Hi friends,

My name is Kayla McKenzie. I'm a wife to a wonderful man named Patrick. We've been together for almost 7 years and have the most perfect baby boy in the world, named Wilder. We also share our home with 2 beautiful fur babies, named Zeus and Dixie.

I was born and raised in a small town in Mississippi and moved to the Denham Springs area at the beginning of 2020. My life has been blessing after blessing after blessing. And I will never be able to thank God for all he's done for me and my little family.

I've always loved to take photos. But it took me a long time to understand not everything has to be perfectly posed. In March 2021, days before our first wedding anniversary, and 7 months pregnant, I lost my absolute best friend, my father, to Covid. My world turned upside down and I had never known loss like what I felt. Daddies aren't supposed to break their daughters' hearts. I fully believe God has a reason for every single thing we go through in life, although we might not understand it until we're reunited with our loved ones in a greater place...

Through the tears, as I began looking through every single photo I could lay my hands on or scroll through, I saw the ones I loved most were those caught candid.

Above is one of my favorite candid photos of me and my father, captured by the amazing Sarah Miller Photography A moment before I walked down the aisle, he requested a selfie with his "little princess".

The biggest advice I can give to anyone is to take the picture. Although it might not be perfect, capture the moment.

Make the memory.

Welcome to Candid Wild Photography.