Jacksonville, FL Family Photographer {Galy Family | Beach Session}

I first met this absolutely stunning family at their youngest littles newborn session. At that point, I had only done a few lifestyle newborn sessions, and their newborn session turned me to the full love of lifestyle. I had such a wonderful time capturing their life in those early days with baby Weston so when mom contacted me for a beach family session to celebrate Weston’s first birthday I was totally down with it. It took us FOREVER to get to the session though. It rained and poured each and every day we scheduled and rescheduled. I think we rescheduled 5 times, at least, before we were able to actually do the session. But OH what a blessing it was to wait. The weather this evening was absolutely spectacular and we got some of my favorite images of all time.
This gorgeous momma is also a photographer, which is sometimes quite intimidating when I photograph other photographers, but she is such a pleasure to work with! She knew exactly what she wanted and after she told me, relaxed and just let me get it done. And I think the photos speak for themselves because they are so gorgeous.

Enjoy the images!

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Jacksonville, FL Family Photographer {Smith Family | Sunrise at the Beach}

When this momma contacted me to book her session, she said the words sunrise and I immediately was like “ummm” because if you know me, you know that mornings are not my thing. I much prefer to sleep the day away and stay up all night. However, once we talked and she explained that her sweet little twins preferred the mornings and she really wanted to get some great canvas images, I understood and happily scheduled her session.
The day dawned, well, not really yet, and I headed to the beach. Y’all, it was still pitch black out. I had a minor panic attack moment that maybe the sun wouldn’t come up and we’d be taking photos in the dark, but then calmed as I pulled up to the beach and saw the very first rays peeking over the horizon.

And y’all, this session is now one of my all time favorites. We got SO much variety. We got the very earliest of light all the way to full sunlight. We went from sweet soft pastels, to bright vivid colors, and I am just in love with this gallery. We spent the morning laughing and playing (and maybe a little yawning on my part.) Since we weren’t on a deadline with the sun going down we even got to take a good break so the twins could warm up and relax a bit more.

I hope you enjoy looking at their gallery as much as I did shooting it. If you would like to book a session with a Jacksonville, FL Family Photographer I hope you keep me in mind! Amanda.dennette@gmail.com

Enjoy!

Jacksonville, FL Baby Photographer | {Maddox is 6 months}

I first met this sweet boy a few months ago at his family’s full session and I was so excited to see him again! He’s such a sweet little chunk of handsomeness. We met up at Hanna Park here in Jacksonville and did a quick mini milestone session. Which, honestly, was just about the perfect amount of time for sweet Maddox because after 30 minutes, he was D-O-N-E. And I totally get that. However, for those 30 minutes, he put on quite the show modeling that cute little face and giving me tons of grins and serious expressions.
Love him!

I hope you guys enjoy your session!

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Jacksonville Beach, FL Engagement Photographer {A Beachy Engagement}

This gorgeous little family and I met up at Hanna Park a few weeks back for an absolutely beautiful engagement/family session. You may recognize the littlest guy here as I just photographed him with his newest stepsister a few months ago. When his mom contacted me and asked to do an engagement session, I was tickled pink. I love engagement sessions, and when you put engagement and the beach together, magic can happen. And magic did happen, I think.

I absolutely love shooting at Hanna Park and was super excited when mom, Jammie, decided on it as her spot for their engagement and family photos. When they showed up, I was so excited. They all looked gorgeous in their coordinating outfits. They chose more formal wear instead of the typical beach casual, and I love the juxtaposition of that. It totally worked.

We ended up shooting a few posed shots, and then I just let the happy couple enjoy some time together on the beach. I definitely love the real connection that I captured of these two lovebirds, and this family together. I think candids/lifestyle is my favorite.

Check out for yourself.

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Jacksonville, FL Family Photographer {Grandma and Me on the Beach}

One of my favorite clients messaged me a few weeks back with an idea her mother in law had asked her about. Her mother in law was coming to visit the grandkids and wanted to do a Grandma and Me session. Well, you guys know how I love Mommy and Me sessions, so I was all for this. Grandma just wanted to get a couple shots of her and her grandchildren, and great grandma and her great grandchildren. We planned for an evening on the beach.

Then Florida weather happened and it rained all week, while they were visiting. There wasn’t an evening that week that it didn’t pour. So, we decided to just do the session in the am, instead of sunset, and just go with it. That’s one thing I love about my clients. They are all so chill and just roll with whatever needs to happen.

So we met up one morning at the beach. It was bright, it was hot, but we made it work. I love the look of these images. They are so bright and cheerful, to me. I hope you guys love them just as much!

Enjoy! and if you are interested in a Jacksonville, FL Family Photographer I’d love to work with you!