It only takes a little bit of cheetah print to go from classy to trashy.

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Hope all is well with my beaus and belles!  I have been spending time working on my photography website!  It is lots of work, but I am loving every minute of it!  What are you big fall projects right now?

For the longest time, I have wanted to share my actual passion with you all.  I know I have mentioned it a time or two, but I don’t think that my followers really know what it is that I do half the time when I am away from Lessons from a Southern Belle…

I am a photographer.  Legitimately!  In real life!  Above is one of my shots from a wedding I shot over Memorial Day weekend.  I do have my own business, accompanied with one of my best friends as my business partner. 

I love art…I always have.  I dreamed of finding a creative path and career my entire life.  I dabbled in music, writing, drawing, but when it came to photography, it caught my heart.  I never thought I could make it my lifelong career; in fact, I was told by a lot of people when I left my state university to go to art school that I would fail.

Belles (and beaus!), if I had to tell you all something that I learned along the way, I would tell you to follow your heart.  Never let anyone, not even those closest to you, dishearten you.  Never let anyone crush your dreams because they are attainable.  Nothing is too big, too far away, or impossible.

Never give up, stay to true to yourself, and remember that you only get out of life what you put into it.**

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**A quote from my dear, old dad.

Davis & Varney Wedding by Snaperture Art is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Getting children together for a photograph is like herding feral cats.  They aren’t going to be clean, they will be trying to escape, and they all won’t be looking at the camera.

Hi, Belles and Beaus!

So, as some of you may or may not know, last week I journeyed to southern Alabama for a wedding at Orange Beach.  It was my uncle’s.  I was the photographer on-site, gladly having offered my services as a wedding present to the happy couple. 

I wanted to show you the first shot of the series.

I am so happy to share this with you all as it represents the deepest truth that I, as a Southern Belle, celebrate.  That is unconditional, unwavering love.  It doesn’t matter your age, what life you have led, what background you have come from, or what hardships you have faced in your life.  When we discover this kind of love, it rocks us to our core and it should be something that we embrace with an open heart.  My uncle and his new wife have done this and I am so blessed to have her and her children become part of my family.

I love you both!