Tall Grass and Candid Lifestyle Photos - With the Lingenfelter Family - Muncie, Indiana

Come along and walk through this beautiful blended family session in Muncie, Indiana. Mike was my volleyball coach freshmen year of highschool, 16 years ago! What!!! That makes me feel so old, these twins were little boys running around the court after practice and Kiley was a little girl practicing alongside us. I LOVED getting to capture this laid back family who just went along with the two little ones and what they wanted to do. Mike told me I was the most patient person ever, but in all honesty when kiddos have this much fun during their sessions, it makes my job of capturing them SO MUCH MORE FUN! Yes I got a workout, but you can’t fake this session! Just scroll and laugh along at all of their facial expressions. THIS IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO! Yes these smiley posed ones are beautiful to have and hang on the wall, but the candid ones are memories that we create and I get to freeze in time. IT’S LIKE MAGIC!

Family Photos at the Craddock Nature Preserve

This family was such a joy to work with, momma did amazing job styling everyone’s outfits. I had to throw a few extra mom and dad photos into this preview, because I mean look at them! Mom and dad always deserve a few minutes to themselves during a family session, let the kiddos run around and capture some dreamy shots for them to treasure.

Rees Family Fall Photos at Minnetrista

I captured this sweet little boy in the hospital a year ago for his fresh-48 photos. Kim, his momma contacted me this fall wanting family photos and some of just their little Rowan. With Minnetrista’s beautiful fall leaves and colors, I knew it would be a great location for their family photos. Scroll to the last photo to see this sweet family a year ago in the hospital.

Halloween Themed Family Session in the Woods

I had the most unique Halloween themed family session in the woods with Sydnye & her family. She dressed up her family in the fanciest black and white outfits and brought candlesticks and an old vintage couch. We carried it out into the woods and captured the most magical family photos! Her sister, niece, and brother in law came along for extended family photos and their own family photos as well. The entire family was so much fun to work with and their little kiddos were so well behaved! (There are too many good ones, to pick a favorite!)

I also captured some gorgeous shots of just momma, because... I mean, look at her!

Ryder And The Fam in Yorktown, Indiana

I got to photograph sweet Ryder again, after capturing his newborn photos this past spring! His momma and older brother came along too, and they were stinking adorable in their BABE shirts. I captured the first half of their session at Morrow’s Meadows and the second half at Cammack Station with that adorable coca cola sign and red stair case.

Extended Family Photo Session At Minnetrista in Muncie, Indiana

I met Mariah and her husband about 6 years ago, photographed them one other time, and even dog sat for their big fluffy doggo. I was so excited when she booked me for an extended family session. Due to weather and corona, their session got pushed back quite a bit but we finally got their session booked and it was such a beautiful day!

Family Photos at a Snowy Tree Farm

I have known McKenzie Meadows since kindergarten when she lived two doors down from me and we jumped on her bed listening to "I'm Blue" on MTV and rode together to Mrs. Gobble's glass at Grissom. I moved to Selma in first grade and then met Caine Orme and have known him ever since. Never would I have imagined these two would find each other, but they are amazing together! McKenzie has taken in little Layla and loves her like her own. I am so happy for this adorable little family and I had a blast capturing their photos in the freezing snow! Thanks guys for being crazy with me and braving the snow! Whitetail Tree Farm is extra gorgeous in the winter with all of this snow!

Kalley Family Photos in Downtown Muncie with Kyla Jo Photography

I LOVE capturing this adorable family!

They are so full of creativity and spunk and I love watching them grow.

I photographed Avery for the first time a year ago for her 2 year photos, Abrahm, Amiya, Alexa, & Avery this past Easter in the studio, Abrahm's 6 month photos, and Avery's 3 year photos just a couple of weeks ago.

I finally got the opportunity to capture the entire family all at once in downtown Muncie. Thank you guys for allowing me to document your family along the way!

I mean how cute are they?!?

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Kayla & Courtney's Family Photos at Whitetail Tree Farm

I met Kayla and Courtney earlier this year when I photographed their wedding, Kayla contacted me to capture family photos of her, her wife, two little brothers, and mom at Whitetail Tree Farm and I could not have been happier! Their entire family was such a blast to work with and I am so glad that they came back for more photos so soon.

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Choate Family // Christmas Photos In the Studio

I absolutely love working with the Choate family, little Audra is so stinking precious! They wore matching Christmas jammies with DOGS skiing on them, I could not get over the cuteness! Thank you for coming back again and having me capture your adorable family.

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Bilyeu Christmas Photos

The Bilyeu family are repeat clients and good friends of mine. Megan and I have known each other since we were little and danced together for years. When Megan and Justin had their precious baby boy, I HAD to capture his newborn photos and now I got the chance to photograph his adorable Christmas photos in the studio. He was the happiest little baby boy!

Krista, Cammie, & Lexie // Christmas Photos

I got to capture these two sweet girls and their gorgeous mommy! I loved working with Cammie and Lexie at Whitetail Tree Farm, running around laughing in the cold and then heading to the studio for Christmas photos in their cute festive dresses and jammies.

Bradley, Heather, & Malachi Christmas Photos

This is the second year I have captured these three at Whitetail Tree Farm. I think that we have started a tradition and I absolutely love it! We got super lucky with great warm weather (for winter at least) and captured such loving photos of Bradley, Heather, and Malachi. Malachi has grown up just in the past year, I love growing with my clients and being able to capture them growing as a family.

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Ashlee, Jon, Lauren, Logan, Alaina, & Asher at Whitetail Tree Farm

I got to capture this blended family and they were stinking adorable! Ashlee, Jon, Lauren, Logan, Alaina, & Asher all met me at Whitetail Tree Farm where we captured their family photos! Asher had me giggling the entire time with his silly facial expressions and laughs. They were such a sweet family to work with and I hope to capture their family again in the future!

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Jennifer, Bill, & Family

Jennifer and Bill combined their two families for the first family photo session ever. I love being able to get everyone together and capture something so special for them to hang on their walls and cherish.

The Brown Family

Robyn & Matt Brown made the cutest little boy Luke! The adorable facial expressions I have had to sort through and edit had me smiling the entire time. I have known Robyn and Matt for about 5 years and ever since I met them I knew they would make the most loving amazing parents, and I was right. The amount of love these two have for this little boy is so abundant. Thank you for having me capture your family, there are so many more photos to come.

Keihn Family Fall 2018 Photos

The Keihn family was such a blast to work with! I was so glad we captured the short lived fall leaves in the background. Lane. was so excited to have his photo taken, he could barely hold it together! I spent the entire session laughing due to Lane laughing and making the silliest faces! The two oldest children, Raylynn and Raymond JR are twins and both were so sweet and helpful, helping me lay the blankets and helping pose their little brother Lane! Thank you Raymond and Taylor for having me capture your sweet family, I can not wait to capture your family in the future and through out the years!

Malory + Ben + Charlie Wysong // Family Session

I have known Malory since first grade, she was one of the first friends I made in Mrs. Lane’s class. We both graduated together from Wapahani and then roomed together our freshman year of college at Indiana Wesleyan, where I witnessed Ben propose to Malory! It was so amazing to be able to capture their adorable family and meet little Charlie for the first time! Charlie was wide awake and so smiley I loved capturing all of her expressions. I had a blast catching up with Malory and Ben and capturing so many cute photos of them loving on each other.

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Stonoff Family

Mom, Dad, River, Stella, Snoopy (the dog), a horse, and a donkey… oh and dad bought a truck during their session so we had to take pictures with it!

I absolutely love unique family sessions and this one was so much fun! I can say this was my first session that included a donkey, a horse, a dog, and a dump truck!

So Ryan (dad) found his father’s old dump truck and actually bought it during the family session (How awesome!?) Their son, River had a photo taken in front of this truck as a little kid, so Stephanie (mom) sent it to me after the session, how cute is he?

I laughed so much during this session, Stella and River were so full of energy and love for each other. The two of them would look at each other and make silly faces, then eskimo kiss, and tackle each other in the field all while giggling!

I hope everyone enjoys viewing this session, half as much as I did capturing it!

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Fieler Family Photos

Whitney & Chase Fieler were back in the states for just a couple more weeks, and we had to capture a 3 month session of Dax before they left to go back to Belgium. So many cute cuddly photos of Dax and his mom and dad.