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I used to get laughed at, and sometimes still do, any time I explain what I do to someone new. Images from your every day life just don’t seem important…until they do. You don’t think you need these memories preserved until you’re sitting in a house full of high school graduates at a graduation party…

I’ve been photographing them for their anniversary since year one. Check out the first couple of years here: https://laurenwebsterphotography.com/2018/05/17/real-is-perfect/ and https://laurenwebsterphotography.com/2019/06/05/marriage-garden/ . This year is extra special, though. They’re getting ready to welcome the third member of their family! We decided to take an early morning hike to celebrate the occasion and couldn’t help but…

Week by week. Day by day. Minute by minute. We’ve been living through one of the most interesting and confusing times in our lives. I don’t think any of us could’ve imaged that we’d be starting our second month in isolation as a global population, yet here we are. We’re all taking this as it…

I met Lois (Yiayia) back in my student teaching days. She was always such a big influence in my life and my time as a teacher. I lovingly refer to her as my work mom because she truly treats me like one of her own, and I feel the same way about her. Stephanie, Lois’…

For about a year or so now I’ve had this deep desire to be able to surround myself with creative people who live and work in my community. I’ve wanted to have long conversations with them about who they are and what drives their need to create. I find that, for me, being around other…

The month of February started off dark and dreary and is ending with a hint of spring, and it’s been so much fun to get to catch up with each of these families. Usually, when I work with documentary clients, I see them once a year or maybe even every couple of years. I’ve loved…

One thing I’ve learned over the course of my transition to family documentary work is that longer sessions yield the best, most authentic results. It takes a while for people to warm up to the fact that someone outside of their family unit is roaming their home and taking photos at their most vulnerable state.…

Over the course of my time in business, I have had countless conversations with individuals about what I do. Usually when I say I am a documentary family photographer, there are some questioning looks followed by a request for an explanation. When I explain it to people, nine times out of ten, they giggle. The…