The blog

I’m finally catching up on blogging my 2020 sessions! I have a wall of bookings from September through mid-December so while that is a good reminder to ensure you are thinking about your 2021 sessions early, it is also to say that I barely have time to blog. Late last fall I started to provide…

Baby Valentina came in as part of a February model call, in which I was experiencing a bit of a newborn photographer’s dream scenario: a baby boom. I had so many January and February babies and was in heaven. It’s keeping me going in my downtime while I wait for the recommendation to open again…

A pre-pandemic cake smash for you today. This family came to me with great timing – back in November of 2019 (yes, I’m pretty behind with blogging!) for their son’s cake smash. It aligned well with holiday card season, so we snuck in holiday portraits, family portraits, toddler portraits and a cake smash in one…

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…

This mama did the literal legwork and found our session location herself, luckily right near her home. She has friendly neighbors who allowed us to climb (yes she’s 34 weeks pregnant here, walking up a hill), to the top of a hill on their farm’s property, As a result we got some incredible sunset views…

For C.’s first birthday portraits, his mom was all about the simple, pure white backdrop. I love that look – it ensures the baby is the focal point of the session, and any cake colors or additional props pop nicely in the photo. Little C. was pretty chill for a one year old, I know…