Before baby was born: an in-home maternity photoshoot

Are you pregnant? Is a baby growing in your belly? Pause a while, take a deep breath, inhale this moment and capture it in your mind. What is life like right now? What do you feel right now? In this moment. What would you like to remember? Step forward into a future...

Memories. They’re timeless.

Time is not something we can buy. Time is a gift. The passing of time is most noticeable in nature's cycles and seasons and children growing up. There is always enough time. Spend it wisely. Photograph the everyday as well as the important moments. One day you'll look...

Life is amazing

Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living...

To be comforted by photographs

I believe our photographs belong in the real world; on walls, in frames and in albums. We want to see them and have them easily accessible. Every day. I'm curious about the generations who follow me. What will they want? I have boxes of old sepia and black and white...

Baby

Welcome, Dante! a baby boy, 9 days new

Welcome, Dante! a baby boy, 9 days new

Dante was such a delight to photograph, it's been wonderful to share in his early weeks of life; photographing him when he was just 9 days new, seeing him growing bigger when we met a second time during a personalised ordering session, and again when I delivered the...

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Welcome, Evan! sweet newborn baby boy, 10 days new

Welcome, Evan! sweet newborn baby boy, 10 days new

Welcome, Evan! And oh goodness, be still my aching ovaries! This adorable baby boy was so sleepy and content whilst I was photographing him, barely opening his eyes the whole time I was there. Something tells me Evan will grow up to be a Packers fan, just like his...

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perfection – newborn baby girl, 13 days new

perfection – newborn baby girl, 13 days new

Oh, she is just absolute perfection! There is something magical that happens when brand new babies are awake... all those gorgeous little sounds and movements they make as they discover the world around them is just as captivating to watch as when they are quietly...

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Yes. It really has been 15 years!

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I'm celebrating 15 years in business today!! Thank you to all the families who have trusted me over the years. Every photoshoot is very special to me. I photograph with a lot of love and care. A little piece of my heart is amongst all the photos displayed on your...

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