

Asher, Ashley, and Noa met up with me recently for their chilly and snowy Nashville family portraits to celebrate some very special occasions. Asher just celebrated his birthday and their daughter, Noa, just turned one! It’s been a busy few weeks in their household. Recently, Nashville was hit with a winter storm that closed us down. It was absolutely ridiculous!! And so weird. But, we made the most of it with lots of time at home together snuggled up – and special photoshoots like this one. Since Asher, Ashley, and Noa only live about 3 miles away from me, it was a no-brainer to have a snowy session after the storm!
I’ve been working with this sweet family for years, so capturing this milestone for them was a true joy. And they just looked SO happy, despite the chilly weather. Even Noa was having a great time laughing and cuddling with her parents. At the end of the session, Ashley and Noa had the most adorable matching hats. I mean, come on! How cute is that?! Most of our session was focused on the three of them, but I made a point to capture some romantic portraits of Asher and Ashley. It’s really important to make sure you’re setting aside time to update photos with your spouse.
Thank you to Asher, Ashley, and Noa for making this snowy day even more magical for me! I just love your snowy Nashville family portraits – what a winter wonderland! Enjoy some of my favorite moments from their wintery session!

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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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