Have you ever seen a happier baby!?! Remember when I did her six month session this summer?  Still just as happy!! But I have to be honest.  Hadley is an amazing eater.  But cake?  Um. No way!  Would not touch it!  Now this is the one year old that will eat steak and bang her […]

Thank you! What an amazing first year in Charlotte North Carolina!  I feel so blessed to have had such a successful launch of Renee Stengel Photography here in the southeast after our moves from Northern Virginia and Kansas City! And, thankfully, now that I have finally built my dream pool, the Stengel Family has no […]

Sweet Baby Hayes turned ONE!  So of course we had to celebrate!!  I have done many Happy Birthday Cake Smashes ~ but this was my first Donut Smash.  And I have to say, I loved it ~ and so did Hayes!  It was so fun to see his big eyes watching me set out that […]

This gorgeous Mama is an amazing newborn photographer and a precious friend. So when she had her fourth baby and asked me to help her get that “one” shot that she couldn’t do herself, I considered it an honor that she would ask. As photographer mamas it is tough to get on the other side […]