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Sunrise Beach Yoga in crumbling old building beaten down by crashing sea waves outside Havana Cuba RENEE STENGEL Photography | Charlotte Underwater and International Travel Photographer |

A dream come true I have dreamed of visiting Cuba for over twenty years, since long before it was legal for me to do so as an American Citizen!  So when my friend Beth of the Women’s Room in Vermont mentioned she was looking for a photographer to travel to Cuba with her and do […]

Sunrise Beach Yoga in Havana Cuba

Travel

RENEE STENGEL Photography | Charlotte Portrait and Underwater Photographer | Underwater Maternity in Red Flowy Gown

Some women fear the fire. Some women simply become it. ~ RH Sin I can’t thank sweet Adrienne enough for working with my creative vision on this project. At 38 weeks pregnant she was simply glowing. Her beautiful baby girl was born just two short weeks after our time together ~ and I can’t wait […]

She didn’t fear the fire, She became it…

Maternity

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

Who wants to play in the water with me?? I have five days of open availability here in Charlotte – July 22-26 – so here is your chance to get in on the fun!  I have been having so much fun in the water this summer, I decided to open a few days dedicated to […]

Who Wants To Play?

Underwater

Charlotte Family Photographer Lemon Tree Milestone

Sweet Baby Abby! Oh what a happy little 15 month old. I adored getting to do her 15 month milestone session while I was in California last month!! We had planned a sunrise farm session around her Great Grandmother’s Vineyard. But after a little delay with some lost keys, the sun was pretty bright by […]

Baby Abby and Her Lemon Tree

Travel

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