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Andrea Larsen Photo {the blog}

 Welcome to my blog and thank you for looking at my work!  I am a natural light photographer in Franklin TN. My background is as an artist, I have a BFA in studio art.  I find joy in life from being creative and observing beauty and capturing it.  Which is lucky, because there is beauty all around!

Plain and simple, I just love being on a photo shoot.  My favorite thing to capture is authentic emotion.  It's so fun to get to know people and see what will make them laugh.  


baby kensington

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class of 2010

Anna who “never wins anything” won a photo shoot with me from a drawing at the Merry Christmas Marketplace before Christmas.  She is adorable and was so fun to work with.  She actually reminded me a lot of myself when I was her age.  I guess it’s true what they say about curly headed brunettes….we are delightful.  (Well, if it’s not a saying it should be!)  I hope the rest of your Senior year is great Anna!

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Baby, it’s cold outside!

I’m pretty sure this was the coldest day in Franklin so far this winter!  Hali and Mike are adorable together.  Can’t wait till the wedding! At least we know it will be considerably warmer.

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See the snowflakes!

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This is the most beautiful, unique ring I have seen!  And it was her mom’s first ring, which makes it even more special.
1516The first pic above is Mike’s “serious” face.  Gotta love a guy who can make you laugh!  Congrats you two (on the engagement and on surviving the cold today)!

tour de Whitney and Matt

Thank you Whitney and Matt for letting me be a part of your day!  Actually, Whitney and Matt are jetting all over the US for their wedding and receptions.  That may be a slight exaggeration, but I was more than happy to join them at the Knoxville leg of their wedding plans.  Whitney and I go way back.  It was such a joy to see her so happy and to see all her wonderful family again. Congratulations you two!

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Larsen crew

This post would probably be a lot more entertaining if I put up the bloopers from this shoot.  This is me and my little family.  Which means that before I figured out how to change the timer from 2 sec to 10 I got a lot of shots of me in full sprint.  Not attractive.  I guess the funny part was that I chose to try to run faster before I decided to try and change the timer.
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138This is invariably what happens when the kids catch us in a lip lock. One tries to join in and the other balks in mock disgust.  Who is doing what just depends on their moods.  This is what happens when there is no photographer behind the camera to keep the kids in line.

142If you’ve ever done a photo shoot with me, you’ve probably been subject to the “fake laugh” I like to make people attempt.  Most of the time it brings out some great genuine laughter.  But this is what I got with my family.  My husbands face cracks me up! Too funny!

Merry Christmas everyone!

the family that reads together, is smart together

Is that how the saying goes?

For Thanksgiving we went back home.  To beautiful East TN.  And not only that, but I got to do this shoot with some of my very best friends in my absolutely favorite place on earth.  Maryville has the best park system running all through town and right up to the library.  I took advantage of the fact that these guys love reading.
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This last picture is possibly my favorite from the whole shoot!  And it’s pretty hard to top those precious babies.
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Tis the season!

I have some pretty new gift certificates available!  Just in time for the holidays!  Aren’t I thoughtful!  You can give the gift of a photo shoot or printed images from a completed photo shoot .  gift certificate frontI hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We all have so many things to be thankful for;  I’m especially thankful for all of you who have helped me get started with this new endeavor!  I’m thankful to have been able to get to share in some special moments with you!

Andrea Larsen Photo will be closed until Monday Nov 30th.  Happy Holidays!

love+baby=happy!

It’s amazing the great weather we (were) still having here!  I had a mini session with Seth and Gretchen, friends of mine who I couldn’t be happier for!  Their little girl is going to be absolutely adored! It’s so fun sharing in the important moments of people’s lives.

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Critchlow Family

Meet the Critchlows!  They are such a great family.  And they have the perfect photo shoot house! Wouldn’t you agree?!!  I had the hardest time trying to narrow it down to my 10 favs.  But I forced myself to because uploading pics onto my new pretty blog is such a bear!  Maybe there’s a trick I haven’t figured out yet.  And while I’m on the subject…does it take forever for my blog to upload on your computers? Just wondering.

Every time I do a shoot with a family of 7 it seems like the perfect number.  Maybe 5 would be equally perfect.  Yes, I think odd numbers are better for pictures.  Why doesn’t that  come up more often when people discuss how many children they are going to have?  Chris and I obviously didn’t have that discussion (just 2 kiddos).

We did this shoot on Halloween morning.  It was a gorgeous day outside and just a little wet and chilly.  Only one kid slipped on the wet grass and only one photographer backed into a water-filled hole up to her mid calf.  Both shall of course, remain nameless.  Actually, the funny thing was that they were just pointing out that hole and how the boys wanted to dig one day and they told them to go for it, out near the barn.  Thanks Sarah, David and crew! I had a blast!
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I learned something new.  This pose is called "posting it up."  Who knew? so cute.

I learned something new. This pose is called "posting it up." Who knew? so cute.

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baby Tatum

Meet Tatum. She is the happiest baby I know.   And we have spent more time together than just this one hour.  I’m so lucky!
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This expression cracks me up.  I think mostly because it makes her look older than 6 months.  I wonder if this is a face she will still be making when she is 6 years.

This expression cracks me up. I think mostly because it makes her look older than 6 months. I wonder if this is a face she will still be making when she is 6 years.

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Thank you Tatum & Jordan for a delightful morning.