I’ve been photographing kids and families for over 10 years now! In 2011, I purchased my first professional camera and practiced my heart out by photographing the little 1 year old girl that I nannied as she played. Their family grew by 4 more children over the next 6 years and I documented their chaos every step of the way! This experience helped me to truly fall in love with family photography and helped me solidify my punchy, vibrant style.

During this past decade, I also married my amazing bomb squad husband, Micah, and throughout our relationship, the military life has had us living in California, Florida, and Kansas before happily settling back in our hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. We popped out 3 kids in under 5 years and are completely exhausted and obsessed with being parents! As a relatively new mother, I am so grateful for my years of photography experience to be able to document the lives of my own children now. They will never know what to do with all the photos I have of them.

A little more about this lady behind the lens:

Hey there - I’m Monica!

I love meeting new people and learning all about you at our photo shoot - I often leave feeling like I have a bunch of new friends and hope you feel the same!

I got my first camera in 3rd grade. It was purple and I loved it! I got to bring it to school one day and took it outside at recess and organized all my friends to stand in various poses and get their photos taken. I should have known then that this was my only path in life!

My favorite place in the world is ITALY! I can’t wait to get back again to fill my belly with fresh pizza, buffalo mozzarella, and all the wine!

Pre-kids, I traveled a LOT. I now have a harder time getting away (especially since COVID) but we hope to turn our kids into good little travelers once they’re a older.

I got my bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Nebraska. Go Huskers!

My husband diffuses bombs for a living, so I always joke that I’m a pretty bomb wife - HA!

fast facts about me:

Hannah K.

"My biggest issue with Monica Bee Photography....she takes so many fantastic photos I have a hard time choosing my favorites!! Monica is easy to work with, flexible with scheduling. She does an amazing job of capturing YOU in just a photo! Her photos are so personal. She is great about listening to YOUR ideas and suggestions for everything… location, photo ideas, positioning. This is my biggest compliment. Her photos are SO personal. I’ve never had another photographer capture such personal photos. She is always my first choice!"

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Alisha S.

“Monica has been our family "historian" for over 9 years. We have so many shared family memories thanks to the photos she has taken. She is a great photographer, but her ability to swiftly capture a family's joy in the midst of a stressful 30-minute photoshoot is her true gift. She has an artist's eye and a therapist's patience. I would recommend Monica Bee a hundred times over.”

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KIM V.

"Monica is wonderful to work with! She is great with kids and truly captured their personalities. She has a great eye for lighting which is apparent in her final product! We love her photos and will be using her again!"

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let's make some photo magic!