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Megan in the garden with statement earrings, part 2

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black and white dress with statement earrings in a botanical garden with large monstera plant

I mentioned in my last post that I’ve got some images in the garden that I’m really excited to share and here they are! (Ok, I’ve got a lot more than this! But I didn’t want to wait anymore to share these!) When I knew I was going to take pictures on my trip to Nashville, I knew I had to wear my favorite black and white dress! And I’m so glad I did! The patterns on the dress combined with these massive monstera leaves are just perfect! And of course, I couldn’t resist pairing it with some earrings from my Chroma collection!

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Megan in the garden with statement earrings, part 1

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portraits with plants with statement earrings and chunky silver chain necklace

Back in March, I went to Nashville to visit my cousin Trista and took a bunch of photos of her modeling my jewelry in the gorgeous gardens of the Opryland Hotel. (I took a few of myself as well!) Well, this past week I was back in Nashville for Trista’s wedding. Since Trista was a little busy, I decided to take myself to the gardens to get some pics of my new Chroma Collection earrings. (With a little assist from my husband, who acted as my human tripod!) That means I’ve got A LOT of pics to share over the next week or so!

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portraits with a palm tree

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portrait with palm tree and chain link necklace with sweatshirt

Since I had so much fun creating portraits with plants on my trip to Nashville last month, I’ve been thinking more about how I can recreate that at home. (Since I’m all about bringing the spirit of travel home.) And while I take lots of portraits with plants in my studio, I realized that if I really wanted to recreate that lush, botanical garden look, I needed more big plants.

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Trista in the garden, part 8

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Trista with monstera leaves and bronze statement jewelry

We’ve made it to (what I think is) the last post in the Trista in the garden series. (Unless I end up going back through and editing more photos, but I feel like I’ve really shared the best ones at this point.) When It comes to taking photos, I almost always shoot vertically. There are a few reasons for this. One is that people are vertical. Two is that vertical images tend to perform better on social media, especially Pinterest. And the third is that, when I’m photographing myself, it’s too much of a pain to keep switching the tripod.

But there are some places online where it’s nice to have a horizontal image. So when I was taking pictures of Trista, I did remember to occasionally rotate my camera. And the results were some of my favorite images of the shoot, especially this first one!

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when your jewelry matches the plants

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neon and mint green jewelry matching a variegated pothos

As we were leaving the Opryland Hotel, I spotted these gorgeous leaves and knew I needed to take one more round of pictures. I originally put Trista in this spot (you can see that picture in my previous post) but she pointed out how well my necklace matched the colors in the leaves, so, of course, I had to jump in. (In the case of the last photo, quite literally, as I practically climbed into the tree!)

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Trista in the garden, part 6

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Trista in garden with blue dress and trivolo statement necklace

If I’m being honest, this first picture might be my favorite from the entire photoshoot, and it happened by accident. I loved the background and wanted to take some pictures of myself there (which I’ll share in another post), so I asked Trista to stand in quickly so I could check my camera settings. The result of that quick test was this image!

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