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I’m Stephanie, a senior and family portrait photographer based in Macon, Georgia. Here on the blog, you'll find recent sessions, tips and tricks, and personal stories. Feel free to take a look around. Thanks for stopping by!

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A Summer Wedding at Juliette Chapel | Sarah and Ruslan

Sarah and Ruslan grew up about three miles apart for most of their childhoods, but they didn’t met until freshman year of high school. They both chose to go to the magnet school where they ended up with two classes together, AP Environmental Science and Science Olympiad. In their first APES lab, Sarah chose him […]

July 2, 2020

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An Intimate Summer Wedding | Kristina and Aaron

How they met: Kristina and Aaron met through a flag football team. The team was running plays during practice one day and Aaron was the quarterback. Kristina was up next to run one of the plays and attempted to catch the pass… and, well, in her own words, Kristina does not have very good hand-eye […]

June 22, 2020

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A Summer Wedding at Magnolia Mule Barn | Jessica + Josh

A Summer Wedding at Magnolia Mule Barn Jessica and Josh’s relationship began back in 2017 at Jessica’s brother’s wedding. She was a bridesmaid and Josh was a groomsmen. They’ve been inseparable ever since that evening. Jessica says she knew of Josh but doesn’t remember meeting him before the weekend of the wedding. They chatted and […]

June 4, 2020

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Haley and Lucas | Wedding

Their story… Haley and Lucas’s relationship started out in 2017 at a good ole’ pancake breakfast at the Looney’s house (coincidentally, the place they decided to get married at)! At the time, the only mutual friends they shared were the Looney Family. About a month later, Haley went to the second annual Chill Cook-off hosted […]

May 28, 2020

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Sam and Nicole | Elopement at Tattnall Square Park

Nicole and Sam originally planned to get married on March 28, 2020 at Magnolia Mule Barn… but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they had to make some changes to their initial plan! Bound and determined to get married this year, they chose to elope and do an intimate ceremony and save the celebration for a […]

April 3, 2020

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A Sunny South Florida Wedding | Gina and Jorge

A Sunny South Florida Wedding at Galuppi’s in Pompano Beach, Florida. Gina and Jorge’s wedding was a beautiful mixture of a high school reunion, true friendships, and unconditional love. It’s very rare that I know everyone in the bridal party and the fact that I knew each person for at least a decade made Gina […]

March 13, 2020

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Macon Wedding at Library Ballroom | Jessica and Corey

A Library Ballroom February Wedding | Downtown Macon Wedding Photographer Jessica and Corey met through a mutual friend at a bar in McDonough and even though they didn’t talk much after their initial meeting, they added each other on Facebook! About a year later, Corey reached out to Jessica on Facebook and checked in on […]

February 28, 2020

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9 Oaks Farm Winter Bridal Session | McKenzie

A winter bridal session at 9 Oaks Farms in Monroe, Georgia McKenzie and Xane’s wedding day was absolutely gorgeous… but they are both so sweet that they deserved to have a sunny day! After talking at the wedding and afterwards, we decided to do a bridal session with just McKenzie. It was so much fun […]

February 15, 2020

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A Winter Wedding at 9 Oaks Farm | McKenzie and Xane

A rainy winter wedding at 9 Oaks Farm McKenzie and Xane were both living in Milledgeville, Georgia and happened to get a job at Dunkin’ Donuts. Xane worked weekends and McKenzie worked weekdays. However, one day they ended up working a shift together and hit it off right away! They did not know that it […]

February 15, 2020

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Library Ballroom Downtown Macon Wedding | Megan and TR

A mid-December wedding at The Library Ballroom in Downtown Macon, Georgia Megan and TR first met when Megan came to interview for a job in 2017 but really started their relationship in 2018! Their co-workers encouraged TR to make a move and they finally went on their first date in March. They fell hard and […]

January 27, 2020

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