Vacation Family Session in Rosemary Beach

Vacation Family Session in Rosemary Beach

What better time to take photographs of your family then when you are on vacation! Everyone is relaxed, having fun, and in good spirits. It’s such a great way to document your family’s travels. I’ve talked to clients that hire a photographer every new place they visit and fill their home with prints of each place. I can’t think of a better way to fill your walls.

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When Will You Value Yourself Enough to Tell Your Story?

When Will You Value Yourself Enough to Tell Your Story?

Imagine what it would be like to walk away from an experience where you felt beautiful, worthy, important, powerful, and valued.

What would it be like to be able to pull out your album every time you needed that self-assurance?

How would you feel if you walked into your bedroom and were able yourself at your most beautiful, on your own walls?

Imagine loving yourself enough to invest in your own photographs.

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How to boost your child's self-esteem during Covid

How to boost your child's self-esteem during Covid

What I’m hearing from so many parents is that one of the hardest parts of this pandemic is their children’s loss of social interaction. Playing with other children helps develop their personality, as well as create self-esteem. What do you do when your child can no longer be social and play with friends? How do you encourage that grown and build self-worth in them?

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how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden | Alys Beach Wedding Photographer | Shannon Griffin Photography

how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden | Alys Beach Wedding Photographer | Shannon Griffin Photography

I teamed up with the incredible Brian, from Myrtie Blue, to demonstrate how to make a beautiful floral arrangement from plants in your garden. He makes it look so effortless, and honestly, it is pretty easy! Brian's work is truly art, but his goal was to show that you are more than capable of doing some simpler arrangements, yourself. You can see the full write-up on Style Me Pretty.

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As the world opens back up, our normal has to be different. Lives are depending on it

As the world opens back up, our normal has to be different. Lives are depending on it

I haven’t been sleeping.

Yesterday I laid in my bed for a long time, just looking at the wall. Unable to put my thoughts into words when Matt asked me if I was okay.

“No, I’m not okay” is what my entire body wanted to say, but I just shook my head and whispered, “yes.”

I don’t want to keep putting this depression on him. He’s right there fighting beside me, so I don’t need to then put my own sadness back on him.

People told me this is what was going to happen when I finally stepped out of my own privilege and woke up to what was really happening around me. I truly believe I’m going through the grieving process.

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