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Ok so as your about to see WE…well more like I have wasted no time getting Ellie Madelyn’s Nursery put together. We had already purchased a crib as of like a month or maybe 2 ago! We where basically just sitting on pins and needles to find out the gender of our rainbow to move forward […]

SHP | ELLIE MADELYN’S NURSERY + DIY PROJECTS

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I decided way back in the beginning of 2015 that I would kick off a Project 52 starting in 2016, and I was beyond excited to start it! Being a professional photographer calls for many hours of shooting, editing + delivering clients memories…but wait, what about my own? Finding time to capture your own life […]

SHP | Unseen Moments Of January 2016

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Life has been very trying in this past recent month, and we certainly all have our ups and downs in life. It’s all about how you decide to take the bad/negative/sad and overcome it. My personal story is this, I’m simply stuck. Stuck in debt, stuck at a job I don’t like, stuck working the […]

How to Set yourself up for Success

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Last month I had he honor of photographing a amazingly wonderful, beautiful, motivating friend of mine named Gemma. Gemma is a women of many talents, she’s a fitness & life coach, business coach, mother of 2, wife, and a women of many great dance moves ( literally ), not to mention her infectious personality just […]

SHP | Photo Journalism

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Since we have come back from our vacation, I have just been hit with all sorts of inspiration, determination, and artistic ideas. For the first time in the past few years I’ve gotten a true vision of what I want my art to be.  I want my images to eradicate emotions, I want my art to […]

SHP | Fearless

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Me + self portraiture have a love hate relationship, always have and probably always will. I know I make it look so easy ( sarcasm ), but the fact of the matter is it’s not always easy peezy. Below are some tips I’ve learned over the last few years that have really helped me hate […]

Self Portraits | Basic Tips

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Woohoo!!! It’s Friday ya’all!  Not only am I excited because it’s the brink of the weekend, but also because I have found some inspiration. [ finally ] On Wednesday evening I took myself to my secret spot to try to get myself out of this nasty, depressing, uninspired rut I’ve thrown myself into & I […]

Personal Project | Inspiration? Have I found you?

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This is something I’ve been struggling with since the beginning of my photography. I always knew I wanted to capture the essence of certain moods with my photography, but sometimes figuring out how to incorporate that seems nearly impossible. “How so?” you ask… For example, I’m drawn to color, and bright light. I almost always favor […]

Samantha Hayn Photography | Shooting with intent to capture emotion

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