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In 2012, Ebony (Tutu Cute Cakes by Ebony) and I created some really fun 1st birthday cake smash sessions.  Here are just a few of my favorites:

Many times, when I first meet with prospective clients (or chat via email!), they tell me that they aren’t sure the really want to have a maternity session.  They aren’t convinced that they want their pregnant form captured and think that maybe just those precious newborn baby photos will be enough.  But I always try […]

Birth is an intimate thing.  And every time I am invited into a woman’s birthing space, I am in awe.  In awe of the power, the strength, and the love.  In our culture, giving birth has become something that women don’t often share with others; it is something that we almost feel the need to […]

I absolutely love meeting or re-connecting with families through Operation: Love ReUnited.  Homecomings are always awesome and produce some of the most emotive images.  But the ‘pre-deployment’ or ‘already gone’ sessions can also tug at heartstrings.  Here are my top 12 favorite portraits from OpLove sessions in 2012: And two Honorable Mentions that I just […]

November was a very busy month!  These beautiful babies came to the studio to be photographed and boy were they awesome!!

I wasn’t going to make a big deal of Santa Claus….that was the plan before we had children.  In fact, my husband and I had many discussions about not ‘doing’ Santa at all.  I wasn’t a big fan of the whole ‘making your children believe’ thing and felt like it was sort of like lying […]

Two of my favorite babies came back to me for their two year birthdays.  Typically, I don’t photograph babies over age 1, but I made an exception for Camille and Belle. Camille’s mommy answered my casting call for a Halloween cake smash.  She said, “I’d love to do a smash, but Camille is turning TWO […]

Two super girly smashes up on the blog today.  These two baby girls came to the studio in October for their 1st birthday sessions and instead of choosing a specific theme, we stuck with a color scheme and just made them girly and sweet!  They are just too adorable for words!