Meg Ann Photography

Meg Ann Photography Lakeville, Minnesota family + newborn photography for the modern, carefree, and fun-loving family who cherishes real moments as memories.

June 2023 • Something in me shifted a few years ago.I don’t know the exact moment, but I remember the feeling. Like some...
05/01/2026

June 2023 • Something in me shifted a few years ago.
I don’t know the exact moment, but I remember the feeling. Like something inside of me finally clicked into place.
And then the thought came clearly:
I’m not living my life.
I’m giving it away for other people to consume.
For a long time, I leaned on social media in the moments of motherhood that felt too overwhelming to sit with. I called it connection. I called it creativity. Sometimes it was.

But sometimes, if I’m honest, it was escape.
Even while being “real” and “transparent,” I was still disappearing from the people who mattered most.
My husband. My children. My home. My actual life.
And then I looked at my kids and felt the weight of it.

They get one childhood.
One.

I don’t want to spend it half-present. I don’t want to keep reaching for a screen when life asks me to stay. I don’t want to confuse being seen online with being known by the people in my own home.

Maybe I’ll keep sharing here. Maybe I’ll come and go. Maybe my relationship with this space will always change as I do.

But I know this much:
I don’t care who I am on here if it costs me who I am there.

There is exactly one childhood my children get.
And I want to be present and accounted for, for it 🖤

If we've worked together over the years and you've enjoyed your experience, I would SO appreciate it if you would take 2...
03/13/2026

If we've worked together over the years and you've enjoyed your experience, I would SO appreciate it if you would take 2 minutes to leave me a Google review!

As a small business, word of mouth is everything, and your review helps other local families find me when they're searching for a photographer!

You can leave a review right here → g.page/r/CRznVVivbg0XEBM/review

And if you have a friend or family member who has been looking for a Newborn or Family photographer in the Lakeville or South Metro area, feel free to tag them below or share this post! 📸

Thank you so much, it truly means the world! ❤️

Parenthood has this quiet way of rearranging you.Not all at once.Not in some dramatic, movie-moment kind of way.It happe...
03/12/2026

Parenthood has this quiet way of rearranging you.

Not all at once.
Not in some dramatic, movie-moment kind of way.

It happens in little pieces.

One day you realize the house is louder than it used to be. There are tiny socks tucked into couch cushions, half-finished cups of milk on the counter, and a constant soundtrack of questions, laughter, and someone yelling “mom watch this!”

And somewhere along the way, without really meaning to, little pieces of you get set down while you build a life around them.

The hobbies.
The quiet.
The odd little things that once made you feel the most like yourself.

For a while it can feel like that’s just part of the deal — that raising tiny humans means becoming the person who packs lunches, signs permission slips, and reminds everyone to brush their teeth.

But something kind of sweet happens when you start picking some of those pieces back up again.

Singing loudly in the kitchen because a song you love comes on.
Starting a random project just because it sounds fun.
Reading a book in the middle of the afternoon or bringing home some strange Facebook Marketplace find you’re determined to refinish.

Kids notice those things.

They watch you laugh.
They watch you create.
They watch you be a little weird in the best possible way.

And I sometimes wonder if that’s part of how they learn that growing up doesn’t mean becoming smaller… or quieter… or less interesting.

These years of parenthood are incredibly precious, but they move faster than you expect. The little hands eventually let go. The bedtime stories fade out. The days that once felt long quietly turn into years that feel short.

So lately I’ve been thinking the goal probably isn’t to disappear inside these years.

Maybe it’s just to hold onto small fibers of yourself while you’re raising them.

To laugh loudly.
To try things.
To make messes.
To keep life a little playful and a little weird.

Because homes like that feel pretty magical to grow up in.

And honestly… parenting is a lot more fun that way too.



03/10/2026

Be honest….how many times have you reheated your coffee today?

Only 3 so far for me! It’s a good day.

Motherhood didn’t just change me — it erased the version of me I thought I’d always be.So I started talking to her again...
03/10/2026

Motherhood didn’t just change me — it erased the version of me I thought I’d always be.

So I started talking to her again.
Calling her by name.

I stopped tormenting her for the things she wasn’t… and started reminding her of the things she always was.

I told her it was okay to sing when she loved a song.

Okay to laugh when something was actually funny. Okay to take up space again.

And slowly, almost quietly, she started to come back.

She started buying beat‑up furniture off Facebook Marketplace just to see what she could turn it into.

She started reading for fun again.
Writing again.
Remembering how much she loved both.

The truth is, most of us lose pieces of ourselves at some point. And motherhood… motherhood is an earthquake. It shifts everything you thought you knew about who you were.

I always understood that mothers give up pieces of themselves for the people they love.

I just wasn’t ready for how much of me it would take. For the better part of five years, I tried to find my way back to the version of me I remembered.

But somewhere in the in‑between,
in the gray spaces of time,
in the quiet moments of trying to figure it out…

I realized something.
I’m not getting her back.
Because the woman I found along the way…
is someone new.

And lately,
I’m starting to really dig her.

Nothing sweeter than a sister as a built in best friend ✨
03/08/2026

Nothing sweeter than a sister as a built in best friend ✨

A laugh a day keeps the Sunday scaries away 💃🏼✨
03/01/2026

A laugh a day keeps the Sunday scaries away 💃🏼✨

02/28/2026

If your edits still feel flat after adjusting exposure and contrast… this is why.
The tone curve is where dimension actually happens.
Most people use the contrast slider and call it done. But contrast pushes everything evenly. The tone curve lets you control shadows and highlights independently — which means more depth, more polish, and better-looking skin tones.





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