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Sharing our passion with the world. Our love of photography is endless. Please enjoy the pictures we post and the sentiment behind them. Many blessings, Scott and Valorie Walz

Gift of Life | Scott Walz Family Photography | Louisville Ky

We want you to meet Brooklyn. This fiesty and prescious beautiful girl had a kidney transplant in July of 2022 at only two years of age, but you would never know it seeing her today. Brooklyn developed Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome which according to Johns Hopkins is "an herited disorder characterized by protein in the urine and swelling of the body which develops shorlty after birth. The disorder commonly results in infection, malnutrition and kidney failure." In short, her kidneys are unable to keep protein in her body which her body needs to function, grow, become strong and ward off infections.

Scott and I were honored to be invited to photograph the marking of the one year anniversary Brooklyn's transplant. More importantly, to honor the young lady who lost her life and her family members that had to make the most difficult decision during a tragic time to give the gift of life by donating her organs. Brooklyns' parents, Marlee and Jared, chose to release a dozen butterflies in honor of the donor while surrounded by family.

Brooklyn is now thriving with her new kidney so much that she grew two inches in the month of July and has started preschool. She has an amazing vocabulary and is always on the move. Her bright personality brings a smile to everyone's face.

Butterflies have become a symbol of hope, transformation and rememberance for many in the organ donor and recipient community. Now that you can see what the gift of life through organ donation can do please consider becoming an organ donor yourself. Scott and I have registered to be organ donors and we encourage you to join the movement by going to donatelifeky and registering today. Time to spread your wings and fly.

We are Open! | Studio Walz Photography | Lexington Ky

We opened our studio doors to the public on May 12 and haven’t looked back. We had a wonderful week of meeting new customers and catching up with those we have worked with for many years. Just the social aspect of seeing people outside of Kroger’s and Lowe’s, it was awesome!

I want to highlight in this blog the importance of family portraits, not just to mark time but to preserve and cherish the love we have for our families. When Scott photographs a family, whether it’s a three generational family for Father’s Day, an extended family or immediate family, he always captures Love. It’s amazing and I personally love seeing the photos. His portraits are thought provoking and makes you admire the closeness and connectivity that families have.

Here is a sample from long-time clients that shared their day with Scott to photograph their family. They took this opportunity to not only photograph their extended family but each family together creating lifelong memories.

The Turner Kids! | family photographer lexington ky | studio walz, inc.

Having pictures taken is never something you regret and it’s only the ones you don’t take. That is a common sentiment here at studio. Capture your memories now and don’t wait another day!

We are very proud to say we have been photographing these awesome kids since they were babies! The joy we have watching them grow up is hard to explain. We just love them!

These pictures became extra special because their most beautiful grandmother took the opportunity to jump into the pictures too. Completely impromptu! As I said before you only regret the photos you don’t take and she seized the opportunity and these photographs will always be cherished.

The Goepper Family! | family photography wilmore ky| photographer wilmore ky

It’s truly looking like spring outside and I’m already thinking about puttering in my yard but first I would like to share with you a sitting Scott photographed last year of one of our favorite familys. They are not only special clients but they have become “very” special friends of ours. You know the people you admire from afar because they actually are good people. Well here they are, always giving of themselves to their family, friends and their community. We are honored that they continue to ask us to photograph their important events in their lives.

The Goepper's are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary and I can't imagine a better way than with a family portrait. How amazing and congratulations!

Cuties!| family photographer lexington ky| scott walz

We have had the opportunity to photograph these cuties since they were born so I won’t be surprised that you most likely have seen them before on our website. I decided to blog about family sittings today on a day that it’s raining once again here in Lexington Ky. One of the many reasons to use Studio Walz as your professional photographer is that we have a state of the art full service studio.

Rain, shine or snow we can photograph your children, family, senior, headshot or your commercial shoot. Here is a link for a quick studio tour.

Fiscus Family | family photographer lexington ky

Autumn brings so many memories that come flooding back to me especially as a child. I grew up in the Southwest Virginia surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains. My siblings and I would spend afternoons raking together huge mounds of leaves to play in and I can’t help but smile when I see the Fiscus family photographs. They are surrounded by the beautiful fall leaves with Kentucky at it’s best. Valorie

King Kids | family photographer lexington ky | photographer Scott Walz

Something that Scott and I love is watching children grow up as a part of our Studio Walz family. Every year when this family has their family photo taken we are always amazed with how much they have changed. Even more so, we like catching up with them with what’s happening at school and their extra-curricular activities.

If you have ever been to our website before then you have seen their family portraits over the years. Sometimes their photos are taken here at the studio and other times at different locations around Lexington. No matter where their portraits are taken they turn out wonderful.

This time they wanted the look of horse country and you’ll see that’s exactly what they received. We love our city and are proud to live in the horse capital of the world.

Thank you to the King family for being a part of our Studio Walz family.

Francis Family | family portraits lexington ky

The Francis family loved the pictures we had taken of their daughter at her school so they decided to try us out. Since we only do a few school projects, I don't consider us as school photographers. I always tell clients when they say "we have never had school pictures this nice before" it's because we maintain our same quality at a school as we do in our studio. We have a high standard that always must be met. These little darlings were wonderful to photograph. They truly had a blast. We love children that love to play because Scott loves to play with them. He has as much fun as they do.

Vance Maternity Photos | Proctorville Oh

This wonderful family travels from Ohio to have their family photos taken by Studio Walz. Now they are expecting their newest addition and as you will see "It's a Boy".

See more of the Vance family photos by going to our website www.studiowalz.com

Ogle Family | family pictures georgetown ky

I want to show you a few pictures taken before Christmas of the Ogle family. This wonderful family has been a part of our "studio family" for many years. We always consider ourselves extremely blessed to have the best clients!

The Ogle family has a standing appointment with us on the same day of every year. Having pictures take for Christmas gifts and Christmas cards are their high priority. It's always a lot of fun watching the creative process with this crew. We love catching with up the kids and hearing all about what's happening at school. You know, who's playing what sport this year and of course, "how are your grades?".

Ashton is a first year student at Transylvania University. Following in her mother's foot-steps, she is pre-med and doing fantastic! She is quite an amazing you young woman and we are very proud of her accomplishments.

Trey is rising star on the Scott County High School basketball team. Great looking guy that we look forward to seeing every year.

This gal is a cutie and many of you have seen her picture grace our "wall of honor". When she was about eight months old and her very first visit to Studio Walz, Scott got the cutest picture of her and we still have up a gorgeous black and white portrait of her.

See more family pictures by visiting our website studiowalz.com