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Hello friend!! I am so thrilled you are here and browsing the site! Finding the perfect photographer for you and your life long memories is a pretty important task. My style is one that fits well with those that want a timeless, classic, true to life gallery that is full of laughter and joy.

Life has a beautiful way of coming full circle. When Brooke reached out to me about maternity photos my heart did a happy dance. My first paid wedding clients were having a baby and I was asked to capture this next beautiful milestone in their lives. This… this is what this job is all about. […]

Waiting on Sophie

January 8, 2022

I don’t always have time to blog my family sessions but it is such an honor when you get asked to photograph a newborn session, especially for the second time. I was honored to photograph sweet Hattie’s newborn session back in 2018. Here we are in 2021, photographing baby brother’s newborn session. This sweet session […]

Newborn | Graham

October 22, 2021

Fall maternity sessions always have the most dreamy light and this one was no exception! My brother and sister in law are having a BABY!!! My family is over the moon and we can’t wait to meet the new little one in a few short weeks. We went out right after Thanksgiving to capture these […]

Fall Maternity | Knoxville Maternity Photographer

January 18, 2021

fall color maternity session

This sweet boy, Shepard “Shep” Thomas Eriksen couldn’t wait to meet his big brother and sister and made his appearance a little early in late April. Siblings, James and Georgia were so sweet and gentle with baby brother. Shep has the sweetest soft blue nursery full of beautiful morning light. I can’t wait to see […]

Lifestyle Newborn | Shep

June 21, 2020

Blakely is one of my sweet baby plan clients! I absolutely love getting to capture all the milestones of a baby’s first year. If you would like more information regarding a baby plan with Mandy Hart Photo, please contact me today! Baby snuggles are the best. Click HERE to look back at Blakely’s in home […]

Blakely | 4 Months

June 21, 2020

Meet sweet little Blakely Reese! Blakely has two sweet big sisters! This precious extra blessing came as a bit of a surprise to the Ivie family, who I have had the pleasure of photographing for a couple of years. I loved getting to see these beautiful sisters with their newborn baby sister. Little Blakely doesn’t […]

In home newborn session | Sweet sisters

March 17, 2020

sisters with newborn sister on bed

This sweet little nugget is two weeks old this week!  I truly can’t believe how fast time flies when you have a new baby.  I had so much fun watching Nolan meeting his little brother for the first time during our fresh 48 session at the hospital a couple weeks ago.  I couldn’t wait to […]

Knoxville Family Photographer | Brigham ~ Newborn

October 23, 2019

I am so glad that Lauren (Liam’s mom) reached out to me recently and wanted to capture Liam’s 9 month and 1 year milestone images.  Don’t fret, if you haven’t taken milestone images and your child is already 6 months old.  It’s never too late to start. Below are some images from our time a […]

Knoxville Child Photography | Liam 9 Months

October 22, 2019

I love getting to watch sweet little ones grow and when new mommas sign up for my baby plan they get to capture all the best milestones of their little ones first year!  I was blessed to get to capture little Hudson a few months ago for his newborn photoshoot and big debut to the […]

Knoxville Child Photographer | Hudson 7 months

October 1, 2019

Sweet little Eliza is a member of my “Watch me Grow” baby package.  This package is designed to capture all the major milestones of a little ones first 18 months of life.  We met up again last week to capture this little cutie at 14 months old.  She is toddling around and loves all the […]

Knoxville Child Photography | Eliza 14 months

August 21, 2019