My story starts different than most. I didn't start photography when I got married or when I had kids. In fact, I was a photographer long before I became a wife or a mother.
I fell in love with photography as a teenager, spending my days taking photos of my friends and our adventures so that I could hold onto them just a little bit longer. Walking into Ritz Camera to pick up that freshly developed roll of film was a feeling I'll never forget.
That's the feeling I hope to give to you as I take the biggest moments of your life and return them to you in a beautiful, artistic way that you can look back on for years to come. I hope that you will open your gallery with the same excitement that I did when I anxiously opened that packet of double 4x6 prints.
2001
At 18 years old I started my first job as a portrait photographer.
2009
Taxes, licenses, oh my! In February I officially started my own business.
2012
I celebrated the birth of my first baby and opened my first studio!
2018
Proudly voted Showiteer Of The Year award at the United conference.
2019
We welcomed our 2nd daughter and won Best Of The Beach.
We welcomed our second daughter and I was voted Best Of The Beach.
And we've only just begun...
2021
I moved into my new 1,750 sq ft solo studio space in September.
Never tell me the odds.
- Han Solo
A new york girl livin' life in the southern world.
After high school I found a job at a retail portrait chain in the mall. I moved up the retail ladder fairly quickly and over the course of the next seven years I managed studios in New York, Myrtle Beach, and San Diego. In 2008, I made the decision to move back to Myrtle Beach and start my own business. I opened my first portrait studio in 2012 (the same year that I had my first daughter!) and then moved to a much larger space in The Market Common in late 2013.
Life changed once again in the fall of 2021 as my business moved forward on a new solo journey, opening an even larger portrait studio in Murrells Inlet.
I have two beautiful and wildly independent daughters, an amazing husband that I absolutely adore and a sweet pup that makes our home complete.
True story: I met the love of my life at Match.com. During a free trial. On the first day. #winning
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” - Arwen, Lord Of The Rings
I met the love of my life at Match.com. During a free trial. On the first day. #winning
Meant to be together.
Photo Credit: Karma Hill Photography
Emily Rey's Birth Story & Newborn Portraits
I am so proud to share with you my baby girls first studio portraits along with her incredible (and unexpected) birth story. (Three words... spontaneous home delivery!)
I am so proud to share with you my baby girls first studio portraits along with her incredible (and unexpected) birth story. Three words... spontaneous home delivery!
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Our Magical Maui Honeymoon
Maui is a place that finds it’s way into your heart and never leaves. If I ever find myself there again... I don't know that I'll have the strength to leave.
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