The Red Flare Photography by Linaia Le Doux

01/26/2022

10/08/2021

Self portrait of Postpartum Depression

08/27/2020

"Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful, it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it's breathtakingly beautiful." ~L.R. Knost

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Thank you to my incredible would-be sister-in-law for letting me capture these precious photos of your journey with baby K. I love you!

04/07/2020

When you get down close, a seemingly ordinary little back yard can can be transformed into a magical place
..if you look for it. 😊

These were taken just an hour before I had to bust out my lawn mower this evening. You'll be remembered in all of your glory pretty spring foliage! ❤

07/09/2019

Creative cell phone editing can sometimes have such gorgeous, striking results! 😍

Love the "s*x kitten, rock concert" feel of the finished product!

06/11/2019

Announcement!

I am taking a formal hiatus from photography until further notice. Business has been, well...not business. 😅 With so much other talent in the area, I am not surprised.

This hiatus will give me an opportunity as a single mother to pursue an education in a career that will eventually lead me back to photography. I'll post my personal work here from time to time.

I cannot thank my clients who supported me up until this point enough! You are the foundation upon which I will continue building when my setup and the timing aligns.

Much love and success to you all!
~Linaia

03/02/2019

It's a great time to offer a reminder so you don't have to miss out on capturing your birth story!

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01/13/2019

A few random shots I took last year. There can be beauty and art found in anything!

01/13/2019

This funeral at the National Cemetery in Fort Smith was shot back in late October. Thank you for your service, Sir. It was my honor to be present with this family.

01/13/2019

This was taken coming into the Christmas season for one of my best friends in the whole world. Her kids are a riot, and often times, impossible to get smiling in one photo! Here is an example of how I pieced together 3 shots of these 4 kids sitting on their front stoop. Yes, you read that correctly, this is 3 different shots! 🤩

Henry (far right) was determined to NOT smile for any picture whatsoever, and was hell bent on making the most unflattering faces humanly possible for as long as his face could hold it. 🤪 How I managed to get that shy smile from him in a shot is chalked up to being pure luck. 😅

Also, Miss Penelope added her own special flare to the shot with her shoes on the wrong feet. 🤣

Kids being kids is seriously the best!

01/01/2019

Thank you 2018!! I can't wait to see all of the amazing photos to come in 2019!

12/28/2018

This is one I never shared publicly. It's a self portrait during an especially difficult time of my life.

It was roughly 1 year ago. My husband and I were separating because of the constant fighting. We had just bought our first home. His brother whom we had been caregivers for had moved into a nursing home where he could finally get the care he needed for the end of his young life. Our very young son finally had his own room, a yard, a place that would forever be familiar. We live 1700 miles from our nearest relatives and life became too hard, too lonely, too heavy. I spent many days like this in the bright light of our living room, listening to the same movies on the tv, repeating the same sentences again and again to our toddler, socializing with other humans only through my handheld device, and being tethered to the couch by my breasts under our nursling.

Life looks different now. I no longer have the same view - now it is from the not-so-brightly-lit windows of our apartment. We officially divorced late this year. We embraced in our grief, our sorrow and our love outside of the courthouse after the judge gave her approval. It was a painful and bittersweet morning. Our son spends time between both homes - he gets to have 2 now! The tears still flow freely some days. Drop off is still bittersweet as we exchange pleasantries and give report of meals, diapers, and demeanor, still with so much love, so much pain, but with 2 missions to be healthy and happy for our child powering us through each day.

The holidays hurt. What most spend as a single unit is now divided as lovingly and fairly as we can so this little person doesn't feel like a rope being forever tugged in 2 directions. We woke up as a family of 3 on Christmas morning, all under 1 roof. We shared the smiles in real time rather than in video or in recollection. Having each other eased some of the pain from losing loved ones this year - his brother and my grandfather.

Looking back on this photo, I can still feel the pain, the sobs, the anguish and the uncertainty of the choices before me that would decide our future. Today, I see the sunlight I couldn't see then.