

This Nashville newborn home session, featuring the Wallace family, had all the perfect ingredients to make this session picture-perfect:
For my family sessions, I really try to enter every session with a stance of gratitude and gentleness because every family’s home is unique and sacred. Working with the Wallace family was a great reminder of my mission behind my business (to help capture radiant and joyful portraits to best illustrate every family’s unique story), and I was honored that I got to freeze these moments for both Valerie and Tom because they have been patiently waiting for Everly (their newborn daughter) for quite some time now. Looking through these portraits now, I am still experiencing joy and warmth because of how happy they were to get to finally celebrate their baby girl!
If you have someone in your life who has been waiting patiently for a child, please do not forget to continue encouraging them and letting them know how loved they are, because it takes a lot of unseen courage to wade through the waters of waiting.
I hope you enjoy these portraits and that they bring a smile to your face!

Learning how to choose a photographer is ultimately about choosing an experience that honors your family and the season you’re in. It’s about finding someone who sees the beauty in your everyday moments and knows how to document them with care.
There’s no single right choice, only the right fit for you. When you find a photographer who aligns with your values, communicates clearly, and helps you feel at ease, you’ll know.
If you’re ready to move forward and want family photos that feel genuine, timeless, and full of heart, I’d love to help you create an experience you can truly enjoy. If you’re not quite ready to book but want to stay in the loop, I’d love for you to subscribe to my email list. Subscribers are the first to hear about upcoming family mini sessions and full sessions with me, along with helpful planning tips and seasonal availability.
I capture joyful, radiant, and REAL images that celebrate your family and become heirlooms for generations. Your story matters, and I document it with intention and warmth.

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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[…] getting to work with the Wallace family, the first time I met them I photographed their newborn family session in 2019, and now it was SUCH a treat getting to see Ev as a 1-year-old! She has grown so much and learned […]