As a photographer, there are few bigger compliments you can receive than when another photographer chooses you to capture her family. When Megan, who is a Chattanooga senior portrait photographer, contacted me awhile back to ask for some business advice, one thing led to another, and next thing I knew, she was planning a trip down to Birmingham for me to shoot her family. I know that she has lots of talented friends, so for her to trust ME to capture her family was a huge honor.
Naturally, I was so nervous I thought I would throw up.
But as soon as Megan, her husband Sean, their son Caiden, dog Bailey, and Megan’s mom stepped out of the car when we met up at Oak Mountain State Park on Sunday afternoon, my nervousness began to melt away. They are such a warm, loving, and fun family that Jamie (who came with me to help out- thanks love!) and I felt like we had known them forever. Caiden is so cute that even during the rare moments when he got restless and a little over the whole photography thing, he still had a gigantic smile on his face. His belly laugh is infectious, and had the whole group practically rolling with laughter.
Megan told me she was embarrassed to admit that as a professional photographer, she had no professional photos of her OWN family to hang on her walls and that was one of the motivations for scheduling this session. I think all too often we photographers focus so much on documenting other people’s lives that we forget to do the same, or hire someone else to do the same, for ourselves. So I think it’s awesome that the McGee family will now have some slices of their life and love to proudly display in their home.
So Megan, thank you for trusting me with this. I hope I did you proud! :)
Melissa M - Super nice lighting! Well done, Morgan!
-brittany- - So stinkn’ cute Megan! Love your new hair do and your outfit too! Caiden is precious! Love! :)
Hope - Man, I was SOO wanting to use a red barn for our session - jealous!
Kimber - Great job, Morgan! I love the one of Caiden biting Megan’s nose!!! Super cute!! What a beautiful family!!
kathleen frank - Love this! All that light and such an adorable family. Just fantastic!
Brenda slanga - You have touched my heart with these amazing moments you captured of my family..I am in Love your work.. Such talent Morgan..
Thank you!!
Rachel - I laughed out loud when I read the line about being so nervous that you thought you would throw up! Thanks for being so real! - And these photos ARE wonderful! The love, the light, the EVERYTHING. I know they are going to treasure them! There are so many images that could be blown up the size of a wall and hung there forever to admire, but I totally love that one where they are standing there and surrounded by little dots of white. What is that - bugs or dust? Whatever it is, it makes it so magical in that light. LOVE.