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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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Jones County High School Prom | Ruby and Cole

Coronavirus is certainly changing plans for high schoolers, especially our high school seniors! Jones County High School was supposed to have their prom in April and then it got moved to May… and now, who knows? We’re not quite sure when it will be! However, Ruby had already purchased her *gorgeous* dress so her mom […]

May 9, 2020

couples, seniors

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A Sunset Engagement Session at Tattnall Square Park | Destinee and Brandon

Destinee and Brandon were my first engagement shoot post-shelter-in-place order a.k.a. a time when I wasn’t quite sure I remembered how to interact with humans! I met Destinee a few months ago for a consultation and I was so thrilled to meet Brandon and to get these two in front of my camera. We chose […]

May 7, 2020

engagements

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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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Washington Park Engagement Session | Haley + Lucas

A Washington Park and Downtown Macon Engagement Session I first “met” Haley and Lucas at a wedding I second shot at in 2018. When I say “met”… I mean I took their photos (probably?) and tried to be invisible as the lead photographer, Nicole, directed the wedding party. When Haley reached out to me about […]

February 25, 2020

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engagements

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My BIG Announcement! | Macon Wedding Photographer

A little over two years ago, I found my then-10-year-old Canon Rebel in the back of my closet. I had just recently gotten married and was working as a full-time math teacher at a high school, dying for another creative outlet. (Teaching math for 8 hours a day will do that to a creative mind!) […]

February 17, 2020

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personal

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Delray Beach Engagement Session | Alex and Jake

A Delray Beach, Florida engagement session Getting to photograph one of your friends from high school’s engagement? Let me tell ya… there is nothing like it! Alex and Jake are so fun to be around and really are a perfect match. I enjoyed spending my morning in Delray Beach with them! We started out at […]

February 15, 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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Downtown Macon Winter Engagement Session | Tori and Alec

A Winter Engagement Session at Macon City Auditorium and Tattnall Square Park I met Tori at Magnolia Mule Barn’s bridal show last March and I was so excited to finally be photographing her and Alec’s engagement session! When Tori told me she purchased this teal dress specifically for her engagement photos, I knew we just […]

February 12, 2020

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engagements

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