Debra Maki Photography

13/02/2025

Last night was another night of action sports as the Lady Mantas fought a tough battle going 0-0 at the end of regulation play, 0-0 at the end of overtime and pulling off the Regional Championship with a 3-1 Penalty kick shootout! They head to the State Final Four Tournament next week! Great job Maddie and the rest of the Lady Mantas.

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10/02/2025

"A baby boy arrives and just like that everything changes. Your world gets bigger, your hearts grow fuller, and life means more because he is in it." ~ Unknown

Meet Chase!! Big sister Hedy could not be more in love with him. She is the best big sister and so very protective. My heart melted watching her with him. I can't wait to watch him grow!

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09/02/2025

The love in our family flows strong and deep, leaving us memories to treasure and keep. ~ Unknown

The greatest compliment is a repeat client! It was cold and the kids did amazing trying to stay warm between shots. I love seeing our beaches starting to return to normal. Venice Pier did not disappoint.

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09/02/2025

A little behind the scenes shot of my session today.

09/02/2025

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye. ~ Helen Keller

Kassidy - Class of 2025! Loving my seniors this year that are going outside the box. Such a fun shoot at the library for this book loving senior!

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09/02/2025

Opportunity GOAL times TIEU!!! Great Semi Final Regional play with a 5-1 win for the Lady Mantas!

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29/01/2025

"May you always know, my little boy, that you were wished for, longed for and prayed for. I love you even through we haven't met yet." ~ unknown

Waiting for baby Chase! I can't wait to meet this little boy. We had a beautiful session at the Venice Pier. I have loved watching this family grow!

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15/01/2025

A couple behind the scene comparisons from a recent shoot. Please feel free a grab a couple shots of me working and I will post comparison for your sessions as well.

13/12/2024

"1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women and 2,800 men will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Chances are, you known at least one person who has been personally affected by cancer." ~ National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Meet Karis!!! A breast cancer warrior and survivor. When Karis reached out and asked me to do this shoot, I excitedly said YES!!! As a previous and repeat client of mine, my heart broke for her when I heard of her diagnosis. She has fought the fight and kicked cancers @$$!!!

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10/12/2024

Payne Family

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces." ~George Santayana

What a fun morning with this family! With hurricane recovery still underway, we had to be a little creative with our location. But we ended up at one of my favorite places.

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04/12/2024

Ryan Family

"It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the togetherness of a family. ~ Menacheim Begin

Oh, this session just melts my heart!! We had one goal - SMILES!! And boy did we get the smiles. It was such a pleasure, once again, working with this amazing little family.

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27/11/2024

Maddie #2 - Action Sports

Watching soccer from a different perspective - through my camera! Following Maddie through her high school sports career.

26/11/2024

Dannielle - Class of 2025!

What a fun shoot. I've had the pleasure of working with Dannielle multiple times in the past. I can't believe we just did her senior session. The second half of the shoot was at Bisque IT Studio. What a neat idea!

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26/11/2024

Current editing and sneak peek order!

Cut off for Christmas photos is December 10 in order to guarantee delivery before Christmas. If you are interested in scheduling a session, please contact me ASAP. I have a few time slots open.

Also, I have not been very active on social media this past year and the FaceBook algorithm has pushed me to the bottom. By liking or commenting on this post, you can help boost me back up so you see my posts. I plan on posting more than just session sneak peeks in the future and I want to make sure that you see them. There will be contests for free sessions, mini-sessions, color scheme and location ideas for your upcoming sessions, etc. So make sure you LIKE and/or COMMENT on this post!

26/11/2024

Forgot to post sneak peeks of this session. This was a pre-double hurricane beach session. Sweet little family who was vacationing with family (also a client of mine). Referrals and recommendations are a huge part of a photographer's business. I love my clients! I can't wait to get back out on the beaches!

26/11/2024

I don't do studio shoots often but I dusted off the lights and backdrops for this blue eyed beauty!! She happened to LOVE the camera! There will be many more photo shoots with this one!

18/10/2024

Good morning!!! Well, after suffering back to back hurricanes, things are looking a little different around here. For those who are waiting for your galleries, I will be working on getting those out to you in the next week. Most of the editing is done, I just need to go over each individual image again and get them uploaded to the gallery.

While we personally did not end up with damage, a family member was not so lucky. It's been a little crazy trying to get the house cleaned out and salvage what little we could.

As far as future sessions - those who I have canceled, I am working on my calendar to reschedule. At this time, if I have not reached out about reschedule, your session is still a go. However, with that, beach sessions are questionable at this time. Our area took a big hit. Boca Grande is only accessible to residence, Stump Pass is closed, Sharky's/Venice Beach is being restored, Caspersen's is closed, and Englewood Beach/Manasota Key is a mess and currently, not accessible due to the working that is being done with removing all of the sand from the roads, homes and businesses. I am not quite sure about Lemon Bay Park as they also took a direct hit and I don't know where they are as far as clean up.

As far as non-beach sessions, I will personally go take a look at the areas ahead of your scheduled session. I believe, for the most part, the rainy season is letting up and I'm hoping everything is drying out. If you have any questions about your session or gallery, just message me and I will do my best to get you an answer. Thank you all for your continued support!!

29/09/2024

Good afternoon! Our area suffered major destruction from Hurricane Helene. Our local beaches our in bad shape as well as the roads to get there. As of right now, all scheduled beach sessions (really all sessions) will remain scheduled. As we get closer to your session date/time, I will reach out to you individually and let you know the updated conditions and the need to reschedule or just move to a different location. As many of my upcoming sessions are clients of state, we will get your session done while you are here - we might just have to make some location changes. For those that live here, we will also get your sessions done but we might have to change the date. I will do my best to accommodate everyone!

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