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When you’ve been a newborn photographer as long as I have, you see all ages and types of big siblings. Some need no encouragement to engage with their new family member – they’ve been waiting months to have this living doll (to them). For others, this has been an enormous shift in their life and…

During today’s session, I knew this gal’s mama would be happy with my work since she met with me for our consultation while she was still expecting. For her dad, I was a brand new face as we met on session day. I also knew, though, that he was also happy with my work once…

We start today’s session with quite possibly the most stunning big brother I’ve ever had in a newborn studio portrait session. This session was one of a handful I’ve done in my new studio space. What a joy it is to have clients in this beautiful, brand new, purpose-built space. It was designed with client…

Baby girl R. came to my studio in an unusual way, and a way that delights me. Her grandma called wanting to capture this special time for their whole family. I love it when grandparents want to be in the photos. I have so few pictures of myself as a kid with my grandparents and…

This sweet, sleepy newborn baby boy came in and absolutely rocked his session. It didn’t matter what we asked of him, little J. basically said “cool”. He gave us the best newborn smiles – was it gas? Maybe! But that gas gave his parents a beautiful memory of his tiny newborn-ness. Speaking of his parents,…

Since twins are so rare in general, naturally it is also rare for me to book one in the studio. Today’s babies were special, of course, for that reason but also they are my neighbors! With any luck, they’ll be going to school with my older boys some day. Every time I take newborn twin…