Category archives: Lifestyle Sessions
- In many ways, 2017 has been my best year for birth photography and videography. Early in the year, I finally took a videography course - something I've been hoping to do for a couple years, now. Once the course was completed, I was off and running with my new Preserve Happy [...]
- Documenting newborns at home is such a wonderful way to preserve those first happy memories with your baby. Time passes so quickly and your baby's mannerisms change day by day (sometimes minute by minute!) It's crazy how much they change in so little time. If there are any big brothers or big s[...]
- Ask any mom who's breastfeeding days are tapering down how she feels about it, and she will tell you that breastfeeding has been one of the most precious moments in her life as a mother. "But aren't you exhausted?" "Yes." "Aren't you ready to have your body back?" "Yes." "Will you miss it?" "YES!" T[...]
- A couple months ago I had the pleasure of speaking to the women at my church about capturing joy in their lives - both figuratively and through photographing themselves and their families. I am LDS, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. So this blog post includes some scriptur[...]
- Catching up on Project 52 this weekend! Week 6 (strength) is an image of my son playing World of Warships with his dad. (I would have loved to capture one of my kids doing hard labor or something of the sort, ha!) This image makes me think of playing games with my dad when I was little. "This i[...]
- On to week 3 of Project 52! The theme for this week was patterns. I struggled with this one, until I began thinking outside the box! I really want to include a family member in every photo for this project (so that I'm also meeting a goal to document my family more) and with themes like this, that c[...]
- Natalie and I met about a year ago, when she hired me to photograph the birth of her 3rd baby. After that beautiful experience, we stayed in touch and she was able to be a part of PBAP, too. It was through that project that I discovered that Natalie had been pumping since the day her 3rd was born,[...]
- Wow. Is that even the right word? When I came up with this idea last year, I wasn't exactly sure where it would take me. But I had a hunch and I knew I had to jump on it. If there's one thing God has blessed me with, it's passion and instinct. I knew years ago that I wanted to really open pe[...]
- World Breastfeeding Week is off to a great start. The photographers for #PBAP2014 have been sharing, sharing, sharing all over Facebook and instagram. Unfortunately FB is suppressing us. Big time. So I wanted to assemble a list here of links to all participating business pages! Many of them are[...]
- I have 4 children, ages 8 to 15. I breastfed them all, but it was a process! Breastfeeding was very important to me, but it did not come easy. My first 2 babies were premature, and that presented some unique challenges which resulted in my throwing in the towel by about 6 months. I went on to bre[...]
- I had some fun on Facebook business page yesterday! I posted the question "What would you like to see a picture of today?" The response was incredible. I was able to fill over a day's worth of posts on the hour, every hour, by the requests I received. I am (appropriately) calling this series "You[...]
- I just cannot believe this little guy was born a year ago. I photographed a First Glimpse session for these guys after Clive was born. His mama was wanting some family pictures done in honor of his turning 1 and I just couldn't resist. I enjoyed their first session with me so much! Kati is suc[...]
