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My passion is capturing photographs of heartfelt moments for families to savor forever as keepsake memories. Whenever I'm not helping your family, you can find me loving on my own. Camping trips, boba tea, and card games are our favorite ways to connect!  

I'm Kelly

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Greensboro Family & Lifestyle Photogapher

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My passion is capturing photographs of heartfelt moments for families to savor forever as keepsake memories. Whenever I'm not helping your family, you can find me loving on my own. Camping trips, boba tea, and card games are our favorite ways to connect!  

I'm Kelly

Hey!

Greensboro Family & Lifestyle Photogapher

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We’ve gathered five simple ways for you to help prepare your kids for a family photo session and it’s easier than you think! You just need a bit of pro advice… and some straight talk. That’s where I come in! As a family and newborn photographer, I welcome childish antics. We want their personalities to come through loud and clear. They may be shy. They…

October 8, 2020

Looking for modern and effortlessly easy ways to display your family photos after a session? Here are four simple and stylish ways to hanging family photos – and we’re about to walk you through it with concrete examples and photos!…

July 15, 2020

Alexandra, Stephan, and their four precious boys spent the evening with me at Prophetstown State Park in West Lafayette, Indiana recently for their summer family photo session and I’m still swooning over the gorgeous moments we captured! Now don’t get me wrong, it was probably one of the most beautifully chaotic and crazy hours spent as a photographer chasing 4 little boys around WAY past…

July 8, 2020

Alexandra and Stefan's Summer Family Photos - Kelly McPhail Photography
Everyone loves fall family pictures but gosh, summer family photo sessions might just be my most favorite! The warm breeze, wildflowers, tall grasses, summer maxi dresses and cute baby rompers are hard to beat!! Kim contacted me a few months ago inquiring about a family session and after Covid-19 stay-at-home orders hit and then May’s rainy and cold weather, we had to push back the…

June 15, 2020

I’ve had the privilege of capturing Virginia and Elizabeth’s milestones since little Virginia was 4 months old. It is an absolute joy for me to watch these little ones grow and document each stage from baby rolls to sitting up, smashing first birthday cakes, and running freely in wildflower fields! Rain and cool temps postponed our session the first time but we had a gorgeous…

June 10, 2020

Elizabeth and Virginia's Wildflower Milestones - Kelly McPhail Photography
The Brkaric family brought so much warmth and love to their family session in late November despite the cold and dreary temps! We laughed, joked around, and had just a wonderful time together capturing their family’s special connection at Homestead Pine Tree Farm in Lafayette, Indiana.…

January 15, 2020

I have three mommy and me sessions scheduled in the next two weeks here in Lafayette and can I just tell you something? They tug something bad on my heart strings. I love you daddies, but as a mom, these images seriously do something to me. I want to capture all the love, connection, emotion, feeling and all things real, genuine and authentic with you…

October 23, 2019

The Goldenrod wildflowers have been absolutely breathtaking the past few weeks along with a number of other fall wildflowers. Funny how I never noticed these flowers until I started doing family photography and now I seriously have a wildflower radar!…

October 9, 2019

The Isenbarger’s family fall lifestyle session in West Lafayette, Indiana was absolutely stunning! My absolute passion in family photography is to capture genuine emotion, real connection, and organic family moments that highlight the love you share with your favorite people, all in gorgeous golden hour light! This certainly happened with their session. Check out highlights from their session!…

October 7, 2019

A great time to do a family session is when one of your children is having a birthday and you want to remember that milestone! The Michael family celebrated Ava’s 1st birthday right around the time of this gorgeous family summer photography session at Cool Creek Park in Carmel, Indiana and we met at 7am to capture these sunrise photos! …

August 13, 2019