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Hello and welcome! I am Ashley Drake, your personal hype women! I am a lifestyle portrait and motherhood photographer. I describe my work as honest, sincere and intimate and my primary focus is the beauty and raw emotion found in each moment. I approach each session with attention, honesty and passion and love giving my clients memories to cherish forever. I put my heart and soul into my work, and I hope you can see that through all my images.
I cannot wait to hear about YOU and what you're looking for!
eastern, nc
photographer
meet your
timeless
authentic
nostalgic
O'Neal family
Merritt Family
Schaub Family
Grace & Noah
iMAGES
Feautured
Raven & madison
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Capturing the beauty and raw emotion in each image in my top priority. I use prompts and movement to get you to be more comfortable in front of my camera. When it comes to working with young children, we will sing, dance, laugh and search for fairies, mermaids and monsters to keep them involved and interested. Candid moments are the absolute best photos because they capture you in your most natural state which is my goal. Come to your session ready to have a fun time and make new memories!
Capturing Authentic Moments
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my approach
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to all of the mothers out there rocking your sweatpants from the night before, dark circles on your face, and messy buns on your head, I see how valuable you are. for every picture you take of your children with someone else, I see you for how caring you are. for every time you think you could've been a better mom, I can relate. at the end of the day today, your kids are still going to love you more than anyone else in the room. let's start planning your session so that you never forget it.
Motherhood
Every relationship is beautiful and unique and as a photographer its my job to paint your story through photographs. Whether you're newly engaged or high school sweethearts, I want to help you tell your story. My couples sessions are filled with fun prompts to help really capture raw emotions. My goal for these sessions is for my couples to leave feeling more in love and connected than ever before.
Couples
Taking family photos is meant to be a stress free experience, but I know that when you have little ones, you stress about if they're going to cooperate or not.The key to perfect family photos is a photographer with patience and can capture beautiful candid moments.When I photograph families with young children, I do little to no posing. Everything is raw and in the moment which in my opinion is even better!
Families
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''I can’t recommend Ashley enough! I booked her Mother’s Day mini session & she was so fun to work with. She was so sweet to my energetic toddler and got so many great pictures of her even though she’s always on the run. I love how every single picture came out from our session''
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"Ashley did my maternity shoot and I definitely recommend her! She was super easy to book with through her website and easy to communicate with. She was so sweet and took her time and didn’t rush our shoot. She had the perfect location with low traffic which made me more comfortable. She also has beautiful dresses to pick from and helped with poses! Plus sent the gallery so quick!"
LETICIAA.P
"Ashley is simply amazing!! From the moment I sent her a message with some inspiration photos and dates we would be in the area she made having family photos taken such a breeze. She was very accommodating to make sure we had perfect weather and swapped days. She is so sweet and my photos are exactly what I was going for and more!! They are gorgeous!! Thank you making time slow down just a little and capturing those sweet moments"
MINDY.W
Ashley is very talented, kind, and fun to work with. We always have a wonderful experience when doing our family pictures and absolutely love all of the photos! We have been going to her for 3 years and highly recommend her.
JESSICA.O
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