• Spending a lot of time on your computer lately?? Why not use a bit of that screen time (40 minutes, to be exact) to learn a new skill that can positively impact your family AND your business?! Sounds great, right? That's because IT IS!!! ⁠⠀ 🎉⁠⠀ The #lightlessonsworkshop is online now, and you can learn to use your camera in manual mode (read: take charge of those settings and actually LIKE the photos you're taking instead of being frustrated with what the camera chooses for you in automatic mode)! You can watch on your own time & re-watch as many times as you like with your camera in hand. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ And mamas - I know with quarantine leading into summer, it's been tough to keep our kiddos occupied/engaged/entertained... those of you with older kids, they can watch along with you and learn a new skill/pick up a new hobby! Win, win!!!! ⁠⠀ 💕⁠⠀ One of the best parts? It is only $39!!! 🤩 To sign up, just follow the link in my profile! #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #learnphotography
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    Spending a lot of time on your computer lately?? Why not use a bit of that screen time (40 minutes, to be exact) to learn a new skill that can positively impact your family AND your business?! Sounds great, right? That's because IT IS!!! ⁠⠀ 🎉⁠⠀ The #lightlessonsworkshop is online now, and you can learn to use your camera in manual mode (read: take charge of those settings and actually LIKE the photos you're taking instead of being frustrated with what the camera chooses for you in automatic mode)! You can watch on your own time & re-watch as many times as you like with your camera in hand. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ And mamas - I know with quarantine leading into summer, it's been tough to keep our kiddos occupied/engaged/entertained... those of you with older kids, they can watch along with you and learn a new skill/pick up a new hobby! Win, win!!!! ⁠⠀ 💕⁠⠀ One of the best parts? It is only $39!!! 🤩 To sign up, just follow the link in my profile! #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #learnphotography
  • Here's your friendly reminder for today: You don't have to do business like everyone else. Your brand doesn't have to look like everyone else's brand. In fact, it's better if it doesn't. Make time to really figure out the heart of your brand and the people you want to attract/serve with it - THEN build those visuals and refine your brand's voice/tone. THEN get with a photographer who is going to take the time to really get to know & understand your brand to be able to translate it into images that are going to draw in those dream clients of yours!! ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ While I absolutely adore the actual session with my brand clients, I love opening up their completed questionnaire just as much! I get SO excited when I get to sit down during the planning phase before the session & read through all of their answers to learn more about what makes their brand unique, how they serve their clients, and why they do what they do in the first place. This process, while mostly fun & sometimes a little challenging for my clients, allows them to get images that actually work FOR their brand and makes their investment a good one! ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Double tap if you have put in the work to craft a brand that fully represents your business and your why (or double tap if you simply love mimosas! 😉 ) #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #branding
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    Here's your friendly reminder for today: You don't have to do business like everyone else. Your brand doesn't have to look like everyone else's brand. In fact, it's better if it doesn't. Make time to really figure out the heart of your brand and the people you want to attract/serve with it - THEN build those visuals and refine your brand's voice/tone. THEN get with a photographer who is going to take the time to really get to know & understand your brand to be able to translate it into images that are going to draw in those dream clients of yours!! ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ While I absolutely adore the actual session with my brand clients, I love opening up their completed questionnaire just as much! I get SO excited when I get to sit down during the planning phase before the session & read through all of their answers to learn more about what makes their brand unique, how they serve their clients, and why they do what they do in the first place. This process, while mostly fun & sometimes a little challenging for my clients, allows them to get images that actually work FOR their brand and makes their investment a good one! ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Double tap if you have put in the work to craft a brand that fully represents your business and your why (or double tap if you simply love mimosas! 😉 ) #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #branding
  • These two are a huge part of the reason why I am so passionate about what I do... ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show my girls what it looks like to chase a dream. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to contribute to our family financially so they can play soccer, take dance class, or be able to explore hundreds of different activities so they can figure out what sets their hearts on fire. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show them they are capable of doing multiple things/filling many roles if that's what they choose to do. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show them the value of hard work & that the things worth having don't always come easy. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to leave a visual legacy of their lives for them to look back on as grown women & remember how they arrived at who they have become. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to teach them to use the gifts & talents God gave them to serve others. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to continue to fill myself up by photographing & encouraging & validating other women, so that I can be the best version of myself when I'm in mom-mode. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ To all of my amazing clients & friends & supporters - thank you for welcoming me into your lives & businesses & helping me do all of this for my girls. (And thank you @mandithompsonphoto for this photo of me & my girls - I love seeing it each time I walk into my office, & it's a photo of us I will treasure forever!) #bmariephoto #holmesfamilycircus
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    These two are a huge part of the reason why I am so passionate about what I do... ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show my girls what it looks like to chase a dream. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to contribute to our family financially so they can play soccer, take dance class, or be able to explore hundreds of different activities so they can figure out what sets their hearts on fire. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show them they are capable of doing multiple things/filling many roles if that's what they choose to do. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to show them the value of hard work & that the things worth having don't always come easy. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to leave a visual legacy of their lives for them to look back on as grown women & remember how they arrived at who they have become. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to teach them to use the gifts & talents God gave them to serve others. ⁠⠀ ✨ I want to continue to fill myself up by photographing & encouraging & validating other women, so that I can be the best version of myself when I'm in mom-mode. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ To all of my amazing clients & friends & supporters - thank you for welcoming me into your lives & businesses & helping me do all of this for my girls. (And thank you @mandithompsonphoto for this photo of me & my girls - I love seeing it each time I walk into my office, & it's a photo of us I will treasure forever!) #bmariephoto #holmesfamilycircus
  • Say it with me (& with @emilyley who wrote these incredible words): Don't sacrifice the good to chase the perfect.⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ You're working hard to raise your babies and build your business. There's always a million and one things on your list and you want to do it all to perfection. But mama, don't let yourself lose out on the good things as you frantically wear yourself out chasing that crazy ideal of being perfect in all aspects of your life all at the same time. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Take care of yourself. Embrace the good. Get help where you can. You deserve so. much. good. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Each time I see this little reminder by my computer today, I'm going to make it a prayer for both of us. #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #simplifiedsisterhood
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    Say it with me (& with @emilyley who wrote these incredible words): Don't sacrifice the good to chase the perfect.⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ You're working hard to raise your babies and build your business. There's always a million and one things on your list and you want to do it all to perfection. But mama, don't let yourself lose out on the good things as you frantically wear yourself out chasing that crazy ideal of being perfect in all aspects of your life all at the same time. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Take care of yourself. Embrace the good. Get help where you can. You deserve so. much. good. ⁠⠀ ✨⁠⠀ Each time I see this little reminder by my computer today, I'm going to make it a prayer for both of us. #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #simplifiedsisterhood
  • This is me in my happy place: intentionally planning with my @cultivatewhatmatters #Powersheets & my @simplified planner, organizing the chaos of life & business by making lists, and then CROSSING THINGS OFF!!! (Going to be real honest & say that my hair is definitely not done like this today though - it's a braid + hat kinda day over here! 😉) I can't be the only one that finds it crazy satisfying to check something off of a to-do list, right?!?! Gimme a quick double tap or drop a ✅💕🎉 in the comments if you're also a list person! #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #todolist #listmaker
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    This is me in my happy place: intentionally planning with my @cultivatewhatmatters #Powersheets & my @simplified planner, organizing the chaos of life & business by making lists, and then CROSSING THINGS OFF!!! (Going to be real honest & say that my hair is definitely not done like this today though - it's a braid + hat kinda day over here! 😉) I can't be the only one that finds it crazy satisfying to check something off of a to-do list, right?!?! Gimme a quick double tap or drop a ✅💕🎉 in the comments if you're also a list person! #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #todolist #listmaker
  • I have quite a lot of books on my “to-read” list & quite a few recent faves (including these books by @emilyley!). With all of the roles I play each week - well, let’s be honest... each day - I have gotten hooked on audiobooks through @overdrive_libs, but I do still LOVE settling into a comfy spot with a book in my hands. That combo means I’m usually working through multiple books at one time. ✨ Currently reading/loving: Under Our Skin by @benjaminswatson & Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport ✨ Recently read/loved: We Were the Lucky Ones by @georgiahunter, When They Call You a Terrorist by @osopepatrisse & @ashabandele713, Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by @jamiefordofficial, & Ellie and the Harpmaker by @hazelpriorbooks. Have you read any good books lately?? Leave ‘em in the comments so we can all make that “to-read” list of ours even longer! #bookstagram #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #booklover
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    I have quite a lot of books on my “to-read” list & quite a few recent faves (including these books by @emilyley!). With all of the roles I play each week - well, let’s be honest... each day - I have gotten hooked on audiobooks through @overdrive_libs, but I do still LOVE settling into a comfy spot with a book in my hands. That combo means I’m usually working through multiple books at one time. ✨ Currently reading/loving: Under Our Skin by @benjaminswatson & Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport ✨ Recently read/loved: We Were the Lucky Ones by @georgiahunter, When They Call You a Terrorist by @osopepatrisse & @ashabandele713, Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by @jamiefordofficial, & Ellie and the Harpmaker by @hazelpriorbooks. Have you read any good books lately?? Leave ‘em in the comments so we can all make that “to-read” list of ours even longer! #bookstagram #bmariephoto #bmariephotobrand #booklover
  • While I am very glad we're done with distance learning for the summer, I am grateful for all my girls' teachers did to carry them through the end of the year. Also? I'm VERY glad for this little gem of a memory from that strange time. Pumpkin showed up for her class Zoom meeting in full-on mompreneur-in-quarantine style... robe, unbrushed hair, baby just out of the screen view & a cup of coffee! Love love love this kid!! #holmesfamilycircus #distancelearning #neveradullmoment
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    While I am very glad we're done with distance learning for the summer, I am grateful for all my girls' teachers did to carry them through the end of the year. Also? I'm VERY glad for this little gem of a memory from that strange time. Pumpkin showed up for her class Zoom meeting in full-on mompreneur-in-quarantine style... robe, unbrushed hair, baby just out of the screen view & a cup of coffee! Love love love this kid!! #holmesfamilycircus #distancelearning #neveradullmoment
  • Hard work is so much better when you're doing work you love. 💕 Forever & always grateful that I get to use my passions to bring joy to others, to validate & encourage women & to provide a life for the sweetest, sassiest members of the #holmesfamilycircus. (Also forever grateful for those incredible humans who support me by booking sessions, referring others to book with me, & most recently, encouraging my art. Y’all seriously have my heart (even more than iced caramel macchiatos & y’all KNOW that’s a BIG deal! 💕)!! #bmariephoto #bmariepaints #dowhatyoulove #forevergrateful
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    Hard work is so much better when you're doing work you love. 💕 Forever & always grateful that I get to use my passions to bring joy to others, to validate & encourage women & to provide a life for the sweetest, sassiest members of the #holmesfamilycircus. (Also forever grateful for those incredible humans who support me by booking sessions, referring others to book with me, & most recently, encouraging my art. Y’all seriously have my heart (even more than iced caramel macchiatos & y’all KNOW that’s a BIG deal! 💕)!! #bmariephoto #bmariepaints #dowhatyoulove #forevergrateful