Hi! Welcome to my Blog! My name is Amanda, I was born and raised in Ohio, specifically a small town called Creston! My grandparents owned a dairy farm, so I spent a LOT of time on the farm, playing with kittens, puppies and cows. I also learned what hard work really means.

I was raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and it was fine for a while, but as I got older, I did not fit into the mold I was supposed to. I was always too loud, speaking up when I wasn’t supposed to. Women were supposed to be subject to men, and that NEVER sat right with me. I’ve been a feminist my whole life, I just didn’t know there was a word for it 🙂

I got married at 19, still as a JW, but it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. 5 years later, we divorced and I left the religion. In doing so, my entire family and all of my friends disowned me. I was on my own.

I got an apartment, took my dog Miley, and we started over. This was when I really starting taking my photography business seriously. It was 2013, and I had been doing high school seniors and weddings prior to this point (I had actually started my business in 2009). I realized I actually hated photographing those things. Soooooooo, I tried doing maternity and newborn and it was an instant perfect fit! I will never look back. So it was then that I decided to specialize in Motherhood photography.

Meeting with lots of insecure mamas, I realized how much of a need we have for photographing pregnancy in a way that highlights all of the good parts (excitement and joy and radiance) and minimize the bad parts (swelling ankles and feet, double chins that came out of no where that you weren’t expecting etc) and empower women to truly LOVE their bodies and the changes they’re going through. Having women come to me feeling like they didn’t want to document this time in their lives to after their session when they are literally smiling ear to ear and feel like a million bucks. THAT is my why. Embracing the changes. Embracing the curves. Embracing your feminine sensuality. Just because you’re pregnant, doesn’t mean you don’t want to look beautiful. Period. And that’s where I come in 🙂

I married my best friend and co-worker, Brian in the fall of 2014 and we have a total of 3 pets currently. 2 dogs and a cat. We love binge watching shows on Netflix and going outside and being in nature as much as possible. We are both avid yogis and LOVE a good 75 minute hot yoga class.

I’m obsessed with the Royal family. I hate spiders, large crowds, escelators and elevators. I love make up, tattoos, Starbucks and pizza. I’m 80% vegetarian and am into living more of a sustainable life. I love our planet and want to do everything I personally can to lesson my carbon footprint.

I’m an artist through and through.

And that’s me in a nutshell, friends! Thanks for reading <3