My name is Deana Waddell.  I began taking pictures after my first son was born over 9 years ago.  My husband bought me my first really nice camera and I began taking many many pictures all.the.time!  I began to fall in love with the world of photography.  I started reading books, buying up lenses, and playing with Photoshop for hours on end.  About 8 years ago, I had a friend ask me to take some pictures of her son, and then another friend, and then another.   Now, I have happily gotten to do something I adore for the past several years.   I am a very relaxed, and easy going person.  I adore when children act like themselves for pictures, and when they give cheesy smiles.  I whole-heartedly believe in capturing your children and life for what it is right now.  I want for you to one day be able to look back on your images and be able to remember spot on what your child was like in that season of his/her life.  I also love to just capture love, whether it be an engagement session where you are in a season of your life where nothing can put a ripple in your relationship, or when you are so madly in love with a little person inside of you, or even just the happiness and excitement of graduating from high school or college.  Of course I love to capture some cheesy posed stuff, but my goal in a session to capture emotions and the real you (or your kids) that day.   If you would like for me to work with your family, extended family, or even animal, please send me a message and let’s chat about what you have in mind for a session.  I’d be honored to have the opportunity to work with you.