The greatest compliment I can get is a family coming back to me over and over again. It is such an honor to photograph this group. Their oldest son, Ezra, was my FIRST newborn! He’s now 6 years old. In fact, this family is who helped launch me into starting my business and I love them so dearly on so many levels.
Their second son, Milo, just turned three and we met at Cascades Park on a steamy hot morning to take some pictures of him, his big brother, and their beautiful Mama. Age three is so full of spunk. Milo alternated between being a frog, a cowboy, and “a boy named Milo” throughout the session. I love him. His newborn and maternity sessions were some of my favorites.
Happy THIRD birthday, Milo man! You’ll get those three fingers figured out soon enough!
Earlier this week, I had the honor to speak to a room full of moms about friendship. Later this week, I was in a living room with a brand new baby. 🤍
Here’s what I told that group of moms: I’m not a friendship expert. But I’ve spent years walking into homes with families I’ve never met, and I’ve learned that the best moments happen when they don’t feel like they have to perform.
For great photos, a mama doesn’t need a perfect house, perfect hair, or a perfectly behaved toddler. She needs to feel safe. So we talk, we laugh, we find common ground, and somewhere along the way she lets her guard down, relaxes a bit and just gets to be herself with her baby.
Friendship works the same way. Find something in common. Say “me too.” Listen. Let someone see your real life.
So mama, whether you’re in the newborn fog or the toddler chaos: you don’t have to have it all together to belong. Text the mom you just met. Say, “Want to get together?” Small deposits over time build the kind of friendship that can hold you when life gets hard.
@eproctorsutton it was an honor to photograph you precious family with your newest little miracle. 🩵
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I used ChatGPT to help me plan out our landscaping this week and I feel like an absolute genius.
The AI rendered a version of what our yard could look like and honestly, even if we only get halfway there, I will be thrilled. Genuinely hopeful. This is not a drill.
Anyway. Back to photography. But also - technology is wild right now and I am here for it.
I`m speaking at MomCo this morning for the first time, and I`ll be honest - I`m a little nervous.
The topic is fostering adult friendships, which feels both very important and very personal to me. Because I was part of this group during a season of my life when I really needed it. The fellowship I found there meant more than I can put into words.
Adult friendship is one of those things that doesn`t get talked about enough. It takes more intention than it did when we were younger. It doesn`t just happen. And when you find it, it holds you in ways you didn`t expect.
I`m excited to dive into that conversation with a room full of women who already get it.
Photo by Mary Katherine Fulkerson Photography
I recently read about the day John Lennon and Paul McCartney met.
John was performing at a church function with his high school band. Paul happened to be in the audience. A mutual friend introduced them afterward, and the rest is history.
What gets me is that there`s a photo of it. John`s classmate had just gotten a camera for his birthday and snapped one during the performance. Nobody in that room knew what they were watching. It was just an ordinary afternoon.
That photo turned out to be a diamond in the rough.
I think about that a lot in my work. The sessions I remember most aren`t always the milestone ones. Sometimes it`s an in-between moment - a Tuesday afternoon, a candid laugh, a kid doing something totally unremarkable - that ends up being the one a family treasures most.
You don`t always know which moments will matter until later. But if you keep capturing them, you`ll have a record when you do.
Do you have a photo like that? One that didn`t seem like anything at the time but turned out to mean a lot? I`d genuinely love to hear about it.
Santa sessions are open, and I only have 39 slots.
That sounds like a lot until you realize how fast this time of year moves. Before you know it, it`s mid-November and you`re refreshing a waitlist.
These sessions are one of my favorites to shoot every year. There`s something about the combination of little kids, genuine excitement, and the holiday energy in the room that makes for images families keep for a really long time.
If you`ve been thinking about it, now is the time to actually do it.
Grab your spot while they`re there.
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Sarah Gray creates timeless and joyful images that are designed for living room walls and photo albums. A tallahassee photographer, Sarah Gray also serves Thomasville, Crawfordville, St. Marks, Gainesville and throughout the Forgotten Coast and panhandle of north Florida and south Georgia.
email us | sarah@sarahgray.com
telephone (850) 328-3258
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