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Motherhood, Newborn & Family Portraiture

RAPID CITY + BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA

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 […]

March 1, 2019

After finally getting him to sleep, I placed our new baby boy on our bed to photograph him. I’d been trying to simplify my approach to photographing newborns—resisting the (self-inflicted) pressure to capture this fleeting stage like others do so well; with borrowed props and a list of poses—some that require digital composites of more […]

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, […]

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 […]

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