I recently had a mama question why studio sessions are so long (2-3 hours). She was concerned that it was just too much. While I understand the timeframe can seem daunting, it is so much easier to allow us all to take a breath, release it and relax into what baby will allow. Not to mention, I do provide a charcuterie board to snack on and drinks, plus access to a full bathroom. So, you literally only need to bring what you need for baby to the session.

That moment when you look at your little baby and realize they have changed so much in a short period of time and you wish you had gotten newborn photos of them…it was an expense that you just couldn’t justify in the moment but now you have major regrets. Yeah, that did not happen with little Everett!

A smash cake session is a special photography session to help celebrate baby turning O-N-E. These sessions are meant for the family of baby only as a way to capture their baby in a non-chaotic setting. It allows parents to relax and participate with baby in the celebration versus when they have the official party and have to attend to all of the details, guests, and baby’s needs.

Most days, I love having family sessions outdoors when weather permits. This allows the kids to be kids. Run and play and yell and laugh, and even allows for a tantrum or two with minimal options to hurt oneself or equipment. I also love nature…the colors, the leaves, the grass, the animals and more. I love it all!

I have to be honest with you. I cannot help but be thankful and grateful for clients who return to me for pictures time and again. It just reinforces for me that I have done something right…that I have achieved for that person/family what I set out to achieve, letting them know just how much they are loved and cherished and beautiful, both inside and out.

One of the things folks who are close to me know is that we struggled with getting pregnant. In fact, we never had a successful pregnancy. Going through infertility treatments, IUI, IVF…all of the meds, the mental struggle, and the heartbreak really took its toll on me and my husband. We finally decided to foster and boy did our lives change overnight! Our first placement, a boy and a girl, became our loves and we ended up adopting them. Our life has truly been enriched and made better because of these two humans!