Meet Brandon and Amanda. They are getting married next February and are TOTALLY in love.  This was my first time meeting Brandon and I could see the love he had for Amanda.  They remind me of two lovebirds excited to spend forever together. I do have to say that before their session, I had really […]

You may recognize the mom in this photo session, its because we did the milk bath maternity session a few weeks back.  This beauty and her family are such a beautiful family.  Each of her daughters have their own personality and it shines through.  This night that we did the session, it was such a […]

Meet the Brown family!  Erin is my first cousin and we are 5 months apart to the day!  Her daughter Emma is turning 1 on October 26 and celebrated her turning one the weekend before.  My husband and I went down there to celebrate and spend time with the family.  I always enjoy spending time […]

When I decided to update all of my business information and build my new brand, I had to start thinking ahead.  In fact the camera I got was very new, it had just came out a couple months before me purchasing, which can be intimidating when there’s still not alot of information out there on […]

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 […]

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!  […]