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Found them in the back of an antique shop. The owner said they were a steal. He didn't mention the creepy Toy Story stuf...
10/14/2026

Found them in the back of an antique shop. The owner said they were a steal. He didn't mention the creepy Toy Story stuff that happens when your eyes aren't on them.
Every morning they're sitting a little closer to the bedroom door. 🖤

I know this isn’t the Appalachian mountains. But they have a “rule” out there I think about a lot. If you see something ...
10/10/2026

I know this isn’t the Appalachian mountains. But they have a “rule” out there I think about a lot. If you see something in the woods, you don’t acknowledge it. And if you get that feeling, the one where something is right behind you, you don’t turn around. You just get out.

*This image was inspired by that feeling.*

I’ve had it once. I was on the back of an ATV at night, and everything behind me was just black. Then it hit me. My whole body went cold from the inside out. The hair on my arms and the back of my neck stood straight up. My chest got tight and I couldn’t get a full breath.

I couldn’t hear it or see it. There was nothing unsettling that happened that made me think something was out there. Just a sudden awareness that set off every warning system in my body. Something way down in me just knew. The unexplainable was right behind me. So close. Waiting.

And it wasn’t just watching me. That’s the part I can’t shake. It felt like the only thing holding it back was that I hadn’t looked yet. I still to this day believe if I had turned, I would have seen it instantly, even in the darkness. After that? I’ll never know, because ya girl is a coward when it comes to that stuff haha.

I didn’t scream. I didn’t freak out. I just closed my eyes and silently begged to make it home.

I realize now it may have just been an overactive imagination. But that sensation, that bone deep knowing, has never left me.

It makes me wonder. Have any of you ever had that feeling? And what did you do about it?

Model: Cassie

Somewhere down a path less traveled, the leaves are always falling and time moves a little slower. This is what fall fee...
09/27/2026

Somewhere down a path less traveled, the leaves are always falling and time moves a little slower.

This is what fall feels like to me. Quiet magic, golden light, and a little bit of the old world waiting just past the trees.

The Dust Bunny KeeperShe doesn't sweep beneath the bed.She kneels and feeds them there instead,a jar of lint, a pinch of...
09/24/2026

The Dust Bunny Keeper

She doesn't sweep beneath the bed.
She kneels and feeds them there instead,
a jar of lint, a pinch of fluff,
And socks when they've been good enough.

The grown-ups call them dirt and mess.
She calls them Clover, Wisp, and Jess.
She tells them stay, she tells them sit,
and swears they're learning, bit by bit.

But she is brave, and they are small,
and she believes she's tamed them all.

I remember lugging sand into the studio for this session AND cleaning it out of there for months afterward haha. I loved...
09/23/2026

I remember lugging sand into the studio for this session AND cleaning it out of there for months afterward haha. I loved these images then, and I still do, but I decided to add a little extra work to one and give it a story.

Meet The Desert Guardian.

Apparently I’ve entered my “dig through old sessions and turn them into whatever lives in my head now” era. 😂This photo ...
09/21/2026

Apparently I’ve entered my “dig through old sessions and turn them into whatever lives in my head now” era. 😂

This photo is over two years old, but when I came across it again I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it. She already had the wings and the perfect gothic look. She just needed a world to belong in.

So… I gave her one.

I LOVE seeing how differently I look at an image now compared to a couple years ago.

Sometimes I take a photograph knowing exactly what I want it to become, even if I don’t quite know how to get it there y...
09/21/2026

Sometimes I take a photograph knowing exactly what I want it to become, even if I don’t quite know how to get it there yet.

A couple of years ago, I went to a shootout hosted by Kelly and Kalina Schneider. The second I saw this beautiful space, the books, those chandeliers, all of it, I saw magic in a library.

I took this photo with that idea somewhere in the back of my mind, but when I got home, I just couldn’t make the image I was imagining actually work. So it sat there.

Today I was sorting through some older sessions and found it again.

And obviously I had to try!

A few years and a whole lot more experience later, I could finally make the world I had pictured when I took it.

I love how this one turned out. The floating pages, the moths, the dress, the old library slowly being swallowed by something magical… it feels like this photograph finally became what I always thought it could be.

Check the comments to see where it started.

I can’t believe I never shared anything from this session with Lana Gail!This was such a cool opportunity and easily one...
09/20/2026

I can’t believe I never shared anything from this session with Lana Gail!

This was such a cool opportunity and easily one of the most fun concepts I’ve gotten to shoot. We went full smoky, old-school honky-tonk with it, and it ended up making a pretty awesome album cover, if I do say so myself. 😂

But really, Lana looks fantastic, and the song is just as good.

If you want to give it a listen, go check out “Whiskey Rebellion” by Lana Gail.

Still obsessed with how these turned out.

✨ Bo***ir Mini Sessions ✨Pin-Up Fine Art or Modern GlamLuxury confidence sessions designed for bold, unapologetic beauty...
01/15/2026

✨ Bo***ir Mini Sessions ✨
Pin-Up Fine Art or Modern Glam

Luxury confidence sessions designed for bold, unapologetic beauty. Perfect as a Valentine’s gift or a new year confidence reset just for you.

🖤 Details
January 24
River Dawn Photography Studio in Mena
30-minute session
10 professionally retouched digital images
Digital delivery with print release
Guaranteed delivery before Valentine’s Day

🖤 Investment
$99
No extra fees
Taxes included

Refer a friend and you get $20 off!
Plus, they will get $10 off their session!

Clients provide their own lingerie and hair and makeup. Retouching is polished while honoring real skin, real curves, and real confidence.

Only 8 spots still available!

📩 Message me to book.

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Mena, AR
71953

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