I hate to even write this because I felt like I just wrote the blog on NOT having a retainer fee!  The truth is I didn’t want people to go out of their way to pay me an amount and I wanted to make it easy. In reality, I have came across situations where a […]

This was my first Family Reunion and it was fun….and hot!!!  What I loved most about this day is that this family has been in my life for HALF of my life.  My best friend Danielle and I were the only 2 graduates in our class and we have known each since our Sophomore year […]

Meet Carly!!! Right before we met, I did a little bit of research (stalking haha) when I was messaging her and noticed we had alot of mutual friends.  I didn’t realize that she used to work where I work now and we actually worked at the same time, just don’t remember crossing each others paths. […]

Sometimes it’s fun when we start to think outside of the box, like a Boudoir session in the middle of a forest of trees or even out in the open in an open pasture next to a mountain.  Either way, you can add an extra article of clothing to something you already have on, add […]

Meet Alessandra, she is turning 10 years old!!  Ten years old is a fun age and that’s exactly what we did with this session!!! She got dolled up and had some balloons  and with her numbers and then we got sporty with sas and those sunglasses!!!  Our location was perfect and we got to do […]

We haven’t had a Rachel’s thoughts in awhile and so I thought a good time would be to share a little side love I like to do every once in awhile and that is Flatlays!!!! If you don’t know what a flaylay is, it is where you take any item, article, food, ANYTHING and lay […]

You have seen this cutie in our blog before and here she is again!!!  Shes becoming my little model and she should because her mom and I go back 20 years. We did 2 sessions one, with one being the Back to School mini and one in the sunflowers!  I loved how each of these […]

I cant believe how busy July has been with discounts, deals and giveaways for the month of July!!! In honor of 10 years in business we are giving out one free session a month and this months is Portraits!! We have people entering that to win, which everyone has an equal chance to win!!!  Go […]

Jason and Cassie are our 10 year anniversary winners for our monthly giveaway!  We had a time scheduled a few weeks ago and a storm came through on our day to shoot, and it almost happened again.  These pictures may not seem like it got dark, but it did! We showed up and it was […]

Time is just flying by so fast!!! I can’t believe we are in our 6th giveaway, already giving away half of our free sessions!!! If you didn’t know and this is your first time on our blog, Joyful Memories Photography is celebrating our 10th anniversary and we are giving away 10 FREE sessions to our […]