Who: Nova Joy
What: Baby portraiture
Where: Hong Kong
This is my adorable baby niece! Her family nickname is Peachy since she has a beautiful peach complexion and what is looking to be red peach fuzz hair. We couldn’t resist putting together this peach and flower basket photoshoot while I was visiting them in Hong Kong!
What: Bookish in-home family and baby portrait session
Where: Seattle, WA
Lauren and I have been friends since 4th grade and I couldn’t be happier to photograph her family for her. She and her husband and baby live in beautiful Seattle and I was so excited to visit them and meet her baby when she was about three months old! Jo (short for Josephine) shares a name with one of our favorite literary heroines – Jo March from Little Women – so it was only fitting that we incorporated the book into their portrait session. Jo loves to listen to reading aloud, be it a picture book or book for grownups. What a little smartie!
Who: Vera
What: Baby portrait session featuring my college roommate’s beautiful one-month old baby daughter
Where: Chicago, IL
Who: Kim, Nathan and baby Vera
What: In-home newborn family portrait session
Where: Chicago, IL
Kim and I were assigned to be roommates our first year at Oberlin College back in 2002. Little did I know we would still be friends 16 years later! Now she is a mama - I'm vkelmpt! I feel so lucky that we’ve got to share the big moments in life together. Here she is with her husband and the adorable Vera in their home in Chicago. Vera is such an even- tempered baby – I barely heard her cry at all during the four days I stayed at their house. I can’t wait to visit again soon!
Who: Eloise Orlee
What: Flowery newborn portrait session of my one-month old niece
Where: Washington, DC
I met my niece Eloise for the first time when she was a month old and she absolutely stole my heart! For her first photoshoot she was a tiny, sleepy fairy princess.
Who: My brother, sister-in-law and new baby niece
What: In-home newborn family portrait session
Where: Washington, DC
I got to meet my baby niece Eloise for the first time when she turned one month old. She is a tiny bean and we all love her very much!
Who: Danielle and Rob (my sister and brother-in-law)
What: Hometown maternity session
Where: our parents’ backyard and the train station in Newark, DE
My sister and her husband live in Hong Kong, where my sister teaches music at an international school. While they were back in the states over the winter break, we snuck in a maternity session in our hometown. The first location was our parent's’ back yard — you could never tell these were taken in January because the bamboo in my parents’ yard is so leafy and green year round! The second location was the historic Newark train station. Gotta love my home town! Congrats to my beautiful sister!!!
Who: Lauren and Scott
What: Autumn maternity session at a pumpkin patch and park
Where: Portland, OR
My bestie Lauren is expecting a little girl so when I went to visit her on the PNW we did a maternity session during our weekend getaway to Portland, OR. I’ve been photographing this lovely lady since we were teenagers and she looks especially beautiful and radiant as an expecting mom! I can’t wait to meet her daughter in a few months!
