I love how in a documentary shoot, the story reveals itself as you go, in real time. Tiffany hired me to document her trip home from the hospital with her newborn daughter, an exciting story to tell already. But as the afternoon progressed, her son’s reactions and emotions became such a beautiful part of the…
A family trip to Disneyland is a big deal. A plan it months ahead of time, squeals of delight from the kids at the announcement, leave you exhausted and happy at the end of it kind of a big deal. So you should have something to look back on other than just some slightly crushed…
Years, they always feel so fast! I want to slow things down a bit before I dive full force into the new one. January We made a movie! Watch it. It’s six minutes of joy. https://vimeo.com/254722451 February My photograph placed 4th in the international photography competition The Documentary Family Awards. Judged by some of my…
Spend enough time around babies and little kids, and you definitely start understanding the term, “old soul”. Some babies just have a look in their eye of wisdom and understanding far beyond their years. That is certainly how I felt about this little guy. His parents were hanging out and he was along for the…
Those first hazy days home with a newborn – there’s such a gentleness to it. The whole family inside this bubble of new life, new roles, new love. I was so honored to be invited in to this light filled home to capture the Drakes first few days as a family of four. Here are…
Can we talk about joy for a minute? Unbridled, bare feet in the sand, flying through the air on a carnival ride, joy? We don’t do enough of it, but we were lucky enough to spend a day in December with visiting family at the Santa Monica Pier and I just can’t keep the photographs…
There’s something super special about being able to take pictures of the parent who is usually the photographer in the family. Capturing them playing with and loving on their spouse and kids. Making sure that they’ll have these family photographs to look back on. Rachel had told me that was the dynamic in her family….
When I walked in to Devin and Shawn’s apartment, Devin already had her shirt off and was settled in on the couch with her dog, Noodle, cuddled up next to her. She had asked me to come over just two weeks after she had had preventative mastectomy surgery, to capture what this time in her…
Jamie and Emily carried their son to the bed and the two dogs were only moments behind them. The little dogs immediately situated themselves between the humans and my camera and proceeded to make hilarious faces at me, like the two grumpy old men in The Muppet Show, which led to some of my favorite…
There are really no, “what should we do now?” moments in a family documentary session with a two year old. Kids always lead the way. They haven’t learned yet to be shy of the camera, and more importantly, they have a natural drive to play and nothing gets in the way of that. Being with…