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…

I met Madison and her family when I showed up to their house hours after her birth last summer. I’ve been documenting her growth every few months since June. Growth sessions, just like Year In The Life sessions make what I do so much more meaningful. You see, the reason I do what I do…

When I was little, we’re talking under the age of 10, my parents started buying disposable cameras for me when I took up an interest in photography. My dad is a hobbyist photographer, so I’ve always been around it. I have boxes and boxes of film that my mom would take to have developed for…

You Know that song “Seasons Of Love” from the movie Rent? Or the song “9986000 Minutes” from Michael Scott’s farewell? They’re all I can think about when I sit down to write about this year’s Year In The Life clients. All these tiny moments-the sips of coffee, diaper changes, grocery trips, and books read seem…

Sawyer Marie joined her family a few weeks before expected, spent some time in NICU, and made it home in time to celebrate her first Christmas with her family. I was going to document her first few hours in the hospital, but she had other plans, so we decided to save our session for home.…