behind the scenes - Stephanie DeFranco Photography

JULY 19 - 2017

When I work with dancers, I always look like a total fool telling them what I want in the photo. I usually end up cracking my hip, or in this shoot, ...

JANUARY 8 - 2017

Snow Ballerina + BTS Video

Elegance is not about being noticed. It's about being remembered. P.S. I look ridiculous in this video because I was trying to keep Court's ...

JUNE 3 - 2016

Los Angeles 2016

Several weeks ago, Dallas and and I decided that we needed to get away for a couple of days. After weeks of stress it was a good time to get out of ...

APRIL 29 - 2016

10 Things Theatre Taught Me

1. Being a band nerd myself, I thought after I left college I was done with the performing arts. Boy was I wrong! Although I'm not performing like I ...

JANUARY 13 - 2016

2015 a year in review

It seems like my end of the year reviews are always super late into January so why change it this year? You can read 2013 & 2014 in case you ...

AUGUST 7 - 2015

how i got that shot

One of the reasons I follow so many photo blogs is to watch the behind the scenes process of how a shoot and post processing is done. I read an ...

MAY 28 - 2015

Laura + Shane + Baby

This is one of the sweetest couples I've ever had the pleasure of working with. The way Shane looked at Laura while I was working with her was the ...

FEBRUARY 22 - 2015

austyn's mentor session

oh me geeeee guys!!! I had my first mentoring session this week and it was a success. Austyn was amazing! She had so many questions! Seeing someone ...

FEBRUARY 11 - 2015

encouraging vs discouraging

in light of recent events, i feel like writing about how encouragement is necessary.for the artists that are just starting out, I was in your shoes ...

FEBRUARY 5 - 2015

flour photoshoot

i've always wanted to throw flour at someone and this shoot my brother just happened to be around.little did we know... he would have a reaction to ...

JANUARY 25 - 2015

Mentoring Program

Hey ya'll!!One of my goals this new year is to start one-on-one mentoring sessions here in Roswell.I have spent many hours and many dollars to travel ...

JANUARY 22 - 2015

New York City: Day 4

If you missed Day 1 in NYC or Day 2 & 3 in NYC, make sure to check that out!Day 4 started off a little hectic trying to figure out where we ...

OCTOBER 22 - 2014

halloween makeup pt. 1 and 2

dallas is an artist. i am an artist.when two artists work together.epic happens.we had this crazy idea to have dallas do some off the wall makeup and ...

MARCH 7 - 2014

BTS: Ice Princess and 1st Birthday

I can't believe it's been 2 months since the last time I've blogged. I haven't really had much to share on here recently since shoots are rather calm ...

DECEMBER 21 - 2013

Ashley Maternity

Several months ago, Ashley messaged me on Facebook about wanting to do an unusual photoshoot of her baby bump. Not gonna lie, I was totally nervous ...