Jacqueline Photography

This maternity session was everything! Shelby has been a long time client of mine, and then her and her family moved to South Carolina and I’d only see them when they would rarely come back to California to visit, but now living in East Tennessee, it was a quick flight over to see them for the day and to capture this milestone for them!

Maternity photography is one of those milestones that are so worth documenting. Mama’s just have this natural, beautiful glow to them. And if they have older children, there is just something special about getting those pictures before your family grows by one more, and capturing the anticipation of the older children.

This sweet family found me on Yelp and we jumped on the phone to get to know each other, discuss details about their visit to Gatlinburg and their session. This would be their first trip together as a blended family and their first time in the Pigeon Forge area. After a few minutes on the phone we quickly learned that Cameron and I went to high school together, all the way back in California! We didn’t know each other but we knew some of the same groups of people. And now, he has made his way to Georgia and met his beautiful girlfriend with 3 girls through their daughter’s softball team and they immediately hit it off, and so did their girls! Photographing them was like capturing a family that has always had each other, the closeness, the love and playfulness was beautiful!

I absolutely LOVED capturing their crew and sharing some of my favorite views of the Smoky Mountains, even if we had 45 mph wind gusts and then a downpour in the middle of our session. We just jumped in our cars to wait out the rain and warm up until it passed and then we experienced a beautiful sunset that made it all worth it!

SHE SAID YESSSS!!!! We may have driven all over Wears Valley and Gatlinburg to make this proposal happen, as the weather threw us a curve ball and shut down Foothills Pkwy for all the beautiful overlooks, but we made it happen at the restaurant they had reservations at and where all of their family was waiting to celebrate, and it was special as ever and ended up being the perfect place!

If you’re planning to propose to your special someone, reach out to me and let’s plan an epic proposal that will be captured for you to keep for all time!