I know this sounds boastful but I can’t help it… I am not going to lie, I think I’m pretty good at photographing families…. because I photograph fun and love, not the stiff poses from yesteryears! You KNOW you had one hanging on your walls! There is nothing more satisfying for me to hear a mom say, “I am worried my kids (and my husband) are not going to cooperate” and then to end up with beautiful images like these. I have thought long and hard about what kind of photographer I want to be… I don’t mean the types of subjects I photograph, but what direction I want to keep going in, my brand and my style. I saw this quote a while back and I promised myself that I would always shoot from my heart and that I would photograph fun. I don’t really care so much about an extensive array of props that mean nothing, stylized sessions that aren’t a reflection of a child’s personality, I want my clients to look back on my photographs and think, “I loved that period of my life and I love my family.” That’s all that really matters to me anymore.

So there, and here you go…. shot from my heart.

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If you count the m&ms here, you’ll be able to see how old the boys are!