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Stella Cake Smash! - Raleigh Family Photography

This little ray of sunshine has been a charm to photograph from her newborn session to her six month session and now she's celebrating her first birthday with a beautiful cake smash! Her mom had this great idea for a vintage party theme for the photos, and once we started shooting it wasn't long before Stella's older brother wanted in on some of the cake smash action! (Too cute!) I am so very excited to share the images with you all now! Happy birthday, Stella!

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Baby Stella 6 Months Milestone Session Blooper Reel

The other day I posted photos from a recent 6 month old baby milestone session. What a fun session! I loved it so much, but I keep coming back to a few photos that I didn't share in the original post. These images didn't make the final cut but they just make me so happy with all their goofy outtakes. This is by far my best blooper reel yet, and I wanted to share with you some of the fun. Note these aren't final polished photos, but enjoy the spirit of the blooper photos! (PS Be sure to read the captions for each photo!)

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Spurling Family Portraits for Holiday Cards

Emily and I have been friends for almost 14 years. 14 years! We met as freshmen in high school and roomed together freshman year in college (it was great - so great we decided for the sake of our grades to never live together again, ha!). I suffered through a fire ant attack during her wedding and I've celebrated birthdays and holidays with her and her two kiddos and even took newborn photos of her baby Stella. I adore her and her family, and was so happy to catch up with them for a quick photo session. We raced the setting sun (Daylight Savings is the bane of a natural light photographer with a day job) to get some cute holiday photos. Time is running out, so if you want holiday photos, book your session now!

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