Category Archives: Day in the Life
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A Day in the Life of Twin 1 Year Olds – Portland Documentary Family Photography
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” – Ralph
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A Day in the Life of a Family of Four – Portland Documentary Family Photography
Sometimes I struggle with the words to tell you about the families I spend my days with. This is
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5 on 5 – November – Portland Documentary Family Photography
5 on 5 is a blog circle made up of documentary family photographers who have committed to telling a
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The Fords – Portland Twin Newborn Photography
It’s 10:30 at night. I shouldn’t be blogging. But the cuuuuute! I can hardly stand it.
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5 on 5 – September – Portland Documentary Family Photography
5 on 5 is a blog circle made up of documentary family photographers who have committed to telling a
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5 on 5 – August – Portland Documentary Family Photography
If you’ve been following me for awhile, you’ll remember Stories in Seven. After a year
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A Day in the Life of the Stephens Family – Portland Documentary Family Photography
Let me just say, I’ve been dying to get my camera on this sweet family FOREVER. And I was so
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A Day in the Life of the Newman Family – Portland Documentary Family Photography
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.” – Eckhart
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A Day in the Life of the Barratt Family – Portland Documentary Family Photography
I spend these hours with these families, watching every interaction. And no matter how much I
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Worth the Wait – Portland Documentary Twin Newborn Photography
I don’t know what words I can say that these images can’t. These babies were so wanted,
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A Day in the Life of the Haynes Family – Portland Documentary Family Photography
These Day in the Life sessions are magical. They are the mundane. Your regular routines. Reading
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Sharing Tea – Portland Documentary Family Photography
It isn’t every day that you’re asked to document a tea party for four generations of
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A Day in the Life of the Lopez Family – Portland Documentary Family Photographer
Choosing to document a day in your life is a love letter to your child in the future. By
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Something New and the Giveaway WINNER!!!
I have been asked so many times, “Do you do holiday mini-sessions?” And my answer has
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An Afternoon on their Family Farm – Seattle Documentary Family Photography
I had the honor of spending the afternoon with fellow photographer, Joanna, and her sweet family
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Well hello again, Oregon! (And a BIG Giveaway!)
We are moving back to Oregon!!! Kyle got a new job within Microsoft and we’ve got a house in
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Documentary Family Photography Mentoring Session – And a Day in the Life with the Halters
A few weeks ago, I was honored to get to spend the weekend mentoring Krystal in all things Day in
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A Day in the Life of the O’Neills – Seattle Documentary Family Photography
Without fail, Day in the Life sessions lead me to share WAY too many images! This is no exception.
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Sweet Baby Kalina – Seattle Documentary Family Photographer
I just love when clients become friends. You might remember Sara and Josh from their engagement
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The Kamaths’ Red Thread Session – Seattle Family Documentary Photography
I spent a beautiful winter morning photographing this sweet, busy family in Seattle a few weeks
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A Day in the Life of the Prescotts – Seattle Documentary Family Photography
I don’t know what to say about this family. Except that they are incredibly beautiful inside
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Hello, Morocco! – Seattle Documentary Family Photography
These two gorgeous mamas are friends of ours (even more so now that we’ve had our baby
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A Day in the Life and a Red Thread Session
When Molly contacted me to share her story and inquire about a session, I was thrilled! I’m a
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Gayle and Avianna – A Mother Daughter Day in the Life
What a sweet dad, to book a Day in the Life shoot for his wife and daughter as a Mother’s Day
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Happy Birthday Baby Sam!
Today little Sam turns 1! I’ve already shared images from his one year shoot, but I wanted
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A Day in the Life – Indoors and Outdoors with Caleb and Helen
This shoot was the same rainy fall day in Seattle as the last Day in the Life shoot I
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A Day in the Life – A Rainy Seattle Fall Morning with the Coyles
I had so much fun sitting in on this sweet family’s morning. It was POURING down rain so some
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The Jasons – Sammamish Day in the Life Session
This sweet family welcomed me into their home in the morning. It was so much fun to be there when
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Look Mom, I’m on TV
I am so thrilled and proud to share the story about Day in the Life shoots from Evening Magazine!
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Evening Magazine Appearance
A few weeks ago I was watching Evening Magazine with the mister, as I often do, and it got to the
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the fleckensteins – a day in the life and a love letter
As the letters roll in to go with the Day in the Life sessions I’ve been working on,
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the fowlers – a day in the life and a love letter
I can’t begin to tell you how amazing it has been to step into the homes and lives of my Day
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The Valentis – A Day in the Life
This family is cool. Like really cool. Way cooler than me. I mean, not every one can pull of the
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jenn and amalia – a love letter – a day in the life
To Miss Amalia Cadence Beherndt Dear Amalia, When I found out that I was pregnant with you, I had
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jenna and macy – a vancouver day in the life shoot
My cousin, Joy, has the coolest little family you could ever hope to meet. They’re down to
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The Halters – A Day in the Life – Part 2
Yesterday you got a look at part 1 of the Halters Day in the Life shoot. Today I’d like to