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Welcome to the Maddie Ray Blog — home to all of the goodness I capture from both weddings and portraits. It’s the little things, I’m tellin’ ya.

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One a freezing cold day in January… Cody and I headed off to our first wedding of 2018!! And let me tell ya that Kyle and Hannah were champs throughout the whole day! They were laid back and wanted to bust out as many portraits before the ceremony so they could just enjoy their reception and party with their friends and family! I love love love couples like that! The day went perfectly! Their awesome bridal…

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What a crazy and fun year it has been! Juggling shooting weddings with my student teaching, senior spokesmodels, and moving my husband home from Virginia and out of then Navy was no small feat. I cut myself off at shooting 8 weddings and I’m so thankful I did because I was able to serve my bride and grooms better that way! Yet… there are still tons of favorite images in this blog post and it…

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There’s just something special about weddings in the country and the people that make them happen. Everything seems to happen at a slower pace… there’s less pressure of “performance”…no one make us the music down… the stress kind of just melts away eventually. Add in a sweet bride who really, really trusts her photographer and bam – all of those things really help create an easy wedding day for us. I’ve heard of the one…

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I can’t say enough good and happy things about Carly. She is hilarious and sweet. She’s also the best kind of laid back since she sat ON THE GROUND in her wedding dress because she trusted me that much. Believe me when I say I have the best brides. I loved shooting this session in the fields of Frost, Texas where Joseph and Carly’s love story really begin. I love when things come back around…

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