Toddlers are my favorite people! They are such beautiful, spirited, fun little humans. I just adore how you get such a good sense of their personality and who they are as people. I got to meet sweet little Ruthie and her mama at the park and beach, just before the spring rain and things started […]

Happy mother’s day to all the mamas! As we settle into the busy season of spring and the end of the school year, I want to take a moment to touch on body positivity and vulnerability. We live in a culture that tells us, especially women, that our bodies are less then. Until they look […]

With all of this late spring snow and cold hanging around, it’s nice to think about summer. This is another one of my summer favorites! These mamas came with literally a trunk full of goodness. Fun stuff for their littles, outfits, snacks, and their sweet dog. I love when I’m at a session and even […]

This January, I entered an international photo contest. I’ve never submitted work before so this was both exciting and nerve wracking! 413,000 photos were entered from 175,000 Entrants and Voters, 81 million contest votes were cast. Photographers entered and voted from 160 countries. We were encouraged to go all in and enter 50 photos. It […]

Generational photos are such a window into families, especially families you’ve grown to know and love well. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know the Rama family, first through our children’s friendship at Woodland Montessori school, and now through our own friendship. I’ve had the absolute honor of photographing Kira’s business, their family as […]

Nursing session in the blooming sunflowers of Pope Farms with a gorgeous group of mamas and adorable babies and toddlers! This is Flor’s nursing story. “My name is Flor Mitchell. I am a bereaved parent. My first child was a still born at 20 weeks. We named him Wawa (quechua for baby). My second child was a […]

A gorgeous nursing session in the sunflowers of Pope Farms with a lovely group of mamas and their babies. This is Kris’s story in her words. My Journey of Breastfeeding “When I became pregnant with our first child, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed and hoped that I would have enough of a supply to […]

Beautiful nursing session in Olin Park with this sweet mama and her adorable babe. This is Zakiya’s nursing story in her own words. “I remember wanting to give up on breastfeeding first week with my first child. I had my mother, husband, and midwife supporting me but I felt it wasn’t enough. I stayed up […]

Katie is hopefully the first of many in this photoseries of nursing mamas of color. She saw my very tentative post last summer asking if anyone would be interested and she was the first to respond. Here’s Katie’s story in her own words: “Because of complications due to severe gestational diabetes, I was induced with […]