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If your business has grown, your visuals should be If your business has grown, your visuals should be allowed to grow with it. You don’t need to wait until you have the “perfect” website, the bigger audience, or the next big milestone. You can invest in being seen now.

I have 3 spots remaining for my $500 branding session promotion, with sessions taking place August 17 through December 11. Let’s create images that reflect where your business is going - send me a message to get started! #ellisonsmithcreative 

#alabamaphotographer #brandingphotographer #brandingphotoshoot #brandingphotography
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corint “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7

You don’t need a five-year plan today, you just need to trust God with the next step.

I’ve been reminded lately that faith doesn’t always mean knowing exactly where you’re going. Sometimes it means taking the next step even when you can’t see the whole path. If you’re in a season where you don’t have all the answers, you’re not alone.  What’s one thing you’re trusting God with right now? #ellisonsmithcreative 

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The entire vision for this branding session was CH The entire vision for this branding session was CHAOS TO CALM.

And if you’ve ever worked a wedding day, you get it.

Timelines. Texts. Family photo lists. Changes happening on the fly. Notes everywhere. A phone in one hand, a camera in the other and enough gear hanging off your body to make your shoulders hurt just looking at it.

Jennie knows that chaos really well as a wedding photographer.

So when we planned these images for @colara.co , I wanted to actually show the problem that inspired what she’s building.

The desk got messy. The sticky notes piled up. We photographed the timelines, the phone, the gear and all the little moving pieces wedding professionals are constantly trying to keep straight.

Then we shifted into the calm.

Cleaner space. Fewer moving pieces. Room to breathe.

And honestly, I think that part tells more than just the story of a business.

Sometimes obedience to the Lord feels a whole lot like surrendering the chaos before you can see the calm.

Saying yes to something that feels crazy.

Building before you have every answer.

Trusting that if He called you to it, He’ll keep meeting you in it.

That kind of crazy obedience is something I have a LOT of respect for, because I know how much faith it takes to keep moving when the whole picture isn’t clear yet.

Colara came out of Jennie’s real experience in the wedding industry, but it also came from being willing to build something bigger than the work already in front of her.

That’s what I love about these images.

They tell the story of the problem, the solution and the surrender behind it.

Sometimes you need the beautiful headshot.

Sometimes you need to throw a pile of crumpled sticky notes in the air.

Both can tell the story. 🤍

Jennie Tewell is a wedding photographer and the founder of Colara, created to bring a whole lot more calm to the moving pieces behind a wedding day.

If you’re looking for a branding photographer in Mobile, Alabama or Baldwin County and want images that actually help tell the story of what you’re building, DM me BRANDING.

#AlabamaBrandingPhotographer #MobileALBrandingPhotographer #BaldwinCountyPhotographer #BrandingPhotography #Ellison
POV: Headshots shouldn’t be BORING! Of course POV: Headshots shouldn’t be BORING! 

Of course we’re going to get the pretty headshot where you’re smiling at the camera.

But I also want the photos that make you say, “Wait… can we try something?”

Those are usually my favorites.

This branding session had plenty of the traditional images she’ll need for her website and business, but we also made room to PLAY.

We threw papers in the air, pulled out the sunglasses, moved around, tried fun ideas and created images that feel a whole lot more interesting than standing in the same spot smiling at the camera for an hour.

And THAT is what I want a branding session to feel like.

You still need the professional images, obviously. But you also need photos that make someone stop scrolling because they’re interesting, different and actually fun to look at.

Those are the images I get excited about creating.

The best branding photos usually happen when we stop trying to make everything look perfect and give ourselves permission to have a little fun.

P.S.: If you’re looking for a branding photographer in Mobile, Alabama or Baldwin County and want something a little more fun than traditional headshots, DM me BRANDING. 🤍

Meet Carson: she’s the face behind @carsonsocial.llc and helps businesses show up online through social media and content creation.

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You are LOVED. And not just in the cute-coffee-cu You are LOVED.

And not just in the cute-coffee-cup kind of way. 🤍

You are deeply loved by a God who created you, knows you completely, and loved you enough to send His Son for you.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…” John 3:16

Maybe you already know that truth. 

Maybe you’ve heard it a thousand times. 

Or maybe today is the day you really need to hear it:
Jesus loves you. He died for you. And there is nothing this world can offer that compares to knowing Him.

And if you ever want to know more about how Jesus has impacted my life and completely changed who I am, let’s grab coffee and talk. I am always happy to share my testimony and tell you about my Jesus. 🤍

Also, thank you @provisionfairhope for the coffee and the reminder today. PS- my new fave is a Salted Maple Latte! Get it iced! 

#FairhopeAlabama #FairhopeAL #JesusLovesYou #TheGospel #EllisonSmithCreative
You don’t have to wait until you feel ready to s You don’t have to wait until you feel ready to show up as the face of your brand.

Because the goal of branding photos isn’t to make you look like everybody else in your industry.

Actually… it’s the exact opposite.

I want you to show up authentically YOU.

Let out the weird personality quirks. 😂 because we all have them! Wear the clothes you actually love. Bring the things that tell your story. Laugh the way you really laugh.

God made just ONE you and He made YOU to serve a certain type of person.

That’s the goal of these images.

So YOUR ideal client can see your face, see your personality, understand what you do and think…

“Yep. She’s my person.”

And getting to do exactly that with @paytonmoran__ Moran for the @buildyourownbrandconference was SO much fun. 🙌🏻

I want every woman who walks into a branding session with me to leave saying:

“MAN, that was fun. Let’s do it again!”

And when she sees her gallery?

“WAIT. That’s ME?!”

Because I know what it took to get here.

You’re running a business. Maybe raising babies, too. You planned the outfits, bought the props, scheduled the hair and makeup and carved time out of an already FULL schedule.

That’s why we plan your branding session around YOU! Your business, your personality, your ideal client and how you actually need to use these photos.

I want you walking in confident that you’re leaving with a gallery you’re OBSESSED with and content you can use again and again.

Because for me, this isn’t just photography.

I get to use what God has given me to help another woman show up for what He has given HER. 🤍

Stop making obedience wait on confidence.

Show up as YOU and trust God with what He does with it.

Looking for a branding photographer in Mobile, Alabama or Baldwin County?

DM me BRANDING and let’s plan yours. 🤍

#AlabamaBrandingPhotographer #MobileALPhotographer #BaldwinCountyPhotographer #PersonalBrandingPhotography #EllisonSmithCreative
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