Fawn Photobomb! Tiny Deer Sneaks Into Family Photo Shoot ... and Sticks Around

Uninvited but totally adorable fawn gets in on family pics.

ByABC News
June 19, 2015, 4:33 PM
A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.
A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.
Amber Rogers/ Big Dreams Photography

— -- What started out as an ordinary photo shoot for Amber Rogers tuned into an all-out cute fest.

Besides the adorable family she was photographing -- with their four boys under 5 years old -- there was a ham of a fawn who got right into the action last weekend at Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill, Tennessee.

“It was totally unplanned,” the Big Dreams Photography owner said. “We had actually rescheduled this family’s shoot twice. I drove from Knoxville to Nashville and was setting up for the first shot when this little deer started running towards us.”

Rogers said that she thought it was a dog until it got close enough to see its spots.

“It ran right up to us and started sniffing us," Rogers said. "So I just started shooting the fawn playing with the family.”

PHOTO: A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.
A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.

Then, she said, she decided to see if the little fawn would pose for photos.

“I picked it up and put it in the family shot. She looked right at the camera,” Rogers said.

PHOTO:  A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.
A tiny fawn photobombed a family photo shoot in Nashville, Tennessee this week.

After a few minutes, she added, Rogers and the family sought out a park ranger to inquire about the deer.

“He said the fawn was just 1 day old and was already showing so many signs of humanization [that] they planned to send it to a deer reserve to keep it wild,” Rogers said.

The park ranger, Rogers added, suspected someone had fed the deer, though Rogers said she and the family did not.

Another park ranger told ABC News the fawn was a twin born in the park Friday and abandoned by its mother, and has since been sent to a preserve in Nashville. He added that fawns that young have bad eyesight and are drawn to movement.

“We received a bunch of calls on it,” said the ranger, Ryan Jenkins.

As for Rogers, the “tiniest deer” she ever saw has been great for business.

“My Facebook page is blowing up and I’ve already gotten a lot of bookings,” she said.

What a lucky photobomb.

ABC News' Michael S. James contributed to this report.