Audrey Stirling Photography

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I’m back 🤎 oh… and I had a baby 🥹
05/13/2026

I’m back 🤎 oh… and I had a baby 🥹

It’s been a while. ⛅️This session brought life back into my lens, and it showed me a tangible reality of how two people’...
06/26/2025

It’s been a while. ⛅️

This session brought life back into my lens, and it showed me a tangible reality of how two people’s love can bloom into a family.

Truthfully, photography has always felt like pressure. I love the art — the capturing, the creating, the connection. But turning it into a job? It became a burden to me; and for a while, I didn’t have the margin to carry the demands that came with it.

This past year forced me to slow down. My mental health took a HARD dip. My life was barely holding on by a thread, my marriage went through intense trials, my relationships shifted drastically and then, completely unexpectedly at possibly the worst timing, I found out we were expecting our first baby (our daughter is making her arrival at the end of the summer).🌷 What a whirlwind.

These months have taught me a lot—about what trusting God really means, about the dichotomy of grace and striving, about what creativity looks like when it’s not wrapped in deadlines and my own perfectionistic expectations, about suffering and gratitude. The Lord has tested me in unthinkable ways, JUST to show me that he wants me to actually live in full dependence on Him. In the words of Jackie Hill Perry from a random podcast, “OH. You really want me to DIE.” 😆

I wish I could say I’ve learned it all and came out with some grand revelation and a declaration of “arriving”, but I’m still in the thick of it. I’m figuring out how to live. How to regulate my nervous system. How to be a wife to my incredibly faithful and patient husband. How to prepare for motherhood??? What even is that. How to trust God with finances, with friendships, with my mental health, with my literal life and death which are both in His sovereign hands.

I’m still sorting out what photography looks like for me in this season and beyond. To be honest I have no idea what’s to come. I’m not walking away, but I am holding it differently than before.

I’m so grateful for the people who’ve trusted me with their memories, and for those who have stuck around, even in the long silence. I’m so thankful for this session which reminded me why I started.

More to come. 🤎

Jono + Kylee 🖤 b&w for this timeless love———So honored to do this anniversary shoot for our dear friends. Besides being ...
09/19/2024

Jono + Kylee 🖤 b&w for this timeless love
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So honored to do this anniversary shoot for our dear friends. Besides being a GORGEOUS couple and beyond photogenic, their hearts are golden and their personalities are so quirky and messy and honest and fun. They never fail to be real with me and they always end up surprising me in the best ways. It’s a blessing to take on marriage and friendship alongside them. These two were made for each other, & I love that I get to witness (and capture) this love. More to come!!

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the jaw dropping and magical love of family 💫 the self control I have (but actually instagram’s photo limit + my inabil...
09/12/2024

the jaw dropping and magical love of family 💫

the self control I have (but actually instagram’s photo limit + my inability to squeeze more photos in) to not share EVERY. SINGLE. PHOTO. from this session. I hope you can feel these moments like I can 🤎
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introducing the Corleys ✨———photographer: second shooter: coordinator: rentals: bartending: hair: .hair.by.stephani...
09/05/2024

introducing the Corleys ✨
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photographer:
second shooter:
coordinator:
rentals:
bartending:
hair: .hair.by.stephanie
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constantly, consistently, continually,you. ——— This session was almost entirely unprompted. Angela wanted a peaceful eve...
08/30/2024

constantly, consistently, continually,
you. ———

This session was almost entirely unprompted. Angela wanted a peaceful evening with no stress, just walking around and enjoying her time with her family. These are my favorite kinds of photos to look back on because they’re so alive. Every moment will be remembered as a moment they really enjoyed and were a part of. & this session is extra special to me, because I get to see the best parts of a love story I know well that is still being told. It unfolds every day with each sunrise, with each kiss on the forehead, with every new baby, with the change of the leaves, and with every little thing that has gladly stayed the same. 🌿

Riley + Emanuel - a wedding awaits at the end of the week 🌹 ———
08/30/2024

Riley + Emanuel - a wedding awaits at the end of the week 🌹
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No measure of time with you will be long enough 🌲🌥️———
08/29/2024

No measure of time with you will be long enough 🌲🌥️
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loving this time of transition as late summer fades into fall 💛 it makes me sentimental & it makes me just want to say t...
08/20/2024

loving this time of transition as late summer fades into fall 💛 it makes me sentimental & it makes me just want to say thank you to my clients who make me remember why I do this. It’s the little things like bonding over sourdough bread or getting to hear someone’s testimony of how they overcame addiction through Jesus or how much they loved their mom who passed away last year. It’s talking about color theory and theology and hair routines and long lost dreams. It’s connecting over miscarriages and invaluable lessons of marriage. It’s sharing your family’s history from Germany and it’s learning the standards you wanna live by and instill in your kids. It’s ministry and it’s SEEING people.

This means the world to me.
Thank you 🫶🏻

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