Fort Wayne, Indiana | Chelsea Maternity Session

 Finally!!!

We had to rescheule Chelsea photos due to weather and so when the time came for her pictures we were really excited to start (although, it was super cold out and windy out!!) but she was a champ and we made it work!!! I can not wait to meet this baby!!!

I took Chelsea senior photos way back when, and now I'm about to photograph her first baby in Januray .... um, wow am I getting old!! Time does fly guys, truly it does.

I love you friend! Thank you for trusting me with the most imporant moments <3 You are a light and a great friend, so lucky to have you!!!

Fort Wayne, Indiana Family Session | The Park's

I'm so incredibly grateful and honored to get to meet such amazing families in my lines of work. The Park family has a special place though in my heart! I first met Emily when JJ was deployed and little Owen was just turning 1 years old (cake smash photos!)

 I knew right off the bat that Emily was someone I would want to spend more time with, she is seriously the kindest person you will meet! Who doesn't like to be around that?! So then I got the news the JJ was coming home and I had the honor to witness and photograph JJ's homecoming and see him meet his baby girl Stella, who was almost 3 months at the time (if I remember right!) oh the tears that still flow when looking through those photos! (JJ's Homecoming Photos)

So, as you can see this family is pretty special and I feel extremely blessed to be able to photograph such a perfect little family. I love JJ's and Emily's babies, Jax, Owen, and Stella! I think you will to after looking through these photos <3 

Fort Wayne, Indiana | Tony + Courtney + Kinsley

If you have been on my blog before you might recognize this beautiful family! Anytime that we get the chance we love spending a evening with Tony, Courtney and Kinsley. This evening it was so beautiful I asked if we could take pictures! Courtney willing said yes, (she says she will never say no to more pictures of Kinsley!) so we heading out as the sun was setting. 

I am so thankful for their friendship and we have LOVED watching Kinsley continue to grow. I can't help but smile when I look over these photos again, so so sweet. 

JANE MARIE | BIRTH

It was 2 years ago in March I was invited into the Nickol's home to photograph the birth of William. This was my first birth to witness and I was all sorts of excited and nervous. What I witnessed was something so beautiful and so incredible I left feeling on a high. I told everyone in sight about it and had found a new joy in photographing .... birth photography! I have since then photographed 6th other beautiful births and each one is special and makes me love my "job"

When I got the text that Natalie was asking me back to photograph baby number #2's arrival I was again on cloud nine knowing this would be another beautiful birth.

At 1:38 am on Tuesday morning I got the text "Baby time" oh, joy! It's the only time it will be okay to be woken up so early in the morning! 

Then came 5:38 am ... Jane was earthside! Wow. What a moment! Natalie has shown me that birth is something not to fear but to embrace and be empowered. I love how she welcomes other moms, soon to be moms and even just friends wanting to see into a small room to watch such a miracle of life. 

Video is at the end <3

Downtown Fort Wayne, IN Senior Session | Anna

Oh my goodness, this was a breeze of a session with Anna! We met up downtown Fort Wayne and started jumping from place to place and the whole time Anna was super light hearted, fun and a joy to photograph! Could not have asked for a more beautiful senior on a warm Spring night! Check these out! 

Let's get this Session started .... !

Botanical Garden Fort Wayne, Indiana | Mariah | Maternity Session

Another rainy day spent inside photographing at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Wayne, Indiana :) It doesn't get much better than this!! I loved this Maternity Session! I can't wait to meet this baby girl in May!! :) 

Fort Wayne, Indiana Family Session | Stevenson Family

This was from this past Autumn season... I realize it is now almost Spring time! But I forgot to share then and I wanted to share now before it got very very late! :p 

Check out Morgan's page Bailey's Bow on facebook, they are so cute and help animals! I was just talking about it on my facebook page here <

Who is ready for the nice weather, though? ME! Email me if you want to schedule for Spring, Summer or Fall :) 

Headwaters Park Fort Wayne, Indiana | Chasing The Sun Maternity Session | Brittany + Girls

This is part 1 of Brittany's Maternity session. We are going to be doing more tonight! But thought I would share this with you guys now :) 

Roanoke, IN Autumn Senior Session | Sarah

I can't believe I forgot to share this blog post back in November! I have the hardest time keeping up with blogging in the busy season!! Sarah is the SWEETEST, KINDEST and LOVING girl. I remember being tired and missing my husband when photographing Sarah and her light and smile just brighten my day and I felt refreshed after leaving. So thank you, Sarah, for that <3 

I love photographing seniors in the fall. If you are a 2018 graduate, let's get your photos down this coming Autumn season!! :) 

Military Homecoming Fort Wayne, IN | Caldwell

I was so happy and honored to be asked again to photograph a Military Homecoming at the Fort Wayne Airport! These are just the very best moments and I am blessed to be apart! Truly. Could not ask for a better job.

Check out Jordan's homecoming pictures below... <3 

Fort Wayne, IN Autumn Engagement Session | Nik + Lisa

Whhyyyy did I not share this session sooner!? I got so busy after the Autumn season because I was catching up with work, visited my husband in Texas then when I come home it was all holiday madness! So that's why am now just going back and starting to blog some session from 2016 - at least it's still early in the new year!

This session was my very last Autumn session and it might have been the easiest one ever! Lisa is, well just take a look... she is gorgeous and the more I get to know her (I am photographing their wedding in April) the more I see her beauty from the inside too. I know that their wedding day is going to be beautiful and I just can not wait to capture more moments for them <3

Bluffton, IN Portrait Session | Lane

I love the new year and the fresh ideas it brings. I was so excited for it to snow finally (we missed the first snowfall) so when I walked out and saw the snow falling I texted my sister Lane seeing if she had the afternoon off. Lucky for me, she did! We went out in the cold snow and I got to try out the prism I had recently purchased as a new project to try out! I am always wanting to challenge myself each year, trying to be a better photographer, more creative and have more emotion in photos. 

Lane was a perfect subject for me to try out the prism and do some fun portraits! This session brought me back to my first years photographing people, focusing more on emotion and less on "perfection" Although I love when I get that perfect family photos or that perfect "shot" I want to always be real! That's one of my goals this year for photography, to be real and show real emotion from the family, couples, kids etc <3 

“Photography is about capturing souls, not smiles.”

― Dragan Tapshanov

I'm ready for this new year and can't wait to photograph more portrait sessions! If you think you might want this year, email me to set up a date! Let's chat!

Lanette's Photography 2016 | RECAP

WHAT A YEAR!!

This year was huge because a little of it was spent with me being a full-time photographer! - Although I have felt like I was full time for a few years now, I have always nannied alongside photography.

So starting in August I was only doing photography and it was a bit scary! I was counting on just photography to fill my part of the financial needs we have.

Blessings came overflowing - I was booked for almost 2 1/2 months straight! It was a little overwhelming but I could not complain! I was doing what I loved to do and it made it so much easier to cope with my husband being gone for 4 months since I had amazing people to photograph and keep me busy!

This year I witnessed another birth, I photographed families, seniors, couples, bellies, babies, growing kids, adoptions,  I even photograph Barbara Bradley at Vera Bradley!  But I think my favorite this year was photographing a Military Homecoming!

Bluffton, IN Autumn Family Session | Biberstein

I got to take Falisha maternity pictures back in July, now we have sweet Griffin here and we got to do family photos with him!! I have fallen in love with this sweet family and am so thankful that I have gotten to know them better and call them friends <3 

Bluffton, IN Sunset Senior Session | Linnea

Linnea is a sweet soul. 

I have known Linnea's older sister, Hannah for quite sometime so I knew that Linnea was going to be a sweet soul just like her big sister. She was that and even a little bit more. I had just came off of a very stressful weekend with work and was missing my hubby so very much when we met for this session. Linnea was missing her boyfriend who is out of state also and I felt like we were able to bond just a little bit. I felt her pain of missing someone she loved very much. Even though we were both sad we were able to laugh about some things, I needed that so much. 

I think Linnea is beautiful, inside and out. I wanted to take some of her pain though, because I understand just a little bit of it. I love my job because I get to meet real people, some are happy and some are hurting but at the end of the session if we can connect, I feel like my job is not just about pictures but about being a friend. I love that about my job. 

Linnea, 

Keep smiling and shining no matter where you are at. Because your beauty can truly bring light anywhere you go. 

Much love <3 

Lanette 

Bluffton, IN Military Family Session | Park

The Park family! This was probably the biggest family gallery I have ever given!! I could not decide on which perfect little moment to give them, so I game them all <3 

I got to be there for JJ's homecoming last month and it was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. I will always remember it. To view that click here then come back to this session .... 

WARNING: There are a TON, like A LOT, like SO MANY photos ... so sit back and enjoy. 

Bluffton, IN "everyone come together" session | McBride Family

I was looking forward to this session for a while! Brook and Ashley gave her mom a gift card to have family pictures taken (which is an awesome gift!) so when it was time for the session I was ready to give the best gift I could!! 

This family is just so great! They were relaxed the whole time. The kids were great listeners and we were able to get some great shots of everyone! This is not even close to all the pictures they got (there were tons!) but these were some of my favorites!

Enjoy the McBride extended family session aka "Everyone come together"

Fort Wayne, IN | Shank Family

This session was WAYYYY back in the first week of October!! Woah! I can't beleive I didn't blog this session sooner!! I have loved photographing this family through out the many years I have known Cory and Mackenzie. Enjoy all these sweetness!! 

Fort Wayne, IN | Brandon + CJ

I can not believe I took Cj's newborn pictures?! Why does time go so fast!!? I got to catch up with these two and their momma earlier in the month for some updated pictures!! It was a great session and I hope to be able to continue to watch these two grow!!! 

Downtown Bluffton, IN Senior Session | Kaylee DAY ONE

I got to spend two days with Kaylee for her senior photos, it was the best two days EVER! Because we got sooooo many photos from those two days she is going to get not 1 but 2 blog post with her senior photos!!!

So this is from day 1 .....