Brenda Jo Photo + Video

10/26/2025

I had so much fun photographing this beautiful family 🫶🏻 🍂

10/22/2025

The Cruse's

08/22/2025

08/22/2025

✨ 5 years in business ✨
I can hardly believe it’s been half a decade of doing what I love most. Every single booking, every newborn snuggle, every glowing mama, every giggle filled family session has been such a blessing. 📸💛

I’m beyond grateful for the families who have trusted me with their most precious memories! It’s truly the greatest joy to capture these fleeting moments and turn them into keepsakes that last a lifetime.

Here’s to many more years of love, laughter, and little miracles in front of my lens! 🌿👶🤰👨‍👩‍👧

08/19/2025

Homeschool mamas, I see you! 💛

I know how quickly these years fly by and how important it is to capture your kiddos right where they are. That’s why I’m offering budget-friendly Back-to-School Mini Sessions made just for families like ours!

👉 Details:
✔️ $50 per family – includes one photo per child (with the option to purchase more after your session)
✔️ Location: Sonshine Acres 🌻
✔️ Date: Sunday, September 7th
✔️ Limited time slots available:
7:00 | 7:15 BOOKED | 7:30 BOOKED | 7:45 | 8:00 | 8:15

These sessions are short + sweet but will give you timeless keepsakes to look back on year after year. 🍎📚 Perfect for homeschool families who don’t want to miss out on those “school picture” memories!

✨ Spots are limited and will go quickly comment below or message me to claim your time!may

08/18/2025

✨📸 Back-to-School Minis: Homeschool Edition 📸✨

Homeschool mamas, I see you! 💛 I know how quickly these years fly by and how important it is to capture your kiddos right where they are. That’s why I’m offering budget-friendly Back-to-School Mini Sessions made just for families like ours!

👉 Details:
✔️ $50 per family- includes one photo per child
(with the option to purchase more after your session)
✔️ Location: Sonshine Acres, Allegan MI 🌻
✔️ Date: Sunday, September 7th
✔️ Limited time slots available: ALL BOOKED

These sessions are short + sweet but will give you timeless keepsakes to look back on year after year. 🍎📚 Perfect for homeschool families who don’t want to miss out on those “school picture” memories!

✨ Spots are limited and will go quickly, comment below or message me to claim your time!

08/07/2025

Today we wrap up World Breastfeeding Week with a spotlight on all of the amazing photos I've been able to capture of my best friend nursing her babies throughout the years. I was fortunate enough to attend one of her births and witness her daughters first latch.

I am already looking forward to next years If you know of anyone who will be breastfeeding next July please send them my way!

XOXO
as always
-Brenda-

08/06/2025

Breastfeeding has been such a personal and emotional journey for me—different with each of my babies. I breastfed my son Lincoln, and I was able to breastfeed for 6 months before we transitioned to formula. I breastfed my daughter Eleanor for 14 months, and it was one of the most beautiful bonds we shared. I ended our journey earlier than I wanted to because of nursing school, and that decision was incredibly hard. Each experience taught me so much about sacrifice, strength, and grace.

I love being a part of something that helps other moms feel seen and supported.

With love,
Samantha

08/05/2025

I absolutely love breast-feeding my baby. I did this with my first for almost 22 months. My goal is to reach a year. I love how close it brings you and your baby. I know she’s well nourished. It also helps me nourish myself more, making sure I’m drinking my water and making better food choices. I love how it benefits, not just her but me. I like that I don’t have to wash bottles all the time: icky icky. This breast-feeding journey is my last so I cherish this moment with her so much, I also love how my daughter will tell me that Sissy needs to drink mommy‘s milk. So yes, breast-feeding has its challenges, especially when babies are teething but at the end of the day, I wouldn’t have it any other way. -Kayla

08/04/2025

It's beautiful. Natural. The best source of nutrition for your baby. It can reduce health issues for both you and your little one..... The list goes on and on, right?

But let's be honest.

Breastfeeding is HARD. At least for me, it is. (I almost exclusively pump, which, ironically, is almost even HARDER. 🤣)

For me, BF is anxiety in not knowing if they're eating enough. It's constantly worrying if my supply is going to dip because my stress levels are insane. Or as a result of me not eating well enough, because food is the last thing on my brain with a screaming newborn. It's sore and cracked ni***es. It's now knowing how in the world I'll keep this up, once I go back to work.

But it's also the bond I'm creating while my baby is looking up at me and knowing I'm his entire world. I created this life and I am sustaining it. MY body is fueling a whole other human life. Even if I can't keep it up for as long as I wanted, or thought I would, I did that s**t. Just feeling my little guy place his hand on my chest and look up at me with his big blue eyes....

There is nothing better than that.

That's what breastfeeding means to me. An irreplaceable bond with my baby for as long as I can have it. Because we all know, the days are long, but the years are so, so short. -Mandi

08/03/2025

There is no greater love than the love between mother and baby. Breastfeeding is such a precious way to show that love to your baby and it creates such a strong bond. It was important to me to breastfeed my kids not only because my body made the exact nutrients that my babies needed, but also to create that unbreakable bond. I am so thankful for the 40 months of breastfeeding between my 3 kids! -Merry