Larkin Photography

Larkin Photography Photographer for all of NWA and surrounding areas!

Tonight was my last session with Randy, Niki, and their sweet babies, and my heart feels a little emotional sitting here...
05/14/2026

Tonight was my last session with Randy, Niki, and their sweet babies, and my heart feels a little emotional sitting here thinking about how long life has connected us. ❤️

I’ve known Niki for over 21 years. Her mom was my delivering nurse when I had my babies, which makes this friendship feel woven together through so many different seasons of life. Niki and I went to hair school together, traveled to Las Vegas for hair shows, and shared so many memories long before photography was ever part of the picture.

When I first picked up my camera and started this journey, they were there. Through all the years, they continued showing up for me with kindness, loyalty, encouragement, and trust. Not just as clients, but as genuinely good people who have always made me feel cared for.

I got to watch their family grow, photograph their babies, celebrate milestones, and freeze little moments that now feel so much bigger looking back. That’s the hard part about endings like this. These families become part of your life story too.

Thank you both for every session, every conversation, every laugh, and every year of support. I will carry so much love and gratitude for your family long after this last gallery is delivered.

My sister-in-law was one of the very first people who believed in me enough to pay my full prices when this business was...
05/12/2026

My sister-in-law was one of the very first people who believed in me enough to pay my full prices when this business was still growing and I was still trying to believe in myself. She never asked for discounts, never questioned my vision, never hesitated when I had an idea for a session. If I said, “I want to try something,” she was already on board.

Through every season of life, she trusted me to capture it all. The big milestones, the growing babies, the changing chapters, the quiet in-between moments that end up meaning the most later. I’ve gotten a front row seat to so many beautiful parts of her life, and I don’t think she realizes how much that trust meant to me.

Her sessions have always been some of my favorites. Not just because they photograph beautifully, but because she walks into every session kind, patient, supportive, and genuinely happy to be there. Never demanding. Never difficult. Just full of grace.

As I look back on this journey, I realize how much people like her helped build it. Sometimes support doesn’t look loud. Sometimes it looks like showing up over and over again. Believing in someone consistently. Choosing them repeatedly. Encouraging them when they’re still finding their footing.

Tonight feels extra special because it was Ryan and Tina’s session 🤍And bittersweet too… because this was my last sessio...
05/12/2026

Tonight feels extra special because it was Ryan and Tina’s session 🤍

And bittersweet too… because this was my last session with them.

I actually met Ryan through Lowe’s years ago, and I’d always see Tina come in to visit him. She was just the cutest little thing and always looked so put together. I was honestly intimidating to even look at her because the rumor was always “everyone wanted her man” 😂 But really, she just loved her husband fiercely and protected what mattered to her.

Years later, she trusted me to take their Christmas photos. The babies didn’t know me. Tina didn’t know me either. But she trusted me anyway, and that trust turned into years of memories together.

I’ve watched those babies grow up through my lens. I’ve been there for hard seasons, beautiful seasons, life-changing moments, and joyful ones… even welcoming their newest sweet baby into the world. There were days we took photos, and days we just talked. I made her tea when she needed it the most and listened. Somewhere along the way, clients become like family.

That’s the part people don’t always see about photography.

Your sessions were never “just another booking” to me. You were never just a payment or a spot on my calendar. I truly got to know so many of you, love your families, cheer for your kids, cry with you, laugh with you, and grow alongside you.

And Tina… I’ll forever be grateful you took a chance on me all those years ago 🤍

After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to step away from photography as a full-time business.This decision didn’t happen o...
05/11/2026

After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to step away from photography as a full-time business.

This decision didn’t happen overnight. Photography has been one of the biggest pieces of my life for years. I’ve poured my heart into this business, this studio, my clients, and the art of preserving memories people can hold onto forever.

But the industry has changed so much.

What once felt sustainable for full-time photographers has become incredibly difficult to maintain. Between rising business costs, taxes, insurance, equipment, software, studio expenses, continuing education, and everything it takes to run a legitimate professional business, it’s become harder and harder to survive in a field now flooded with pop-up photographers charging pennies just to book sessions.

And before anyone twists this into me saying people shouldn’t chase photography or follow their passion… that’s not what I mean at all. Everyone starts somewhere. But there is a real difference between running a full-time licensed business with real overhead and trying to compete in a market where clients have become conditioned to expect professional work for less than the cost of groceries.

It’s created a race to the bottom that many full-time photographers simply can’t sustain long term.

I don’t say this with anger. Honestly, it makes me sad more than anything. Because photography will always be something I deeply love. I’ve spent years capturing your babies, seniors, weddings, motherhood, growing families, milestones, losses, and moments you can never get back.

And that trust is something I’ll never take lightly.

To every single person who booked me, shared my work, encouraged me, referred friends, showed up to my mini sessions, or believed in me over the years… thank you. You helped support not only my dream, but my family too.

I’m incredibly proud of what I built. Proud of the memories created here. Proud of the long nights, the learning, the creativity, and the people I met along the way.

This chapter may be closing, but the love I have for photography never will.

Mothers Day mini sessions! $100 Includes 5 digital images! 10am-1pm May -7th 8th 18th
04/24/2026

Mothers Day mini sessions!
$100 Includes 5 digital images!
10am-1pm
May -
7th
8th
18th

MOTHERS DAY MINIS ARE ALMOST GONE
04/23/2026

MOTHERS DAY MINIS ARE ALMOST GONE

MOTHER’S DAY MINI OPENINGS 🤍 (only dates left for April + May) $100 includes 3 digital imagesThis is it… the last of my ...
04/21/2026

MOTHER’S DAY MINI OPENINGS 🤍
(only dates left for April + May)

$100 includes 3 digital images

This is it… the last of my spring availability. Once these are gone, they’re gone.

If you’ve been thinking about getting in the frame with your babies, this is your moment. No stress, no overthinking—just real connection and images that will mean more and more as time passes.

Available dates:
April 27th 10am–1pm
April 28th 10am–1pm

May 5th 10am–1pm
May 7th 10am–1pm
May 11th 10am–1pm
May 18th 10am–1pm

My best work is created when clients trust the process and allow me to lead creatively.EDIT:Also trying to stay humble b...
04/20/2026

My best work is created when clients trust the process and allow me to lead creatively.

EDIT:
Also trying to stay humble but man these are so good! 🤪🤣😍

Being a photographer is one of the greatest joys of my life.Getting to witness these moments… before the world even sees...
04/16/2026

Being a photographer is one of the greatest joys of my life.

Getting to witness these moments… before the world even sees them… that’s the part that stays with me.

The quiet excitement. The love. The anticipation.

It’s never just photos to me — it’s your story, right as it’s unfolding. 🤍

How I feel that not many people have signed up for Mother’s Day sessions this year 😅Daytime sessions 10am–1pmOpen Dates:...
04/15/2026

How I feel that not many people have signed up for Mother’s Day sessions this year 😅

Daytime sessions 10am–1pm

Open Dates:
April 21st
April 23rd
April 27th
April 28th
April 30th

Comment MOTHER’S DAY.

A mother’s love is like no other… but this right here? This is everything.The way they look at you. The way they feel s...
04/14/2026

A mother’s love is like no other… but this right here? This is everything.

The way they look at you.
The way they feel safe in your arms.
The way time somehow slows down in moments like this.

These are the memories you never want to forget 🤍

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