Modern Maternity, Newborn, and family Photography in the San Francisco Bay Area
Finding beauty in the imperfect, messy moments of real life. Times when truth feels hazy and life feels blurry but love feels sure. Places where light and shadow meet. Ideas & feelings expressed implicitly rather than explicitly. Vulnerability. Wanting to be whole instead of wanting to be perfect. Quiet.
I’m so excited to share the latest installment of my “Portrait of a Mother” series! Kendra Smoot and I were friends in early childhood. She moved away in elementary school and we lost touch over the years until she moved back to the Bay Area, now a mother of 3. While she’s a talented, sought-after…
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve become quite interested in photographing moms. After photographing newborn and family sessions for years, I started to realize something. Even when the subject is a newborn, what I’m drawn to is the story of a woman’s rebirth into motherhood. Or when shooting with a family, what I…
I came across a fabulous publication called “Mother” featuring lifestyle articles and features with the modern, style-leaning mom in mind. What really caught my photographer eye was the archive of photo stories/interviews with some seriously stylish mamas, most of them working in creative fields. It sparked an idea to start a personal project for myself,…
I’m not quite sure why, but lately my almost 4-yr-old son tells me, “Mom, I want to be a baby again in your tummy. I very very want to so badly.” The comment catches me by surprise and I think, really? After all the beauty you’ve seen in this world, all the incredible things you’ve…
I always photograph newborns in their homes but I don’t always photograph families at home. The more I do though, the more it is becoming my preference. There’s something about being at home that allows people to be more relaxed and for those sweet, subtle scenes of family life to naturally unfold. It allows me…
Can we talk about fear for a minute? If you asked me when I was a teenager what I was afraid of, I would have said not being perfect. If you asked me in my 20’s I would have said being mediocre. If you ask me now, the answer is I am afraid of being…
This is one of the sweetest couples I have ever had the privilege of photographing. It’s a wonderful thing to watch a husband and wife, together for almost a decade, dote on one another so effortlessly. She calls him, “Brooksy,” a play on their last name, which is adorable and I wish there was a…