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Before I was a newborn photographer I was a mom, overwhelmed and new to babies since my babysitting days ended. If you had told me after I had my first son that the exhausting newborn days would be gone in what feels like a blink, I’d look at you like you were nuts. My son…

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…

Welcoming twins into the world must feel like a singular experience filled with all the usual excitement with an increased touch of chaos. While most of my newborn clients are singletons, every once in a while I get the fun of twins. Of course twin mamas want to make sure their newborn photographer has experience…

It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have this job. Nothing reminds me of this more than when I shoot families as they add new babies. Today’s family is no different. I photographed big sister’s cake smash, middle sister’s newborn session and now their littlest sister as a newborn in her…

Today’s little guy was scheduled before the pandemic, and I was all excited for his early May due date. Well, 2020 had other plans and I wasn’t able to bring him into the studio in the ideal 9-18 day window. The studio was closed from mid-March to mid-June. When I posted that I was be…

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,…