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A while back, I got to spend the morning with a couple of awesome ladies – a friend I met while playing at the park with my kiddos after first moving to AZ, who graciously agreed to let me photograph her second baby when I was portfolio building!  (…and whose family I photographed on various other occasions!)  She brought […]

Although I have ALWAYS loved photographing faces and am passionate about capturing children and families, I make no secret about the fact that my MOST favorite subjects are newborns!  Believe it or not, photographing newborns is really hard work.  And I’ve dedicated the last 3 years to refining my skills and perfecting my craft in […]

The tradition of smashing cake! I’ve sometimes wondered where and when “Cakesmash” sessions for children originated.  And then, of course, I realize… Every parent since the dawn of time– ok, since the invention of cameras, I suppose–  has taken pictures of their baby digging into their very first celebratory birthday cake!  The expression on their face when they […]

How to actually ENJOY a family photo shoot with young children! One of the benefits of being a photographer with two small children myself is that I already know what most children are going to do during a photo session.  Making silly faces? Of course.  Staring off into space?  Yep!  Picking their nose?  Oh sure.  Breaking […]

I am by nature a creative, detail-obsessed, master procrastinator.  S0, it is a tremendous accomplishment that I managed to do something I promised myself (and all of you!) that I would do….  I CREATED MY FAMILY’S FIRST ANNUAL YEARBOOK!  Last fall, in this post, I recounted some rather painful instances of losing some precious digital pictures […]