Category Archives: In Home Family Photography

Jan 18
Black and White Family Session

I’ve been eager to do an all black and white photo session recently, and lucky for me, these folks were all about it! I just feel like black and white images (most of the times, at least) allow folks to really look at the photos, to take in the expressions and the emotions without distractions. I’d love to do this again!

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Dec 08
Trying to Keep Up!

Even when their parents asked their kids to sit still for a photo, they just couldn’t do it! It was awesome!! So many family sessions run the risk of being too posed, and that’s not how I or the kids roll! I LOVE letting them jump on each other, I love it when they can’t stop playing, and I LOVE IT when we’re going to take one “normal” family shot, and they take turns jumping up and ROARING at my camera! Awesome!!

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Jul 24
Carla and Jason: Waiting To Go Home

Going to and from jobs, school, and a little one in the hospital, Carla and Jason, and sometimes Phoenix, spent a lot of time riding the T.  More than that, they spent a lot of time waiting.  
Waiting at the station for the train to take them to another train to meet their other half.  Their “other half.”  I do not use that term lightly.  They complete each other in the silliest and most loving way.  
I wanted to show their story in my photos.  I had a pretty clear idea that I wanted to show him waiting for the train, then her and Phoenix waiting for Jason’s train, then them going somewhere together.  
After a short while, I got the sense that they were not just waiting for their other half to arrive; they were waiting to go home.  
By home, I don’t mean a house or an apartment or a trailer, or any other physical structure.  I mean home, where you feel safe from all the difficulties and troubles of the world, where you feel a sense of all encompassing love like a fuzzy blanket on a cold night, where nothing and no one can bother you.  When these three were together, they were home.  
This was a place they built together, and each day they improve it.  It was a place built to help each other through some difficult times, a place to be themselves, and it is always with them.  
Wow, I am getting all misty eyed just thinking about how that love feels, and how obvious it was with them.  I’m trying to express that sense of compassion and love, but words are failing me.  Take a look at the photos, I need to go get a tissue.

Nov 02
First Family To Take Advantage Of The Holiday Special!

I got an email from Aimee right as I was launching my holiday card special.  Most of my clients have come from other clients referring them, but she found me after she  “…spent sleepless hours online looking at pictures of families in tan pants and white button up shirts.” Knowing that she wanted something less posed, something more genuine, she sent me an email.


So, her family was the first to take advantage of the holiday card special!  I have another shoot in a couple days, and more to come after that!  There are only a few spaces left, so email me or call me today if you want some vibrant, fun holiday cards to send to your friends and family!


Below are just a few images from our shoot.  If you want to see all of the photos from our one hour session, go here

May 16
The Power of Wonder

NOVA is one of the programs I set my DVR to record, and thanks to a lazy Sunday, I was able to catch up on some past episodes while getting my knitting project started.
I watched the episode about Stonehenge; the way it was built, the technology perhaps used to build it, and new theories on the purpose of it.
It moved me. Stonehenge has always been intriguing to me, but I always felt like it was something that was studied and understood, and the mysteries had been figured out. However, there was someone on there that was trying to understand how they moved such heavy stones. After working on this question, he had an “ah ha!” moment, and postulated that stones formed into uniform spheres (seemingly common around that time) were actually used as a type of ball bearings to help move these stones, sometimes weighing tens of tons.
For me, this spoke to the power of wonder, and how seeing things in new ways exposes me to the magic of the world. On a good day, it is that wonder that moves me, and that magic that compels me to be a photographer.
I found this photo of Colin Ashley’s, and wanted to share a view of Stonehenge that I don’t normally see.


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