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Lori Pickens

Real people • beautiful places • Timeless Memories

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I recently had the amazing opportunity to attend the Click Away photography conference in Dana Point, California. While I was there, I was lucky enough to attend a class all about shooting in full sun, taught by the extremely talented Twyla Jones. I personally love to shoot at golden hour or in beautiful back light […]

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Mother-Daughter Session at Click Away Conference in Dana Point, California

adults, Children, Families, Photography

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I had the sweetest little family in the studio. The were each fun and quirky and uniquely confident in themselves. The siblings were all so sweet to each other and were an absolute pleasure to be around. And how cute is this little guy? I love his sweet little face and how utterly adorable his […]

Introducing the Belissa Family

Families

I love this little family more than I can even explain! I captured Katie and Tyler’s engagement photos, their wedding, their newest baby, and every big milestone in between. Baby Elijah was the perfect little model for his newborn session and slept so sweet for me. I can already tell the Miss Elena is going […]

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Baby Elijah’s Newborn Session

Baby, Children, Newborn

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Joselyn and I planned this session for months. Her fiancé is here in town for work, and Joselyn booked an engagement session with me because she loved my work and was so excited to capture some West Virginia hills in your photos. She was only going to be in town for one weekend, which meant […]

Joselyn and Trevor’s Engagement Session

adults, Engagement

I would like you all to meet Grace. She is a 2019 senior at Williamstown High School, and I had the pleasure of capturing her senior pictures. Grace had her hair and makeup done by the super talented Morgan Trippett. Grace is a member of the Future Farmers of America, and we found some fun […]

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Grace’s Senior Session

Seniors

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After Every Storm There Is a Rainbow of Hope…to say that Wes and Tara had to walk through a storm is a bit of an understatement, but they have weathered it all for many, many years and now have their sweet Rainbow Baby on the way. I remember years ago seeing a silhouette image similar […]

Tara’s Rainbow Maternity Session

Families, Maternity

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