

Every story is different. Whether you're celebrating your family, your senior, your fur babies, yourself,
or your professional life, there's a portrait experience designed with you in mind.
For families who want to slow down, reconnect, and see the love between them reflected back in a way that feels grounded, honest, and true.
Explore Family Experiences

For pet parents who see their fur babies as family and want to slow down, release perfection, and feel deeply reassured that the bond they share is real, meaningful, and enough.
Explore Pet Experiences


For seniors standing on the edge of what’s next, and for parents who want to honor who they are becoming without rushing or pressure. A space to slow down and reflect this season with care.
Explore Senior Experiences
For women who want to be seen with confidence and care, not performance. A calm, supportive space to soften, step into themselves, and feel quietly powerful.
Explore Strength and Style


For professionals who want to be seen as they truly are. Calm, studio portraits that reflect presence, ease, and authenticity.
Explore Simply You
I believe the people, relationships, and seasons of life that matter most deserve to be seen.
Your portraits don't have to prove anything. They simply need to reflect what is real—who you are, who you love, and the connections that make your life yours.
My approach is calm, guided, and personal. I don't ask you to perform or become someone you're not. Whether we're photographing your family, your senior, your relationship with your fur baby, your own strength and individuality, or the professional face you bring to the world, I'll help you feel comfortable and confident in front of the camera.
Together, we'll create artwork that feels like you and belongs in your home—images that don't just look beautiful, but remind you of what matters every time you see them.
Because the things you value most deserve to be seen.

1. Start With a Conversation
We begin with a relaxed conversation about you, your vision, and what you want your portraits to say about this season of your life.
2. Enjoy a Guided Experience
From planning to the session itself, I’ll guide you every step of the way. You don’t have to know how to pose or what to do—I’ll take care of that.
3. Create Your Artwork Together
Together, we’ll choose the images and artwork that best tell your story, from Wall Art Collections and Portrait Boxes to albums and heirloom pieces.
4. Enjoy Your Portraits Every Day
Your portraits become part of your home and your life—beautiful reminders of the people, relationships, and moments that matter most.

Misty Westebbe Photography specializes in Pets & Their People, Family Portraits, High School Senior Portraits, and Professional Headshots. Misty also creates special portrait projects and fundraising photography experiences throughout the year.
Misty Westebbe Photography specializes in Pets & Their People, Family Portraits, High School Senior Portraits, and Professional Headshots. Misty also creates special portrait projects and fundraising photography experiences throughout the year.
Misty Westebbe Photography is located at 3234 Boyd Mill Avenue in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside downtown Franklin. The studio is part of Misty's cozy home and studio property on 2.5 acres.
Misty creates a relaxed, personalized portrait experience designed around the people, pets, and story being photographed. She guides clients throughout the session so they do not have to know how to pose or feel comfortable in front of the camera before they arrive.
Misty offers both indoor studio portraits and outdoor portraits at her Franklin studio and 2.5-acre property. The setting depends on the portrait experience and what best fits the people, pets, and story being photographed. Pets & Their People, Family, and Senior sessions can be photographed indoors or outdoors. Headshots are primarily photographed in the studio, with outdoor options available when appropriate.
Misty combines a gentle, guided approach with more than 20 years of full-time photography experience. Sessions are designed around the individual rather than simply creating a set of standard poses, with an emphasis on personality, relationships, and finished portrait artwork.
Yes. Pets can be included in Family Portraits and are also the focus of the Pets & Their People experience. Misty works with pets of different ages, personalities, and comfort levels and takes time to create portraits that reflect who they are.
Sessions are guided from beginning to end. Misty helps with posing, positioning, interactions, and natural expressions while creating a variety of portraits. The exact session flow depends on the type of portrait experience.
After the session, you will view your portraits with Misty and choose the images and artwork you would like to have. Viewing can take place the same day or during a return appointment at the studio, depending on the portrait experience.
Misty specializes in finished portrait artwork including prints, Wall Art, Image Boxes, and Albums. Senior sessions include the option of Senior Albums. Collections begin at $800, and Wall Art begins at $620.
Portrait session fees vary by experience. Family, Pets & Their People, and High School Senior sessions are $690 on weekdays and $790 on weekends, with a $500 portrait credit toward your purchase. Headshot sessions are $390 on weekdays and include two digital images. Special projects and experiences may have their own participation fees.
Your session fee covers the portrait experience, including planning, the photography session, and a personalized viewing appointment where you choose the portraits you want to purchase. For Family, Pets & Their People, and Senior sessions, the $500 portrait credit can be applied toward your artwork purchase.
For Family, Pets & Their People, and Senior portraits, with your print and artwork orders, you receive the corresponding digital images—great for creating your own Christmas cards and sharing your portraits with family and friends. Headshots are a digital-image experience and include two digital images with the session fee.
Yes. Misty offers professional Headshot Experiences for individuals, entrepreneurs, professionals, performers, and others who need polished images for business and professional use. Headshots are primarily photographed in the studio.
Yes. Senior portrait sessions are designed to capture each senior's personality, style, interests, and confidence. Sessions can include studio and outdoor portraits, multiple outfits, meaningful locations or items, and a variety of finished artwork including Senior Albums.
Yes. Family sessions can include young children, grown children, parents, grandparents, multiple generations, and pets. The session is designed around the relationships and people who make your family yours.
That is completely okay. You do not need to know how to pose or feel naturally comfortable in front of a camera. Misty guides you throughout the session and creates opportunities for natural interaction as well as more traditional portraits.
Pets & Their People focuses on the relationship and personality of your pet. Family Portraits focus on the people and relationships that make your family yours. Senior Portraits focus on a high school senior's personality, style, interests, and confidence. Headshots focus on creating professional images for business and personal branding.
Start by choosing the portrait experience that best fits what you are looking for and contacting Misty. She can answer questions, help determine the right session, and guide you through the next steps.
We understand that illness and weather sometimes make rescheduling necessary, and we'll work with you when that happens. Because your session date is reserved specifically for you, we ask that you limit rescheduling whenever possible. Repeated rescheduling may require a new session fee to reserve another date.
Misty Westebbe Photography is an award-winning portrait studio in Franklin, Tennessee, set on a private 2.5-acre property and serving families, pets, high school seniors, and professionals throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee. For more than twenty years, we've specialized in creating relaxed, personal portrait experiences where you feel seen, have the space to be yourself, and come away believing you are worth remembering exactly as you are right now. Whether we're celebrating your family, capturing the personality of your fur baby, helping your senior show who they truly are, or creating headshots you're proud to share, the artwork we create together holds onto the faces, the fur babies, and the seasons of life you never want to forget, and it hangs on your walls where you'll see it every single day. Beyond the studio, our coffee table book projects give back to the community we love: Tails of Franklin and Tails of Music City benefit Friends of Williamson County Animal Center and Friends of MACC, and Honor Her celebrates women veterans while benefiting Hold Your Horses Wellness Farm.