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Motherhood, Newborn & Family Portraiture

RAPID CITY + BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

April 26, 2019

Reminiscing about this sweet Mother + Daughter session last spring at Willow General Store. Such a joy to spend time creating with these two. So excited for spring, friends!     *If you’re interested in a similar session of you and your little ones, I’m offering Limited Edition Motherhood Sessions next month. Sign up here […]

April 16, 2019

If you know my friend, Laura, you likely adore her. A few spring seasons ago, when her first baby was a toddler and Laura was expecting her second, I asked her to model for me. I’d recently purchased a film camera, and wanted to try it out in a not-wedding scenario—where I could fumble and […]

April 15, 2019

You can read all about my inspiration for Newborn Photography and how I approach it here, but today I wanted to begin to break down what an in-home newborn session with me looks like, so that as you prepare, you’ll know what to expect. As I sat down to write this, I realized it was […]

February 13, 2019

Welcoming a new baby is such a love story, isn’t it? Charlotte’s parents trusted me as their wedding photographer when I was first getting started.  To say I’m honored to get to see them grow from an engaged couple to parents of two daughters just doesn’t seem like enough. Baby Charlotte is a lucky girl, […]

February 7, 2019

Today was a good day around here—I type this as two tired boys are resting, exhausted from a morning building blanket forts and doing their very best couch-cushion jumps. It was quite the show, and I was happy to be “stuck” here today, watching them leap and laugh and grow braver with each turn. Now […]

January 29, 2019

A few favorites from an in-home newborn session. Loved this day, working with this family, and these wild brother ways.  

March 25, 2015

Remember these two? It’s been such a blessing to see them grow; from newly-engaged, to newly-wed, and then to newly-a family. I’ve been so very honored to be a part of these milestones, and when they were in the Black Hills last fall, I could hardly contain myself at the thought of taking their family […]

August 11, 2014

This is an especially sweet post for me, as I’ve been blessed to document Evelyn and Sloane’s first year in the world (and even before they made their official appearance). Every time I’d meet up with these sweet girls, I’d fall in love all over again, and marvel at how they’d grown. I can only […]

March 30, 2014

I’ve found one of the biggest blessings with my job is having the opportunity to watch my friends and clients begin their journey as parents.  This year has been incredible in that way, and I couldn’t be happier for (or more grateful to) the people who have invited me to document these times in their […]

November 13, 2012

I’ve been behind on my writing lately, and have been featuring shoots completely out of order. But,  I’m really, really excited about this next family, and hope it makes up for my blogging shortcomings. I can’t help but smile each time I look at these photos, and am confident that you won’t be able to […]

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