Christine Lee Photography

Family & Senior Photographer

In Home Fall Family Sessions| Plant City Family Photographer | Family Portraits

Fall is quickly approaching! And guess what? It’s one of my FAVORITE times of the year. I love everything fall from the colors to the pumpkin spice everything; I know, I’m so basic when it comes to this!
What I also love is in home family sessions around the holidays. It’s the perfect way to document those memorable moments. The costumes, the decorations, all of it!

In home family sessions are so close to my heart because they capture true memories in their home where they have ALREADY have so many memories. The children are more relaxed, they feel more comfortable because they know the space they are in.

This family made read Halloween books, baked Halloween cookies, and carved their first pumpkin of the year. It was too cute to see how excited their little girl was about it! This is why I love family photography…it makes my heart happy to know that when their little girl grows up she will have all of these images to bring her back to these memories, to this moment.

Not sure what to wear to your photo session? | Plant City Family and Senior Photographer | High school and Family Portraits

I’ve been there. I’ve gone through all of the frustruations of coordinating outfits for myself, my husband, and my son. I would search Pinterest for the best looks but either it didn’t tell me where to buy the clothes or I would like one thing from this image and another piece of clothing from the next image. I couldn’t compare them next to each other or see how everything would come together.
My goal as a photographer is to capture memories and geniune interactions between you and your family and to boost the confidence of every mama, tween, or high school student out there. I also want to make your experience with me as easy and natural as possible…starting with what to wear.
That’s why I’ve included an interactive styling tool with all of my sessions. It’s simple to use and I personally think it changes the task of finding something to wear from frustrating to fun. 🙂

It’s just 3 simple steps:

Step 1: Fill out styling questionnaire

Step 2: View results immediately and select clothing items with heart icon

Step 3: Email your outfits to your own email to shop!

Done. You don’t have to purchase any of the outfits from this; you can simply use it to see what certain styles/patterns you might already have look together.

Here are a few guidelines I always suggest:

Sweet Little Miss Raelyn | Plant City Family Photographer | Family Portraits

One of the main reasons I wanted to add a small in-home studio space is because I wanted to offer snuggle sessions for newborns. I offer a few posed/positioned images but I want the newborn sessions I do to focus on the parents loving on their new baby. I want to offer them a safe, quiet space for them to just cuddle and love each other. It’s a very simple approach but I absolutely love capturing the sweet moments between mommy, daddy, and baby. Newborns change daily so it’s very important to me to capture all the details of that time.
Lauren and her husband were absolutely amazing with their newborn daughter, the connection and love between the three was beautiful to see. These are the moments that made me fall in love with photography; this is the reason I do what I do.

“Before you were born,
we dreamed of you, we imagined you,
we prayed for you.
Now that you are here,
we hope for you, we love you,
we thank God for you.”

Why Senior Portraits are so important to me…| Plant City Senior Photographer | High school Portraits

One of the reasons that high school senior sessions mean so much to me is that I know all too well how fast children grow. My son is only 4 years old but it seems like we were JUST celebrating his first birthday. For me, senior sessions are very sentimental. This is such a delicate time between childhood and adulthood, when you can look at your senior and still see their face as a little boy but also the face of the man they are turning into. It’s a moment in time that I know I would want to stand still, just for a little while longer.

High school senior sessions are sentimental for me as a mother but they are also meant to be fun and light hearted. Where we celebrate them and their bright future, all their dreams and goals. Where we celebrate everything about them that makes them unique and that makes them stand out. For Corey, what stood out to me was his patience. I have never met a senior guy who WANTED to have his pictures taken but Corey was patient and he did not complain about the different poses I directed him in. After we were finished and I asked him for just one more because the sunset was on fire (seriously look at the last picture there is no other way to describe it) he obliged happily. He was so polite and I know how proud his parents are of him. His mother was absolutely so sweet and sent me his graduation invitation that turned out beautifully. My favorite part of his invitation is the bible verse his gorgeous mama put on the back “I know the plans I have for you, plans to give hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11

This truly could not be more fitting.

Fair Warning: I will ask for a picture with the senior and their mama!
See? On FIRE.

Gorgeous Beach Family Session | Plant City Family Photographer | Family Beach Portraits

I am not the best about blogging so I’ve been a little behind on posts but I am SO excited to share this session!!! It is one of my all time favorites. This family was not only absolutely gorgeous and natural in front of the camera but they were so freaking sweet!

The love and connection that they all have together is beyond amazing. I’m not even going to write that much about this session because their images speak for themselves and say it better than I ever could.

Sibling Session | Plant City Family Photographer | Family Portraits

This is one of my favorite families ever. When I met these cutie’s mom during a family session for HER mom’s birthday she was the absolute sweetest. She booked me for a sibling session and then an in-home lifestyle session for Christmas. This is one of the times where a client, who I had never met before, becomes a friend. These two kids were so well behaved and respectful it shows how amazing of a mom and dad they have.

Of course I absolutely LOVE that they brought their puppy with them! They’re siblings too lol

Not only is the whole family sweet but they were dressed perfectly! I loved the outfits Carolyn choose for them.

I’m so thankful to have met this beautiful family and to be able to consider them friends.

Apollo Beach Maternity Session| Plant City Family Photographer | Family Portraits

I’m pretty sure I’ve said it before but I’m going to say it again…I LOVE beach sessions! Especially at this location. I love the greenery and variety it offers.

I always schedule sessions an hour or two before sunset but at this time of the year it was storming every evening. At the request of this gorgeous mama she wanted to schedule a mid morning session. It worked best for her family and I always do my best to accommodate clients. That being said these are brighter than my typical style and that’s why; time of day and lighting changes everything. I don’t recommend sessions during mid-morning not only because of how blinding the sun is but because it is unbearably hot. I’m 90% sure I almost had a heat stroke during this session and I have not been able to tolerate the Florida heat since. If that could happen to me it could easily happen to one of my clients and I would never want that to happen. BUT I do truly love how these turned out. They are bright and feel happy to me; plus I love how blue the sky was.

Can we take a moment to just appreciate the strength of this beautiful mother? Not only was she forming life inside her but she was also suffering from a MS flare up. Pregnancy comes with it’s own challenges but to add MS on top of it and she smiled through it all. She is such a strong mother and woman.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” -Barbara Kingsolver

V Love Inc | Plant City Senior Photographer | High school Portraits

Wow…I can’t believe it’s been over a month since I posted here! My goal is to share a session at least once a month this year. To be honest, I have a lot of goals this year. I want to take a quick moment to explain my brief absence. The main reason is that I’ve been taking the time to focus on myself; I started counting calories to lose weight and if you know me, you know when I’m in I am ALL in.

Aside from obsessing over every calorie I eat I’ve also been dealing with some anxiety. It’s something that I have to constantly work at overcoming, every day. Which leads me to this amazing session for V Love Inc. The owner, Vanessa, is one of my closest and truest friends. She has helped me through so much in the nine years I’ve known her; she continues to help me battle my anxiety. She teaches self-love and shows you how to have a happier life. I know the changes she has made in me and I can’t wait to see all of the changes she’s going to make in this world.

Vanessa is a Heal Your Life teacher and life coach; she helps people to become a happier version of themselves. She offers workshops as well as one on one sessions, in person or on the phone. Go check her out at https://vloveinc.com/

I believe I’m a unicorn. Unicorns are very magical and powerful and strong.” – Justine Skye

Not only is Vanessa’s teaching beautiful but so is she; inside and out. She has always had a light about her that needs to be shared with the world. My purpose in these head shots for her was to truly showcase her gorgeous heart and soul that she pours into everything.

Last Day of Senior Week!| Plant City Senior Photographer | High school Portraits

Well this is it! Today is the day that the winners for this year’s Senior Week will be announced. I’m so excited!!! I also wanted to share Destiny’s senior session since she will be graduating this year!

One of the things that I love about Plant City, FL is that it is absolutely adorable. I love the variety that downtown offers; from the train station to Krazy Kup to the old theater. There are just so many gorgeous areas to take portraits. Especially when I have a senior who is shy in front of the camera; I love to be able to walk around with them and allow them to get comfortable with me.

Destiny told me she isn’t confident in front of the camera but she absolutely killed it in her senior session! I was so proud of her.

DON’T FORGET!
Today is the last day to get $50 off your senior session!

3rd Day of Senior Week!| Plant City Senior Photographer | High school Portraits

This has to be one of my FAVORITE senior sessions because of the dark storm clouds. We thought it was going to pour the whole entire time but it circled around us. Corey and his mother were the best and did not seem worried about the weather at all. I’m 32 years old and my mom would still have been yelling at me to take cover and get inside lol.

On another note I have some amazing prizes to give away!

I will be giving away a strawberry camo hat, spray tan, bath and body treats, jewelry, and a glitter tumbler! I know…SO much free stuff!

Plus the grand prize will be a $75 gift card to American Eagle with a $25 gift card to give to a friend!

Just make sure to fill out this link to enter to win! Any high school student can enter!

https://christineleephotography.net/christine-lee-senior-week-prizes

DON’T FORGET!
If you book your senior session during Senior Week you get $50 off your session!

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