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My philosophy . . .

I love working with people who are fun. Genuine. Real. And that’s what my photography is really all about: capturing the real you. I can see the connections between the members of your family and the beauty in each one of you -- and that’s what I want to capture with my camera.

I don’t do the typical matching-outfits portraits, or the canvas-backdrop-strobe-lighting-say-cheese portraits. I don’t want you to worry about having perfect hair, perfect smiles, and the kids on their best behavior. Relax. Have fun. Be yourself. I want to show you your family the way I see it through my lens: happy, beautiful, flawless in spite of the flaws.

So when I show up for your session, you don’t have to do any pretending. Just be real. I like t-shirts and jeans and flip-flops. And jammies. And mussed up hair and lollipop-stained faces. I love hugs and tickle fights and peals of laughter, and snuggles and kisses too. These things are real. This is the way I want to remember my family, and it’s the way I want to help you remember yours.

Category Archives: maternity photography

One hot mama

Sunday, November 23, 2008

I have been looking forward to this session for MONTHS! My gorgeous sister-in-law is pregnant (she’s due December 26!) and she agreed a long time ago to let me have a crazy, marathon-length maternity shoot with her . . . and yesterday was the big day! We played outside in the beautiful fall weather all afternoon and made some amazing photos. She totally rocked it! And I was having so much fun I completely lost count of the number of wardrobe changes . . . But seriously, has eight-months-pregnant ever looked so incredible?!

Check out the SLIDESHOW here!

Thanks so much, T — I had a great time hanging out and making friends with the little squid! I can’t wait to meet him!!!!

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dallas portrait photographer, maternity photography, slideshows

Baby on the way

Sunday, August 24, 2008

I swear, there must be something in the water — it feels like almost everyone I know is pregnant! This morning I had a really fun session with some friends who are expecting a baby next month — and because I know the mom-to-be is dying for a peek, here are some of my favorites so far! I love the sunflare in this one, especially the way it parallels her belly:

And seriously, isn’t she beautiful?!

Her husband humored me for a bit too:

This is one of my favorite-favorites:

Did I mention that their home is gorgeous?

This one makes me smile every time I look at it:

Another favorite:

And I had to get the dog in there too!

Thanks so much, Sabrina and Grant, for letting me spend the morning with you. I can’t wait for the little guy to get here!

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dallas portrait photographer, maternity photography

More of that hot baby mama

Saturday, June 21, 2008

I promised more to come, so here they are! A few more shots of my gorgeous friend, who is due July 23. I’m counting down the days for her!

If you are interested in a maternity session and would like to see some examples of the more PG-13 types of shots, just shoot me an e-mail and I’ll give you a gallery password!

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dallas portrait photographer, maternity photography

Baby mama

Monday, June 9, 2008

Yesterday I got to shoot maternity portraits of one of my very good–and very beautiful–friends! We’ve been planning this session for ages, and she’s now about 34 weeks along and looking absolutely spectacular, so we finally made it happen. We had a blast and got some really great shots in the process! Here’s a preview, but there are many more to come!