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I decided to start something new…..are you really that surprised?
To kick off the new school year I wanted to make some What to Wear samples for your upcoming SENIOR PORTRAITS!!! Check back weekly to see some new styles and be sure to book your sessions because my fall sessions are booking up quickly!
I recommend for each session something:
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*All styles available at Forever 21
All you 2011 Seniors let’s schedule your portrait session now for all the beautiful fall weather! Email (erikadotson@gmail.com) today to start booking your session! Hurry our spots are limited and running out!
Enjoy!
-erika
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Today is going to be my day! Well technically I’ll have to share with Baby Dotson and my husband too but we’re having maternity pictures taken today! I’m pretty excited! Do you remember Ruthie? She won a free mini session well low and behold she’s a rising star in the photography world around here and she has asked if we wanted to do some maternity photos with her! Thanks so much Ruthie! So that’s what we’re up to today.
I did want to post a few teasers of things I’ve been working on recently though! Everything from Conway weddings to Huntsville Seniors.

Meet Tanja and David (you should already be familiar with Tanja she’s a retired associate photographer here at Erika Dotson Photography). I’m so excited about their upcoming wedding……you know why? Well she’s retired because she moved to England to be with David so that means I’ll be going to England next summer! You’d be excited too! We’re working on their engagement session…..lot’s of yummy pictures to come!

Meet Ally. She’s going to be a Senior this year at Huntsville High School. Sorry boys she’s taken! Ally is my brother in law’s girlfriend and she’s such a sweetheart!

So now we’ve gotta meet Andy (my brother in law) yes girls he’s taken by the sweet gal above, so sorry! :) He’s also a Huntsville High Senior this year! I’m so excited for him! I’ll save all my sappiness for when I make his post later! But for now Congrats and we’re cheering you on this year!

Next up is Sarah and Ryan O’Callaghan! They were married in Springfield, Missouri a few weeks back. Sarah and I attended U of A together in the Dietetics program a few years ago. Ryan is an LSU Tiger so they’ve got some work cut out for them, in fact if I remember right the Tigers and the Razorbacks were playing each other while we were in the middle of our engagement session and we stopped off Dickson St to change and Ryan peered through the window of a bar to keep updated on the score! They are such an adorable couple and I was so excited when Sarah called an announced her engagement! Stay tuned we’ve got some exciting images coming!

And finally Ashley and Jim! They had the best wedding party I’ve been too in a long time! I’m not even kidding you their band came from Memphis and ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!! If anyone is looking for an AMAZING live band you have got to check out The Fabulous Steeler Band! I’m excited about posting all the beautiful details of their wedding!!!
Now I’m off to go enjoy my day and get ready for my time to shine! ha ha
Enjoy!
-erika
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Evelyn is a very creative and inspired gal. I met Evelyn about a year ago while working at Forever 21. She was the girl who introduces herself really quickly to you and just welcomes you as part of the family. She was my go to girl if I didn’t know where something went or how to do something, she seriously knew everything. I’ve learned a lot about Evelyn and the amazing young lady that she is. She can be pretty feisty at times and then turn around the next moment and be the most gorgeous soul that ever walked the Earth. She really is a doll and has some big dreams that I hope to see happen in her life. She wants to open a restaurant/coffee shop/art gallery one day. I hope that day happens soon, it sounds like a really cool place to hang out! Evelyn and I have become pen pals at work and we like to exchange little love notes. Most of her notes include how pregnant I am and that she loves it, but most of mine include comments about how beautiful she is. She has just a lovely face and a wonderful smile. She’s always happy and lightens up the store when she arrives, she’s one of those girls that you just love to be around.
Congratulations Evelyn on making it to this point in your life. This is a big new step in the direction of better things to come. I hope that you document your feelings and everything about graduation, you’ll love to look back at this time later in your life and enjoy recounting these times! Best wishes and Good Luck!

I told you she was gorgeous!

I love how the wind was blowing her hair!!!!

Some yummy light shining through her curls! She looks so sweet.

She’s stunning!

I love this classic shot!

LOVE.
Enjoy!
-erika
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I started my morning as usual waking up bright and early to teach my seminary kiddos at 6:30am. Then straight off to an interview for a big girl job at the hospital (which I think went pretty well). Of course I then went to work at Forever. After work I had some more work!!! :) I love this work though…….. I got to meet up with Alan and Amber who are getting married September 18th and do some engagement shots. Let me just tell you between driving the wrong way on one way streets and hiking to places that could possibly house homeless people we had some pretty fun times! After their session I hurried off to meet up with Evelyn from Fayetteville High School, that whole shoot was a blast and she’s got the most gorgeous eyes ever!!!!


Congrats to both of you guys! A wedding is in the works and a graduation around the corner!
Enjoy!
-erika
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Heyyyyyyy everybody it’s Tanja!
First off I’d like to start off with saying what a gorgeous day today was, fall is so amazing isn’t it?
I had the pleasure of being a second shooter for Senior Portraits with Erika. I learned a great deal of new tips and tricks.
Meet Chase our Senior from Huntsville. He wants to major in Psychology and he’s almost narrowed his choices down to UCA, UAFS and UofA. Good luck Chase we all know how hard it is to decide. We know you’ll choose whats best for you though.
As once famous psychologist Carl Jung once said :
” Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
Thanks for being so much fun and easy to shoot and extra thanks for the patience. Looooved the hat!
Here’s a sneak peak at what Erika has taught me so far ….


Erika WOULD find this cool place you can see my yard from here and I would have never thought of this. Once again lesson learned.

Erika being awesome and finding this cool chair for starters and then Chase being silly and showing us the hole in his shoe.
Hope everyone is having a great week.
Keep checking the blog. We’ll keep you posted
Peace & Love
-Tanja
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