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Well, hello there handsome little one and pretty parents…

Sharing a few sweet baby bits on this coooooold Friday. Happy weekend everyone!

The Newborn and Maternity issue of Mozi Magazine is available TODAY!! There is SO. MUCH. FRIGGIN. TALENT in there. I am honored to be included in this issue and have an article on using your lenses to tell your story. Hope you enjoy! You can get the issue in print or digital in the Mozi Shop! Cover […]

Welllll, this babe wasn’t ACTUALLY born in this new year, but I am just getting around to showing him off. I had the pleasure of documenting the new life of this beautiful little family in Chicago last month. Enjoy 🙂 So many beautiful moments. My very favorite image… My other very favorite… And oops, one […]

I feel so honored when other photographers will trust me to be the one to capture their family. Beautiful family, beautiful baby, beautiful session. Thanks guys for being awesome…xoxo.

Newborn lifestyle photography workshop!!! Taught by yours truly!! Yay!! This is the first time I have offered a workshop JUST for lifestyle newborn photography, and I am SO excited! I have previously mentioned that I am going to be teaching at the I Heart Faces Photography Conference on October 4-6. But, I am super happy to announce that […]

I am always amazed how every newborn shoot is unpredictable and different. Sometimes the newborns cry the entire time. Sometimes they sleep the entire time. Usually, they fuss, squirm, kind of sleep, eat, squirm some more, and finally fall into a good sleep for about 15 minutes. I have learned that newborns can not be […]

It took me a long time to get in a groove with newborn sessions. My newborn sessions used to be a combination of forced poses, crying babies, and a lot of frustration on my part. I almost wanted to give up when I had a “light bulb moment.” I realized that my niche is not […]

I am bouncing all over the place lately…from babies to seniors, kids to commercial, and then weddings to newborns!  It’s definitely “that” time of year.  That time of year where photographers know all waking hours either have a camera stuck to face, or hiney glued to chair.  Bring it on busy season!  A sweet little […]

LOVE it that I can go from working with high fashion models one week to beautiful babies the next.  I don’t know how many times i can say it, but I love, love, love photographing people…be it big or small. I feel like I am on repeat from December when I had a huge rush […]