You may be thinking that you just saw the engagement pictures right???  You are totally right!!  We did the engagement pictures the day before the wedding.  Christy told me that she works best with last minute things, which by the way is the opposite of me.  I like to know what I’m doing 5 months […]

Christy and I go way back, even without us realizing it.  We met at our previous job which was at the Police Department where we slowly started talking and sharing our interests.  I moved over to where I now work and a few months later she did too.  As we started to talk, we are […]

As far as I can remember, I have always had a young heart.  My mom actually put me a year ahead when I was young, because my birthday was in October and back then I believe you couldn’t start school if your birthday was after September.  Since I was in daycare and they already had […]

Did you know that Joyful Memories Photography has an Instagram!?!?!? Every photo shoot that we do we post to our Instagram page where you can save, push that heart and also comment on your pictures.  Make sure you go and check out our Instagram page, follow and see if you are on it or watch […]

Have you ever gotten professional photos done and realized afterwards that certain poses or places that you smiled at the camera wasnt in your gallery?  Its because every photographer depending on the location, the sun and the pose is what will or not be delivered.  I personally have shot sessions and almost the whole area […]

The other day I was loading my pictures onto my desktop computer and when I start to do other things on there it tends to go slower, so I just jumped on the husbands laptop to do what I needed to do.  I signed into my social media site and while I was over there, […]

This beautiful pregnant woman is Janae.  Janae and I went to High School back in the day and we haven’t seen each other since, but kept in touch through Facebook.  I want to share a little bit of her story without getting into too many details, but Janae is married and has 3 precious girls!  […]

I have my clients come to me all the time wondering what to wear.  I think there is this confusion that everyone should match in pictures when that’s not sure.  What you want to do is match similar colors.  For example if its a fall session, maybe pick 3 to 4 warm colors like oranges, […]

Since I have been doing the annual Stay Strong cancer portrait session, I thought it would be a good time to share my story.  I always joke and said cancer runs in my family like water, because it seems to be true and the sad part is, its all different kinds of cancer, not just […]

This little beauty was a natural!!!  Her parents took her to the Texas/Oklahoma Fair for the first time this past weekend.  I have to say, she did so good stopping and taking pictures when in reality she just wanted to ride the rides and I don’t blame her.  When I would ask her for a […]