Colette Waters Photography

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Slow summer nights with ice cream in hand—is there anything sweeter? 🥰🍦 Thank you Smith family for trusting me to captur...
06/02/2026

Slow summer nights with ice cream in hand—is there anything sweeter? 🥰🍦
Thank you Smith family for trusting me to capture these fleeting moments of you all on camera! 🥹🫶

We have started summer break by saying goodbye to diapers for Sunny, so we’ve had several days chilling at home! Here ar...
06/01/2026

We have started summer break by saying goodbye to diapers for Sunny, so we’ve had several days chilling at home! Here are a few things we’ve been doing together . . . ☀️ (The girls LOVED playing with the drink dispenser outside. Best $5 I’ve spent! I might have just ordered another one).

Last week the weather was a little cooler, a little rainy, a little cloudy (similar to how it is today). I know it’s not...
05/29/2026

Last week the weather was a little cooler, a little rainy, a little cloudy (similar to how it is today). I know it’s not popular, but I do really love a cloudy day. 🥰 Sunny and I didn’t have plans, and big sis was at school. So, I got out a couple umbrellas, grabbed my camera, and let Sunny lead me into our damp yard. I followed her as she played, stomped, laughed, asked, and found a snail or two. I’ve realized over many years of photographing kids and now being a mom, the best way to photograph children is to follow their lead. And a little prop (like an umbrella) always helps enhance the magic and fun. ☂️

I’ve been thinking about this next season of summer with my two girls and I really want to have a “slow” summer with the...
05/27/2026

I’ve been thinking about this next season of summer with my two girls and I really want to have a “slow” summer with them. To me, a slow summer means having some plans and direction for the days ahead but not planning out every single day. It means not feeling stressed about getting it all in, or doing things that we don’t care about. It means setting my phone down and being intentional with my time with my family. We are making a little list of things we want to do this summer.
Sunny wants to make cookies. 😋
Pep wants to swim. 🏊🏻‍♀️
I want to visit a new coffee shop. ☕️

Those are just a few ideas. What about you? Do you like to plan everything?
Plan nothing?
A little of both, like me?
Should I share more snippets on here of our slow summer? ☀️

Thank you Lord that Pep had a great year of school! Thank you for guiding her every day as she grows and learns new thin...
05/24/2026

Thank you Lord that Pep had a great year of school! Thank you for guiding her every day as she grows and learns new things.

A year ago I was praying really hard for Pep and her upcoming school year. I am so thankful she loves her school, teachers, and friends.

Now I am excited to start summer with my babies. 🥰💛

Some photoshoots feel a little extra special, and this was one of them! ☕️Getting to document my friends as they poured ...
05/13/2026

Some photoshoots feel a little extra special, and this was one of them! ☕️
Getting to document my friends as they poured their hearts into building is such an honor. What started as a dream is becoming something that brings people together, creates community, and gives back in a meaningful way.
One of my favorite things about Laura and Oscar is that they decided 5% of every coffee sale goes directly to local nonprofits, because good coffee somehow tastes even better when it’s doing good, too.
Slow mornings, meaningful work, and people using their gifts to serve others — the kind of story I’ll always love capturing and supporting! ❤️
Grab your coffee here: https://ironrailcoffee.com

Happy Mother’s Day! 💐
05/11/2026

Happy Mother’s Day! 💐

Mother’s Day weekend always brings tears to my eyes. There was a time when the tears only fell from sadness, from grief,...
05/09/2026

Mother’s Day weekend always brings tears to my eyes. There was a time when the tears only fell from sadness, from grief, from yearning. Lately when I feel tears start to pool in my eyes, it’s usually from a deep sense of gratitude I feel for my girls. Yes, I miss our babies who are in Heaven. Tears prick my eyes when I think about Bennett and imagine what life would be with him at our sides. At the same time I feel immense joy to be mama to two beautiful little girls here on Earth. The past eight years have taught me that I can hold multiple emotions within me at one time, and that’s ok.

Mother’s Day can be hard for people for many different reasons. It’s also a time to celebrate the beauty of motherhood, and the extraordinary women in our lives. Wherever you are in your journey, I want to say, I see you, and God sees you.

If you are
hurting this mother’s day,
missing a child who is in Heaven,
missing your mom,
yearning to be a mom,
waiting for an adoption placement,
or you are a birth mom,
you are not alone. ❤️
It’s ok to be sad. It’s ok to be confused.
It’s also ok to smile; to have joy; to have hope. 💐

(This Seasons of Hope self portrait was taken to honor our baby June who we lost to miscarriage. Later we found out baby was a little boy. 🩵)

04/28/2026

Little Miss Laynee is ONE!
It’s been an honor to walk alongside this sweet family, from the moment they shared they were expecting, to now capturing Laynee’s one-year portraits. 😍 Did you spy mama’s lipstick on Laynee’s cheek in a photo?? 🥹

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