5x7 postcard style announcement

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Alli on the beach in Neptune Beach, Florida

Sweet sixteen photo session at the beach

Loved sharing our favorite Neptune Beach locations with Alli and her mom, Shari.  They were visiting Florida from Missouri and because Alli loves the beach, she knew this was the perfect location for her portraits with real sand between her toes.

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Modeling Portraits

Need a comp card or Mini Modeling portfolio?  Our Studio sessions are perfect for wading into the local modeling scene. Call for appointment dates and rates.

Carl House Wedding Brooke & Grayson

Grayson and Brooke's wedding was one of the sweetest weddings I have ever photographed.  When couples debate about a First Look I will share with them this precious experience.  The couple shared vows written by each other for each other in a private "ceremony" in a sweet garden setting.  This is a fun couple and it is easy to see the love and caring between them. Here's a little peek.

Repost - Not another macaroni necklace !

I don't know about you but I never really enjoyed the bomb that traditionally went off in my kitchen on Mother's Day.  The memories of breakfast in bed intended to be a luxurious experience were always accompanied by cold pancakes and a sticky kitchen floor.   I'm starting a new Mother's Day tradition and I hope you'll join me.    Mama & Me is a Mother's Day project that your kids can be a part of  and that does not require cleaning sticky off every surface in your kitchen.   Document Mother's Day with a beautiful photo of you with your child/children.

Beautiful, tender photos of you and your children ~ aren't frivolous.  They're a necessity!  Because to your children . . .  YOU are too indispensable to be omitted from their past. Looking forward to cold pancakes &  a sticky kitchen floor  on Mother's Day morning?  Celebrate Mother's Day  with a new tradition this year. "I don't like to be in photos."  I guess you might say I've been holding out on you.  I restrain myself every time a Mom says she doesn't want to be in photographs because she needs to lose 5 lbs or she needs to let her hair grow or get it cut because it's a mess.  I'm quietly sad when I talk to a family that has never taken the time to schedule family portraits.  I believe photographs give clarity to our memories and provide children with a sense of roots and belonging. I quietly celebrated a milestone last month, remembering the day 13 years ago that I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  My children at the time were 14 and 3.  I was stunned and devastated and ironically the first thing I thought of doing was having portraits taken of me with my children and family.   For my children, I wanted to make sure I was not an invisible part of their childhood just in case I wasn't blessed with the opportunity to be there to share in their birthday celebrations, skinned knees and first dates.  But God has blessed me with 13 Mother's Day celebrations and I have cherish every one.   What I learned from the experience is that life is fragile and the window we get to celebrate motherhood with these messy, silly and sometimes stubborn little people is small but it is also tender and sweet and filled with hope for a new day.   I hope you'll won't miss this precious time before it slips away.   ~   Deanne

Black and White Senior Portrait

If I could be 16 again . . .

If I could be 16 again . . .

OK . . . if I  could be 16 again I think I'd hire a professional photographer and have some fun glamour shots taken with my BFF or group of friends.   No one told me how magical youth was ~ how I'd possibly never be cuter, in better shape, more optimistic or more fun loving.    Oh to be 16 again ~ so full of life and laughter.  Of course if I were 16 today I'd probably have 2,000 selfies ~ not fabulous but oh so fun.

This spring our family mailbox and inbox has been filled with invitations for clever "Sweet Sixteen" parties and high school graduation festivities.  That's what happens when you have teenagers in your life and home.    

So what do you do as a photographer when your own daughter turns 16?  We decided to forego the traditional Sweet Sixteen party and pack up our gear and head out for a fun themed portrait session instead. 

It was such a hit with her friends we are offering themed Sweet 16 photography sessions, one every month for the rest of the year.   On the 16th of every month, beginning in June, we will be heading off on a different themed photography adventure.  Why not bring your 2 best friends or make it a Sweet 16 photo party.  

Join us this summer for one of our Sweet 16 photo themes or call us to design your own theme.

2016-17 Senior Portrait Sessions at the beach, historic St. Augustine, a driftwood beach and more.

We are loving this season in our business and enjoying the opportunity to photograph so many fun, 

spontaneous and creative teens.

Schedule a Summer Sweet 16 Portrait session

We have some really fun themes planned this summer - call me for details.  Limited openings available each month. So if you know someone who is turning sixteen, please share this fun memory making opportunity with them.  They'll thank you now and for years to come.

SWEET 16 Themed summer photography sessions

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Family Beach Portraits before your kids go off to college.

As a visual storyteller, I love the opportunity to tell a family's story.  If you have teenagers you know, heading off to college is such a pivotal time in the life of a family.  A lifetime of memories flood our heads and our hearts at graduation.  If you have never thought of family portraits as an investment . . . just ask this sweet family.   A year after their first daughter headed off to college, this moment in time is still a vivid memory.

When you send your kids off to college, make sure you send them with a framed family portrait.  A reminder of the family who nurtured and loved them is a sweet encouragement when they feel homesick or on a busy week of testing.  

I love capturing the playfulness in a family, the bond between siblings and age differences.  The sibling experience changes when a child leaves home.  

Graduation is traditionally a family gathering time. Family travelling in for graduation, a family reunion, beach vacation, high school or college graduation, hire a professional and have a family portrait taken this summer.  For years to come, you'll be glad you did.