When I look back on this time

Years from now, when I look back on this stage of life, a stage that feels at once like it’s flying and dragging, I want to remember how visceral it is. I want to remember the koala hugs from my three year old and the weight of my kids’ bodies leaning on me as we read before bed. I want to remember the dampness of tears soaking into my shirt and on my palms while I comfort my oldest after he scrapes a knee. I want to feel my five-year-old’s uncontrollable giggles at something goofy his dad does and my three-year-old’s go-to face that he makes when he’s trying to get a friend to laugh.

Those are the moments that make up parenting and childhood and relationships. When I pick up my camera, I am obsessively drawn to them.

It feels like a scavenger hunt to find all the little things that make up the dynamics of a family, of siblings, and of partnership. I capture the moments that you’ll most want to remember years from now, the ones of everyone loving and caring for each other.

The heart of this, of course, is that during a family session no one is ever expected to act a certain way in front of my camera. I’ll take it all - meltdowns, giggles, cuddles, and sibling arguments. I want to make images that elicit that immediate memory of the way your family felt together as themselves.

Looking through my Instagram and website, you’ll see evidence of this. I get sweet and cute pictures, sure, but I’m also making sure to capture the sibling dynamics and occasional tears and invisible labor of parents just doing their best.