Your Hampton Roads Lifestyle Family, Motherhood and Intimate wedding photographer

Although I have always been the friend obsessed with documenting every moment, this business of mine started alongside my own journey into motherhood. I missed out on my own maternity photos and my first child's newborn photos when she was born prematurely. My husband deployed early in her life and I felt the push to intentionally capture her first few years.

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What began as a way to hold onto those moments soon turned into a passion to help other moms do the same.

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As a military spouse and mom of two, I know firsthand how precious time is. Another cliche that rings true: the days are long, but the years are short - truly. But this military life has given me the gift and perception needed to truly appreciate the different lives we have lived —packing up, moving, and saying goodbye to seasons that felt like they just began. Through it all, photographs are what have always remained and helped keep our memories of those seasons alive. They root us. They remind us of who we are, where we've been, and the love that surrounds us.

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Some of my most treasured memories are tied to the photos I saw growing up—and the ones that I wish I had now. Faded prints in my grandparents' home, and the stories that came with them were some of my favorite things to look at and listen to on their living room floor. On another note - I have beautiful memories in my mind that I can feel fading from my childhood; baking cookies with my mom, the way she curled my hair for church, and how we played in the backyard - and I don't have a single photo to show from that time in my life. When my children ask to see photos of their mom when I was their age, I am empty handed.

 

I believe every family deserves images like that: the ones that tell our story that we can flip through and glance up to our walls to see. not just pictures on a screen, but tangible, lasting heirlooms that will be held and loved for generations.

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This is why I do what I do. My goal is to change the narrative that family photos are not a stressful box to check off the list. Family photos are about creating authentic memories together that will result in artful, emotive images that feel like home every time you glance up at the prints on your wall or in the album on your coffee table.