ACD Photography - By Ashlyn Duke

Hey friends and followers! A little slow these last few weeks due to “spring” in Erie! Gotta love it 🙄🤣☔️🌧️ I’m over here enjoying the last few weeks of slow season!! I cannot believe I’m getting ready to enter busy season for 2024📷 My summer books are open! I have lots of weekday availability and some weekends open still as well. If your schedule only allows weekends for a session this summer, the sooner you schedule, the better! Just a reminder that weekend sessions will require a non refundable retainer when scheduling. Between photographing Weddings most Saturdays and trying to live a semi-normal life with my husband on the weekends (when possible), time is a very important thing🩷 I will also be unavailable the last two weeks of July (more to come of that next month!) due to traveling, making my summer schedule a little smaller☀️✈️ Here’s a little BTS time lapse from a newborn model call I held earlier this month😍

Spent yesterday photographing my first wedding of 2024! For the forecast to call for rain all day, then just rain in the morning, to SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKIES, was seriously amazing! A little thing I like to call Wedding Magic✨ Previews to come later this week📷

A big chunk of January was dedicated to giving my client guides some love!! I now have both a newborn and a boudoir guide in addition to my portrait and bridal guide. I’ve poured a TON of information in to these to help my clients prepare for their session or wedding! While 95% of my guides are sent electronically, I still wanted to have a few printed copies📷 www.ACDphotography.com

While my studio typically stays the same throughout the year (except for the holidays) I do have to make small tweaks for sessions like cake smash’s and newborns. I had a newborn session this week and have a fun portrait session this weekend which means I needed to do some clean up and prep in the space🌿✨ Now that it’s colder out, my studio is a great spot for neutral, natural photos without having to be cold! The studio is included as a location with any session you choose📷

Here’s a little behind the scenes from a studio session from last month! As you can see, I do a ton of interacting as I help pose, guide, and direct through this session (and any other session I photograph) If I’ve photographed you before, you know I got you! Posing can be difficult and it should look as natural as possible and I’m your girl to help! If you haven’t been photographed by me before and are mainly worried about posing and looking natural in photographs, don’t be! I’m here to help and will guide you through everything 📷❤️

Happy Thanksgiving friends! Here’s a little health update on my Thyroid Cancer Journey. I’m celebrating a win this holiday season and I couldn’t be more thankful💕📷

I’m so excited to share my in studio holiday mini set up!🎄❄️ I’d love to have you! 🥰 Booking sessions now through Christmas! $185 for 1 outfit $250 for 2 (formal look and jams?!) Photos returned to you within 10 days of the session Message to book! www.acdphotography.com www.acdphotography.com

Today was such a beautiful day on SO many levels📷 Thank you to my 2nd shooter Kait for the BTS - just trying to make my couples look their very best for their best day - the new Mr. & Mrs. Knoll❤️ Back to normally scheduled photography programming tomorrow📷

Sometimes all you need is puppy love🐾📷 Just a reminder that I photograph “newborn puppy” (normally under 10 weeks) pictures free of charge to any past client - I just want to love on your fur babies💕 Can’t wait to show you the actual photos!

Hey hey! It’s my birthday!!! Thank you ALL for the kind words, thoughts, and prayers from this week - it’s truly been incredible. Here’s to 30🎈✨💕📷

A little update for you today💕 I am headed to the Cleveland Clinic to have my thyroid removed due to having thyroid cancer - here’s a little more of my story via video📷

Hey hey- long time no see! This past Sunday a handful of us local photogs got together to exchange headshots and catch up on life during this winter season! ❄️📷 Want to make a photographer nervous? Put them in FRONT of the camera instead 😂😬 Very thankful to have such a great community….this job can feel lonely sometimes but having a group that goes through the same things you do helps SO MUCH. 💕