Natural Craft Photography

✨ Today is my due date! ✨ I’m so grateful that this pregnancy has been redemptive and healing in many ways. I’ve actually enjoyed it! Excited to meet my baby soon 🥰 Thank you to my dear friend BOONE PHOTOGRAPHER for these slice of life maternity pics 😍 I actually felt beautiful looking at these images ❤️

Cheers to not being pregnant again soon and welcoming my baby to the world and our family and community! 🎉

Happy Mother’s Day 💐 🎉 ICYMI, we are having a baby next month 🙃 this pregnancy has been so much better than the first spin. I actually feel like it’s a privilege to carry this child. Becoming a mom has been the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done. I love my unique, sweet boy. I feel like Clark and I have gotten so much time together that we are besties most days. Watching him grow and his personality blossom has been a gift ❤️

I don’t have a relationship with my own mother and learning to mother myself and inner child is the work of a lifetime. I’m grateful I get to be the mother I needed and wanted to these two sweet boys!

And a shoutout to my partner in life ! We complement each other everyday as partners and parents through thick and thin. I’m excited to step into parenting a second time with Jason 🥰

He also snapped these photos of me last Friday on my last session before maternity leave 📸 I’ll be back at it in August and booking for the fall all summer long so reach out 🙌

I’m a little blown away that I made it into the second round of Watauga Democrat’s Best of the Best 2026 🤩

Natural Craft Photography is nominated in the Service Providers category — and voting is open through 3/6!

You can vote daily (but even one vote means so much).

To vote:

• Follow this link: https://wataugademocrat.secondstreetapp.com/Best-in-Watauga-County-2026/
• Service Providers → Photographers
• Select "Ashley Kubota – Natural Craft Photography"
• Enter email + zip

Thank you for everyone who nominated me! I’m proud to serve locals and own a small business in Boone.✨

I was honored to be asked to participate in this styled shoot over the summer!

ISO - A model for a branding shoot on 9/17 in downtown Boone. $25/hr.

UPDATE ON STUDIO SESSIONS! Since the studio I've used for the last few years closed in March, I've shot several headshot sessions at and I wanted to share what a headshot session could look like for you :) Needing images with a clean white background? I can help with that! 🙌

When you think about getting married, most folks thing of big weddings with sit down dinners and a lively dance floor. However, I'm here to remind you that your wedding day can look however you want it to look. That's actually what it's all about -- celebrating you and your beloved's unique brand of love

It's family session season! In light of this, I've shared some tips on my blog about *how to prepare for a family photo session*. While I have a lot to say on this subject, I've kept it concise with 4 categories to consider -- what to wear, location & timing, weather, and how to prep the kids.

Shoutout to this sweet family I had the pleasure of working with in early-May. I'm so grateful for their flexibility since it showed rain that day! These three were photo pros and just a gem to photograph 🫶

Follow the link in my blog to read the full post 👆

Happy Father's Day to my main squeeze 🥰 He's the best dad to Clark and a supportive partner, which I'm so grateful for. Jason is more patient and tolerant of whining than I am. He does bath and bedtime *every* night. He sings to our son and considers his needs in all things. 🫶 Enjoy these snaps from the last few years 😘

Happy Father's Day to ALL the dads out there!

Shoutout to my girl, .voronina ! Irina is graduating from this month with a degree in Marketing and I'm so proud of her!

During our session, Irina shared that "I completed this degree with my son literally on my back." I believe it! As a mom of a young child, the idea of going back to school is daunting. However, women are powerful and when we set our mind to something, nothing can stop us. Congrats to this powerful woman!