The Birth Story and Life Story

session experience

Every session begins with a questionnaire to help me understand your needs and wishes.

Then the fun begins…

I will document your Birth Story just as it happened, to preserve the raw emotion, natural connections, and authentic details unique to your birth journey.

For one or two hour* Life Story sessions, you can select between documentary session style and guided session style. Read on to decide which style feels right for you, wherever you find yourself in this season of life. If you’re not sure, I’ll make a recommendation.

Want to truly, keenly savor an event or everyday life as you know it?

Documentary sessions allow me to capture the real, unscripted moments spanning the breadth of your time together. There is no posing or guiding involved, no dressing up, no smiling for the camera, and also nothing for you to do on the day of our session or event aside from simply enjoying one another. I’ll hang out with you like an old friend, and put you at ease while I use thoughtful compositions and intentional storytelling to document the most dynamic and meaningful moments just as they unfold during our session. It will give you an incredibly authentic view of your time together. From the special details to sweeping scenes full of action. Just be yourselves—it doesn’t get more simple or real than this!

*3 hour, half day, and full day in the life sessions are documentary style

Want to look your best and hold your loved ones close? 

Guided sessions allow for gentle posing and facilitation of closeness to expose the emotional core of your family. As much as I adore documentary photography, my artist heart also feels at home creating beautiful, tender images that seek to convey the intimate connections within families. They are more aesthetically refined, while focusing on feelings of togetherness and love. They are slow, intentional, and a good excuse to get all dolled up and love on your people.

One more thing.

Your experience during a family session with me is just as important to me as the photos themselves. It is my hope that your session brings you closer, that you come to look forward to the space we create where the only purpose is to be present with one another and to have a good time. Connection is the heart of our sessions, whether we meet while you are snuggling your kids in the early morning light—or whether you are making a toast with your business partner. Sessions with me will always be more about how you felt than how you looked while making memories. We will get the smiles and the beauty, but when I create a story for you, we won’t be chasing perfection.

Your session with me is an act of family self-care, therapeutic, and good for the soul...from the moments of connection you all so deeply needed amidst life’s chaos...to when you hang your framed photos as reminders of your bonds. The message to yourself and your people, every day that you pass by the images on your walls or watch your film:

love is the heart of our family.