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Toddler reaching for her mom during a family photo session in Tuscaloosa, a candid moment between newborn portraits

Why ‘Perfect Is Out’ Is the Best Thing to Happen to Family Photos (and How to Relax Into Yours)

There’s a shift happening in 2026, and if you’re a mom scrolling Pinterest at midnight trying to figure out how to get your family “picture perfect,” I think you’re going to love it. “Perfect is out.” That’s the phrase I keep seeing, and honestly? It’s about time. For years, family photos have carried this quiet […]

Family

Family session at Gorgas Library on the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

A Summer Family Session in Tuscaloosa | The LaReau Family

Most people call a Tuscaloosa family photographer because of a milestone. Beth reached out to me for a family session with one of my favorite reasons a mom can give: they were repainting the house. Which meant fresh walls, and fresh walls have a way of making you look around and realize the photos hanging […]

Family

Fall family photos in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: a family of four holds hands walking through a golden field with their dog

The Season Is Turning: Why Fall Family Photos in Tuscaloosa Are Worth Booking Now

How Fast It Goes Every August, right around now, I hear some version of the same thing from moms: “How did that happen so fast?” or “The summer just flew by!“ The summer that stretched out endlessly in June is somehow down to its last week. There’s a new grade, a new teacher, a new […]

Fall, Family

Playful Santa moment with an unsmiling toddler, proof the real photos beat the posed ones

“Will My Toddler Even Cooperate?” Honest Answers from a Tuscaloosa Family Photographer

If you’ve thought about booking Santa photos and immediately pictured your toddler melting down the second you walk in the door, I want you to know something first: You’re not the only mom who has thought this. Not even close. I hear some version of it almost every season. “She’s in a phase right now.” […]

Christmas, Family

A mom laughing as she lifts her giggling baby into the air near a backyard playset during a Tuscaloosa summer family photo session.

Don’t Let Summer Blur Past You

Summer slows down for no one. We tell ourselves it will. We picture these long, lazy days stretching out in front of us, slow mornings and nothing on the calendar and plenty of time to just be together. And then somehow it’s the middle of July, the kids have grown an inch, and we’re not […]

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