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RENEE STENGEL Photography | Charlotte Portrait and Underwater Photographer | Underwater Family and Underwater Baby in Pink

Mom reached out to me to say that her baby girl was about to turn one and her big boy about to turn four ~ and she wanted to celebrate with an Underwater Mommy and Me session! How fun is that?!? We are big on experiences over stuff for birthdays in our house, so I […]

Celebrating Baby Girl’s First Time Underwater

Little Ones

RENEE STENGEL Photography | Charlotte Portrait and Underwater Photographer | Cool Boy Underwater with Bubbles

Lone Star State… We had some Texas size fun didn’t we!?!  In June the boys and I made a trip out to California to visit family.  We have some dear friends who have recently moved to Dallas, Texas.  Shooting a session in their new pool was a fantastic excuse to stop over and visit the […]

We Made a Texas Sized Splash!

Underwater

Charlotte Family Photographer First Birthday Donut Smash

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 […]

Happy First Birthday Baby Hayes ~ My First Donut Smash!

Charlotte Family Photographer

Renee Stengel Photography Carolina Family Beach Photographer

Next week is our first week of Summer. How are you feeling about it? Me? I could not be happier!! It will be my first summer as a working mom in a while, but we have an amazing nanny in place, a couple camps scheduled, some visits with family in California and Texas and our […]

Beach Livin…

Charlotte Family Photographer

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