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Vicky Akin | McKinney Family Photographer

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helping moms capture the beauty of motherhood through heartfelt, natural images so they can cherish the love and little moments forever
📍 McKinney, TX

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Kollette, my lil dancing queen, always on her toes and always keeping me on mine. She is silly, fierce, and wonderfully herself. Her personality is BIG and all the sass in her little body radiates a confidence I’m so proud of. She makes me a more confident mom, too, and I love her every moment for it. 🤍
Our Kolly girl is TWO!

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Four years ago, God turned a beautiful dream into a beautiful boy🤍
As Emmett grows I grow too. Every phase, milestone, and chapter is a first for us both. He’s teaching me to be the best mom I can be, reminding me daily just how blessed I am to call him mine, and that somehow, it just keeps on getting better.
Happy Birthday Emmett! I love you, All the time🤍

A few of E’s favorite things:
-Leroy
-Light up shoes
-Movies
-Cherries
-Building train tracks
-Blessings
-Dance Parties
-Dinos
-Spider-Man & Iron-Man
-School
-Somersaults

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🫧✨ Summer✨🫧

Photos by @vickyakin.photo from the last week of last summer:)🤍☀️🍉

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You found Willow Canvas because you are ready to elevate your portfolio and make the soft and ethereal portraits you dream of… we spend our whole lives working up to these moments - what a gift to preserve them and look back to feel them all over again 🥰🥰

✨ End of year expenses? Shop 30% off and get excited for the winter & spring

Thanks to my customers for sharing their images this year: @beatificvisionsphotography @laurelsmithphotography @chelseyblackphotography @anadufrechephoto @kaylamariphotography @alexismicucciphotography @carolinepearlfloral @reeseandcoportraits @vickyakin.photo @katemarieportraiture

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I am truly overwhelmed with gratitude for this season of life, this family, and God’s goodness. The laughter and joy these girls bring is unmatched and while things are far from perfect, it’s everything I have ever prayed for and more. The biggest thank you to @vickyakin.photo for capturing it all🤍

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Photogs don’t play about their photos… so when they book me? I take that as my Roman Empire 💅📸 Thank you so much @vickyakin.photo for trusting me with your sweetest fam 🥹 I couldn’t adore you more ❤️🫶🏽📸
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When you’re looking to create content for your portfolio, don’t sleep on hiring ME to style your model fams. 💕

#creativephotoshoot #stylist #photographer #dallasphotographer #funphotography #poolphotography #lifestylephotographer

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😍😍😍😍😍😍 <—— that’s all we can say about this weeks lineup of featured images & artists!

Give these photographers some love in the comments 🤍🤍
1 - @bfeelerphoto (photo of @kellywhitephoto 🤍)
2 - @brookelacombephotography
3 - @graceandgoldphotography (photo from the workshop host!)
4 - @serapbutunphotography
5 - @aliciagrace.photography
6 - @jentrisneedphotog
7 - @amberrayphoto
8 - @ellengrace.photography
9 - @nastjaphotographyatlanta
10 - @vickyakin.photo

Join us next week for 10 new artists to be featured, and tag us and use the hashtag #themotherhoodanthology for your chance to be in the lineup!

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Here is the Homegrown Family Collective’s weekly showcase!

This week’s images all come from extremely talented artists that do an amazing job at storytelling with each family that they photograph. Check them out!

Featured photos with all credits are below —
Don’t forget to tag us for a chance to be featured!

1. @frankiephoto_
2. @laurenkaysphoto
3. @fernandamadera.photography
4. @maddysteffensenphoto
5. @familiesbyashley
6. @melissannphotograph
7. @jadeasommer
8. @kara.perry.photography
9. @cheyennedennis_
10. @saltandlightphotopnw
11. @ashleyhanphoto
12. @vickyakin.photo

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It was nearly impossible to choose this week’s favorites, so we included an extra ;)

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May be time to update My Resume

“I’ve done some nursing
I’ve done some juggling too
I’m also good at herding cats
With feeding time at the zoo
And I’m quite the illusionist
With peek-a-boo.
I’m a great nursery-rhyme singer
Thinking of joining a choir
And sometimes at night
I’m a human pacifier.
But don’t put that last part down
Because that would be weird
I’m a researcher and an analyst
I work through many problems
I can handle all sorts of challenges
Throw them at me, I’ll solve them.
I’m an experienced hygienist
Nightly baths are my profession
Oh no, I’m not talking about myself
Sorry, what was your question?
I’ve had some workplace injuries
Someone called it a ‘rod for my back’
But somehow I survived
With endurance and not giving a crap.
I’m also an event planner
I’m a taxi and a chef
A stylist and a storyteller
And a great cleaner of mess.
I’m a director and a producer
And let me just recap
References during lunch is out
My boss will be taking a nap.
I’m a teacher and a student
Sometimes that line is blurred
I’m a mediator and a builder
And I translate words
What language, you ask?
Oh, you wouldn’t have heard
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What are my key attributes?
Well, I’m braver now and stronger
I’m confident in my choices
I can push myself a little longer.
I’m a multitasker, a sleep consultant
And by that, I mean a hammock
I love taking photos of my family
That look more like National Geographic.
I’m a financial planner, a shift worker
An impressionist, an assistant
An inspector and a detector
No day is ever consistent.
I’m also quite the tour guide
And pretty good, I’m told
I know I only have two arms
But you should see how much I can hold
My weakness is, I guess
I feel everything 10x more
Since becoming someone’s home
I’m somewhat different than before.
My last salary for all this work?
No, I didn’t charge a fee
It’s the greatest job’ I’ll ever [have]
I’d do it all again for free.”

-Jessica Urlichs. 2024. Beautiful Chaos. @jessurlichs

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