Clay became a big brother this past month! I actually blogged Clay’s newborn session just two summers ago! I feel so fortunate to capture these moments for families, while also being reminded myself of how quickly time passes. I swear I was just at their sweet home cooing at Clay! And now he’s the big brother to Colden! Clay still has those incredibly cute dimples, and his little brother is such a love. Colden was super mellow and easy, although not at all sleepy! We captured lots of fun expression on both boys, and I can’t wait to see them again to watch them change & grow.

Here are some favorites from the session – or view their slideshow here.


Sheri & Chuck, thank you so much for inviting me back to capture this special time in your family!

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I was so excited to see Liam again this summer!  I photographed his mama for a maternity session, then his newborn session shortly after.  I so love seeing little guys grow and change, and goodness, Liam has got some personality!  Just check out his hilarious interaction with his favorite monkey friend below!

Can’t you just hear the conversation they are having?

“Hi Monkey!  Wow – I didn’t know you were here.  So good to see you dude!”

“Hey Mom!  Look!  It’s Monkey!”

“Mmmm.  So good to see you man, don’t mind me, I’m just being developmentally appropriate, and I have to eat everything I see.  No offense right?  Thanks dude.”

Okay, I’m done with my “Look Who’s Talking” impression!   I’ll let the pictures of Liam and his two gorgeous cousins, Katie & William speak for themselves.  Here are a few more faves, or for many more fun images from the session, take a peek at their slideshow!  Seriously, there are too many cute ones to share, you gotta take a peek!

Thanks so much Kelley & family for inviting me to capture your family!

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When Sarah called me to set up her session, I was so excited to hear her say that she wasn’t interested in any posed portraits.  In general, I approach my shoots with a focus on capturing families in a natural, storytelling way – which means undirected and unposed.  That said, I often find that parents want a camera-aware picture of their whole family as well.  And I get that – I’m a parent too!  I always say, here’s one for grandma and grandpa (or the holiday card, etc!).  So if that is part of the request list, we strategize about ways to capture the “posed” shot in a way that is hopefully fun and painless!  But Sarah knows her children well, and she understood that to truly capture them, no posing was required.

Here are some faves from their session:

And I love these two shots of the couples behind the cutiepies above…  Sarah & Paul and Betty & Harold.  So much love.  Good stuff.

To see more of their images, you can view their slideshow here.

Sarah & Paul, thank you so much for inviting me to capture your beautiful family!

I am so lucky to be able to see families I work with – grow!  Hilary invited me to photograph Taylor when he was born, and I’ve had the pleasure of photographing him (and his amazing curls – see below!) two other times over the past few years.  I look forward to seeing Graham grow too!

Here are a few quick faves from their session!

To see more of their images, view their slideshow!

Thank you Hilary & Carter for allowing me to document so many lovely moments for your family!  Hope to see you all again soon!