Way back in November of 2017, before I was a mom, I walked into Little Nomad on Broad Street and bought this book. The illustrations are gorgeous and the message is simple and easy to understand. Home looks different for …
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The Return of Carter – Three Lakes Park
I find it wonderful that I have lived in Richmond for 18 years and can still visit a park for the first time. My return clients know that I suggest locations for sessions, but I also love when they ask …
The Struggle Seems Real
I go through the photos from my infant son’s monthly photoshoot, and cringe at the ones I’m in. “The struggle is real,” I sigh, hardly recognizing me as me and instead seeing this person who took over for me in …
Size Matters
Once upon a time, there lived a girl who covered her bedroom with photos of people she loved. The size didn’t matter; she had professional 8×10 photos hanging beside 5×7’s, casual 4×6’s, and 3.5×5″ prints, and even larger prints that …
Infertility Awareness Week
It’s Infertility Awareness Week. A year ago this week, I was mentally and physically preparing for the (we didn’t know at the time would be the) last step of our years-long attempt to grow our family. We went to the …
Why I Chose Families
I’ve been doing photography for a long time. I went to VCU (Go Rams) knowing little more than “I want to be a photographer when I grow up” and spent 4.5 years shooting everything (and nothing, don’t get me started …
What’s Your Family Ritual?
What is your favorite family ritual? The “tradition” that gives you the warm and fuzzies when you think about it. Is it Saturday mornings, when everyone hangs out in their pajamas, breakfast is all smiley pancakes, and there’s nowhere to be …
10 Things to Do in Richmond With a Toddler This Summer
Ah, summer. The time of year when the kids live in bathing suits, and you’ve been to the pool/rolled out the slip ‘n slide/made a puddle in the yard more times than you can count. And it’s not even technically …
Tutorial Tuesday – Photos in front of the Christmas Tree
Attempting to control children in front of the tree long enough to get a great photo is difficult. Doing the same with a 100 pound dog is nearly impossible. Today’s tutorial has fewer photos in it, simply because my model …