PC: Whitney Bennett Photography

PC: Whitney Bennett Photography

Her Story

Hey there. I'm Bree, and I hope my story helps you understand why I do what I do.

Maternity, birth, and newborn photography was never going to be my focus. Then I had a baby. And it was life-changing. Don't call me a cliche yet though, because I wasn't one of those moms who loved being pregnant, or who was super prepared. Yes, I was excited for the baby, but the pregnancy…not really. I became a mom 4 years ago when I married my husband, and I thought I got the best of both worlds…an incredible son without the stress of labor! I'm being a little tongue-in-cheek, but you get the idea.

Then, I had her, our sweet Addie, and I was floored. I just got it. I finally understood the magic of carrying a baby, and those crazy fast nine months meant SO much more. 

But I couldn't go back and get any more pictures of those 9 months together (I was too modest and unsure of my changing body to really have any photographs taken of me). I couldn't go back and hire somebody to photograph the weekend of her birth, even though it was the most amazing, emotional, and breathtaking of events.

Fortunately I got my wits about me and did hire a newborn photographer. But I don't want anyone else to look back and wish.  So that's why I'm here…to photograph these precious times, so that you can always always always return, through your photos, to the magic of becoming a mom; whether for the first time or the fifth.

Bree is a mom, wife, daughter, sister, photographer, and Christ-follower.

She grew up in the Texas Hill Country, and has called the DFW metroplex her home for almost 15 years now. She graduated with a degree in Photography and Education and has slowly worked her way through different facets of photography to finally arrive here. At a spot where she feels she is best able to use her heart and her eye to serve clients during some of the most meaningful times of their lives.

P R O F E S S I O N A L   M E M B E R S H I P S

 
International Association of Professional Birth Photographers

International Association of Professional Birth Photographers

National Association of Professional Child Photographers

National Association of Professional Child Photographers

 

View my work and personal life through Instagram (@breelinne)

Would you follow this new journey with us? #Repost @studiomagnoliafw with @get_repost ・・・ I’m not sure if this account will remain in my voice (@breelinne) or not, but if you know me, you know that my work revolves around family, love, connection, emotion, and honesty. So for now, with this being such a labor of love, you are going to get a little bit of my story as I attempt to finally introduce you to this space. • After a year of wanting to open a white, bright, easy little studio space for all types of small businesses to use as needed (more on that later), we finally started seriously looking in the summer of 2017. Through months of searching and wanting to quit, we found this little spot towards the end of the year. It was a shell at the time, and construction finished this spring. We were ready to get this place open and had big plans over Spring Break. My dad, a woodworker and all around very handy man, was to come up and help us install the floors, build a backdrop, hang some curtain rods, etc. Instead, that week, my brother and husband went down to the Hill Country, picked up my father, and brought him up to Fort Worth to live with us while he received chemotherapy for a sudden and heartbreaking diagnosis of aggressive lung cancer. Rather than working on the studio, my dad and I were going back and forth to appointments, infusions, ER visits, and hospital stays. I wouldn't have traded that time with him for anything in the world. But the studio languished. My brother and husband stepped up to help, and I couldn't have done it without them, but I didn't have the drive anymore. I just wanted my dad well, and all my energy and passion went into caring for him. I wish I was able to share a different ending, but he passed on the 4th of July. The studio continued to languish, and I am still deeply mourning the loss of my daddy, and my kids grandfather. He loved my babies so much. Thankfully, those kiddos and my husband don't let me sit in my grief too long, and eventually work began again on the studio. We are almost a year past my desired opening, but nevertheless, here we are. I pray this little space makes my father proud.
This little Parisian-living boy is months old now (I won’t tell you how many lest you judge my blog absence), but the photos of his first few hours are some of my favorites. #linkinbio
My little guy on a big course. Every year we are so thankful to @thefirstteefw. Always an incredible experience for these kids. 💚💙
I meant to post these this morning, but alas, it’s 11pm. Yesterday was just a fun day. The days aren’t always light and easy right now, but yesterday was. My kiddos both woke up on the right side of the bed and were being super sweet (not unusual, but not always usual, either), and there were so many fun milestones for Addie (poor not-pictured Ian, of course, was in school all day). It was her last day of the 3’s class, with her best buddy who has been with her since she started in the 1’s class. Not even walking. Gets me every time. Then it was her dress rehearsal, which of course, was a hoot. Her excitement was palpable, and...she got wear lipgloss 💕💕