ABOUT COLOR IN THE GRAY PHOTOGRAPHY

    My name is Casey Gray.   I am a wife, and a mother of three amazing children whom were not easy to come by!  My husband and I tried for many years and suffered the loss of our first child.   Finally we were blessed with our daughter, Aurora, and later a son, Jack.  Through the beautiful brokeness of adoption, we added our youngest Anna in 2006.   I believe our struggles are why God has led me down this path of newborn photography, and why I can't think of anything else I'd rather do.   

 

   ​The first time I picked up my camera, was after a very bad experience with a large "mall type" photography studio.  I had left in tears, feeling like a failure of a mother because I could not afford the expensive packages.   I felt horrible knowing they were going to discard so many adorable pictures of my little girl because the package I could afford was the ever so popular, "One pose for "this many" sheets for $39.99".  I had hoped to purchase a large print for above our sofa.  A 16x20 print (which wasn't even as large as I would have liked) was $250, way out of my price range at the time, being a single income family.   I felt defeated.    Later that week I took my then 6 month old little girl, a white backdrop, and all the things she loved at the time and we spent the afternoon taking pictures.    I was by no means a professional, but the end result didn’t matter. I had so much love for that little girl, and she was so happy surrounded by her mommy and beloved toys, that the pictures were perfect to me.   I began to wonder how many other mommas felt like I did. 

 

     Soon I enrolled myself in photography classes in a small neighboring town and earned my degree.    It's been 17 years since that unpleasant experience that started it all.   I have been blessed to have been a small part of thousands of newborns and their families.  It is a privilege that I am thankful for every day.    As your photographer, I want to help you create breathtaking photographs of your little ones without ever making you feel like I had to that day in that mall studio.  I strive to be affordable to most moms, and I will not make you pick which images you receive (although I hope to make it hard to decide which to hang on your wall!).  

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     While my business takes up most of my time, when I am not busy shooting and editing, I love hanging out with my family on our small farm.   We have a tiny zoo on a few acres and wouldn't have it any other way.  We hike, garden, restore our old farmhouse. It's our little piece of paradise.