By now you might already know that anniversaries are a big deal to me…I love celebrating the special things in life! Life is beautiful, yet so fragile, and I think that means that we should celebrate it as often as possible because life is too short not to… One of my favorite things about life is getting to live it with my husband…words can’t describe how much he means to me and I love getting to go through the big and small..mundane or exciting…things with him. Four years ago yesterday..March 11, 2010..was one of those more exciting days for us! It was the day we got engaged in the city where my

Last week I went to California for the very first time to attend a photography conference called United and it exceeded all of my expectations…I’ve spent all week processing it — re-reading my notes from all of the amazing speakers and reflecting on the friendships that formed and the conversations had — the dreams shared and the encouragement given…and I still don’t know how to even begin to explain it! It’s so refreshing to be a part of an industry where my supposed “competition” are actually some of my best friends and the biggest cheerleaders for my business. I love that so much!

It’s an exciting day for Annamarie Akins Photography! I’m so thrilled to reveal my new logo to you! My amazing website designer, Krista, did an incredible job of taking my desire for something simple and sophisticated and turning it into a reality…She actually finished it at the beginning of January, but now that my full site is getting much closer to being complete I am ready to share it! I can not wait to get my new marketing materials with this pretty thing

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while or if you’ve followed much of my journey in this industry, then it probably feels like I was JUST rebranding…I started out in this industry with nothing but a blog template and it didn’t take long for me to realize that I needed something more official, so in November of 2012, I hired Krista to create for me what my site is today. It officially launched last spring at the start of my first season as a full time wedding photographer (having quit my day job earlier that year). And it