HEY, MY NAME IS MISTY PHILLIPS

WEDDING, EVENTS, & LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHER

It’s funny how it all started—I got a free digital camera with a Dell computer purchase in 2004. I thought it was the fanciest thing ever and was immediately drawn to the idea that art could be created and stories could be shared with just an image. I wanted to do that. My entire family is artistic—my dad is a musician, my mom is incredibly creative—but I can’t sing a lick or decorate a bathroom to save my life. The camera became my tool, my self-expression. Friends gave me plenty of practice behind the len

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Generations: A Journey in Film


Step back in time with my very own vintage family photo gallery, a visual tapestry-- some created by my great-great-grandfather in his dark room and some shared through ancestry databases. Each photo is a cherished relic, all that remains from bygone eras, preserving moments, faces, and stories of generations past. From my moonshinin' maternal great-great-grandma to my paternal grandma as a little girl on her family's front porch. What will the world look like when another lifetime goes by. How will we be remembered? Long after our memories are forgotten, the images remain.



A vintage sepia photograph of an old log cabin saloon storefront with a sign reading 'Arkansaw Travelers Saloon'.
A black and white family photograph from the 1950s showing children gathered together in casual indoor setting.
A vintage portrait photograph showing a person with curly hair smiling against a soft focus background.
A vintage black and white photograph of someone playing an acoustic guitar outdoors while wearing a cap.
A vintage black and white photograph showing children sitting on a couch holding cats.
Two vintage black and white childhood photographs showing young children in casual poses.

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A black and white concert photo of a bearded musician playing acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone.
Kentucky singer songwriter
A performing musician with a beard playing acoustic guitar on stage in dramatic lighting.
A rustic outdoor portrait of a couple in western wear posing against a pastoral fence backdrop.
A collection of rustic outdoor family portraits and a woman in a black hat petting a white horse near a red barn.

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