lover of simple moments, meaningful conversation and squeeze hugging the jelly out of my kiddos
I am wife to a wonderful man and father, and mom to 3 incredible children. I must have completely lost my mind because I am also a fur mom to 3, very needy and very large dogs... I don't know... I'll let you make that call!
Family life is so much more beautiful and fulfilling than I ever thought possible and it's both heartbreaking and exciting how quickly life seems to go by. I live to document the slow (and chaotic) moments of my motherhood and our children's childhood. The big moments in life are wonderful, don't get me wrong. But it's those mundane, every day moments that I hope my children look back on and find the magic in, just like I do.
We all know that once that camera gets broken out, our kids can go astray. And we all know the more we push them to do what we want, the worse that it can get. So I'm here to tell you, it's no big deal! We've got you! They're feeling silly, cranky, tired, hungry, shy or have the zoomies? Great! We'll meet them where they're at. We'll join the silly, we'll snuggle (you... not us... let's not make this weird!), have a snack (or 6) or play games.
Our goal is to always capture your family and this time in your lives as authentically as we possibly can. This is not a time where we are going to force them to sit still and smile at the camera- No child behaves this way at home (or anywhere for that matter)! Instead, we are going to encourage them to be themselves (which ever personality it is that shows up that day) and we are going to embrace all that comes our way- All the while looking gorgeous, staying patient, and with an enormous smile on our faces! Oh! And we're going to snag some beautiful pictures along the way!
We expect your children to be children!
We will find the perfect balance between posing your family and giving you the space you need to be yourselves so we are able to capture those true and authentic moments that, when pieced together, tell the story of your life as it is, right now. Rest assured that we will never leave you hanging and we will always give more direction when it is needed.
A very important part of this process is allowing your children to be children. We actually count on all of their glorious energy and their ability to be unapologetically themselves to capture all of those beautiful images you see posted on my social. Unless there is a safety issue, we will encourage them to be theirselves and allow them and their mood to lead the flow of our session.
We will start with everyone looking at the camera and smiling. After that, we don't want you to look at the camera again- Don't worry, we will remind you! But please, from the bottom of our hearts- Please do not coach your children to focus on the camera! We truly want them to just play and have fun!
If you have something that you love doing together as a family (for example cooking or playing board games) we would love to incorporate that into your session.