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If there was a movie made about my business, it would be called:

The Girl Who Had A Baby In A Pandemic and Decided That Her Body and Soul Would Break If She Kept Doing Wedding Photography, So She Pivoted To Families and Newborns and Feels Happier

Coming soon, to a theater near you! I joke.

 

It wasn’t the taking of the photos that was the problem … I never stopped loving the feeling of nailing a shot.

It wasn’t the people that were the problem … They were and are still my favorite part of this job.

It wasn’t even the weddings that was the problem … I felt like a BOSS when I showed up 8 months pregnant, worked a 12-hour day, and did an amazing job for my couple.

It was the being away from my family. On Saturdays, I would leave just after my son woke up and come home after he was in bed. And then on Sundays, I was so exhausted that I didn’t get to enjoy our only day together as a family with no work on our plate.

Then on weekdays, I photographed families. I would watch little chubby baby fingers squeeze his mom’s cheeks and *click* — I would preserve that forever for her. I would see a dad making a silly face at his daughter as we all walked to the park and *click* — proof that he loved her so much.

With every weekend I was away and every family I shot, I was more certain than ever that I needed to make this move. I swear my mama heart swells four times its size during family sessions. I loved my time as a wedding photographer and I’m proud of all I did, but this season of life feels so sweet and perfect. I wouldn’t trade this journey for anything.

 

I took one AP class in high school: AP Art

 “I aLwAyS hAd A cAmErA iN mY hAnD” - said every damn photographer ever. But it really is true for me. In high school, I lost my tiny (read: crappy) digital camera on a hayride and wept in front of my crush. Obsessed much?

My camera was an extension of my feelings. I felt the world so deeply my entire life, and I felt like with my camera I could capture those feelings in a photo rather than try to articulate them. It became my tool for understanding people, the world, and relationships.

For years, I used it to tell romantic love stories at weddings, but since becoming a mom, I’m drawn to telling family stories. I am experiencing about a million new emotions a day as a mom, and I’m leaning on my camera again to help me make sense of it all.

I would love to tell your story.

 
 
 
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This is Francesca
This is Francesca

Fankie is our strong willed youngest child. She is happy and loud and runs on little sleep. Frankie is obsessed with her brother and she has added so much life to our family.

This is Luke
This is Luke

We met in Toronto in 2013. He was in school in Michigan. I was in school in Alabama. We were friends for two years and then started dating in 2015. Six months later, we were engaged. We spend most of our days together, both of us working from home. Luke is weird, the actual cleanest person to ever exist, loves raspberry Pop-Tarts, and can build anything. I love him so much it hurts.

This is Rigsby
This is Rigsby

Rigsby was born in November 2020. It was a wild year of Covid and pregnancy and then motherhood. Rigsby is 1.5 years old and wild. He walked at 9 months and has been all over the place since. He is a funny, book loving, social butterfly. I love him so much it hurts.

This is Keva
This is Keva

Keva is our daughter. She is a full-size golden doodle that is quite the diva. She doesn’t like to eat her dog food until right before bed. She loves sticks and long walks. We are obsessed with her. Probably too much.

 
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