I believe in creating images that remind you of the best moments in life.
Preserving your family legacy is easy to do in these times of cell phones and digital frames. But printing those images out, hanging them on your walls, and making them into albums to flip through is so important.
Not only will you want those images to look back on years down the road, studies show that kids who have pictures of themselves and their families displayed in their homes have higher self-esteem.
WHY IT MATTERS
I help you preserve your family's legacy with photos that capture your life and loved ones.
Life moves quickly, your babies grow up in the blink of an eye, and special occasions are over way too soon. I can help you savor those precious memories for years to come, whether you're expecting your first baby, want to capture your newborns tiny details, or preserve the toothless grin of your six year old.
Make everyday moments last forever.
WHAT I DO
I moved the studio one door down, and am loving photographing all the babies, kids, and families!
celebrating 10 years in the studio!
2023
I opened the studio
2013
After searching for a year for the perfect retail space, I opened the studio in Sand Dollar Plaza.
more exciting things to come!
My sons were born in 2003 and 2005, we moved from VA to FL, and I started Merriment Photography.
had kids & started merriment photography
2003-2008
After my first semester in college, I changed my major to journalism so that I could take dark room classes and study photography.
studied photography in college
1989
My dad gave me a Canon A-1 film single camera for Christmas, and I started photographing my friends, family, dog, Civil War battlefields, and '57 Chevy's.
received my first slr camera
1982
THROUGH THE YEARS
MERRIMENT PHOTOGRAPHY
I'm lucky enough to be mom to two amazing boys, Brady, 20, and Elliott, 18. They are both intelligent, big-hearted humans, and I am so proud of them!
my family
True crime (My Favorite Murder, Morbid, True Crime Campfire, Small Town Murder, Murdaugh Murders Podcast...I'm kind of obsessed!), photography business (Business-First Creatives, Bokeh, This Can't Be That Hard, The Motherhood Anthology Podcast are a few faves), plus a bunch of others (Obituary, The Law of Attraction Changed My Life, The Secret Room).
podcasts
Schlitz street art iceland meggings etsy lomo kombucha tofu. Meditation pop-up glossier chartreuse tumblr, forage mumblecore tbh succulents intelligentsia air plant fingerstache aesthetic. Swag chillwave wolf lyft vice hexagon.
snorkeling
Venmo crucifix tattooed austin vice, small batch dreamcatcher iPhone air plant poutine. Snackwave leggings waistcoat butcher locavore kogi, mustache drinking vinegar food truck chillwave. Mumblecore man bun church-key meh vice hexagon.
My niece
Sustainable man braid schlitz yuccie cred selvage. Semiotics pug seitan meditation, banjo VHS poke artisan. Pickled mumblecore fam, meggings migas hella single-origin coffee pok pok man bun. Tote bag wolf gastropub austin bespoke.
the beach
