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West Nashville Family Portraits with Nashville Family Photographer Dolly DeLong Photography

West Nashville Family Portraits with Nashville Family Photographer Dolly DeLong Photography

I had such a good time with Jack and his parents, Kelly and Mark. We captured their West Nashville family portraits together this year, and we had the best time! I love photographing families with young kids because these days just go by so fast. These portraits will (hopefully!) always remind Kelly and Mark how it felt to have their little guy snuggling in their arms, giggling in the air, and just being so tiny and cute. Have I mentioned I seriously love this age?!

Jack is 11 months old and just has the cutest giggle in the world. He made all of us laugh right along with him throughout the whole session. He was honestly the perfect age for our portraits. Jack loved being able to hug his mom and dad – and they enjoyed the chance to slow down and be with him. I also loved how magical their backyard was; it made for the perfect backdrop and setting for these intimate family photos.

And now, fun storytime…. Jack’s parents are librarians, which I didn’t know until after the session. But I brought Jack a book during our session, so it was a perfect little nod to Kelly and Mark. Fun fact, Jack actually arrived on his due date when Kelly was pregnant – and she told me after their session that they joked about how much they appreciated him showing up on time. How cute are these three, seriously?!

 

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West Nashville Family Portraits with Nashville Family Photographer Dolly DeLong Photography

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Meet Your Friendly Nashville Family Photographer 

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Dolly DeLong is a Nashville-based family & branding photographer AND a creative business owner who educates other family photographers (aka creative business owners) on systems, SOPs, workflows, and marketing (aka how to run the backend of your own family photography business as a one-woman show)! Dolly loves serving families with her bold, elevated, and radiant photography. She also loves educating other creative business owners on how to set up systems and workflows to help them save time in their businesses. Dolly produces weekly blog posts, podcast episodes on The Systems & Workflow Magic Podcast, and weekly YouTube Episodes. 

Dolly shares her expertise in Marketing, Email Marketing, and Business Systems with family photographers in an encouraging, supportive way, because she believes anyone can find joy in systems, workflows, and intentional SOPs! Plus, BONUS: Systems are where the magic happens! You can streamline and automate the backend of your creative business with ease!

Dolly’s faith and love for her family motivate her to help other business owners find the joy and freedom she’s seen in running a successful small business.

Whenever she has a spare moment, she enjoys watching TV, loves eating way too many sweets, and listens to podcasts while running or walking. Fill out her contact form to work with Dolly DeLong Photography for a family photography session.

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