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Fall Sessions Booking Now
The leaves are turning, the light is magic, and my fall calendar is almost full. Grab your spot before it's gone.
The Time Capsule
Because they won't look like this in a couple months.
Their hands won't be this small next year. The gap in that smile is already closing. Everything is changing so gradually you won't notice until it's gone.
Every capsule includes:
The Little Details — hands, feet, hair, expressions, that exact smile, the beloved stuffy that goes everywhere.
Comes with a white t-shirt or Onesie.
Candid, natural, and playful, we photograph your little one completely as is. No stress, no posing, just all the natural looks that you love.
Family Lifestyle:
Growing together session
These sessions are usually outdoor, filled with movement, conversation, sandy feet, snack breaks, and letting kids be kids. The goal is to create photos that feel joyful, connected, and true to your family as you are right now.
Just us session
Just you and your little one, in the quiet that exists between you.
Photographed the way it actually feels.
Because one day they'll be too big to carry. But not today.
Let's make sure today is kept.
Artistic and Fine Art
Fine art portraits of your children are the kind that hang for generations.
There are plenty of photos of them mid-cannonball, ketchup on their chin and messy hair, we love those. This is the other one.
The quiet portrait rendered like a painting. The serious little face they make when they're thinking. The eyes you've memorized, made timeless.
This is the portrait style that used to hang in our grandparents' homes, the one every generation stopped making when cameras moved into our pockets. We're bringing it back, because some faces deserve more than a camera roll. They deserve a wall.
Let's create something beautiful and meaningful together.
Funny and Plandid
Photoshoots should be fun, they are what you make it. Break with traditional photography and bring on the random, creative, true family behind the scenes. The kid who "ruins" formal photos? He's the star of this one. The eye-roll teenager, you are welcome here!
Before Dear Mom, I spent my career as an art director and commercial photographer for tv shows. I built sets, pulled styling props, and designed photoshoots from the bottom up. Campaigns taught me how to make a picture pop. Motherhood taught me what a picture is for.
I bring full production value, the styled sets, the bold wardrobe, the locations with character, the light that makes everything glow, and I point all of it at the people who deserve it most. Your family. Because honestly? No brand I ever shot mattered more than a mama and her babies.
Twenty years from now, these will still make you smile.
Dear Me...
The session that's just for you, because you were someone before you were everyone's.
Who are you?
Not "the mom." Not the scheduler, the keeper, the one who makes everything run. You. Sometimes we need to remember who we are and have gorgeous reminders.
Maybe that's a fine art portrait, timeless and unapologetic. Maybe it's boudoir, for you, and whoever you choose. Maybe it's you, the business woman, photographed like the force you are or maybe it's just time for you to have gorgeous photos like the perfect pinterest board casually and candidly doing what you love.
Because here's the truth nobody tells you: you change too. One day you won't look like this. You won't feel like this. You'll be a different you, a you worth loving just as much. But you'll want to look back at this version of yourself and say:
"Damn, girl."
Dear Me, thank you for taking this moment.
For the Rare moments
Milestone Photography
For the Rare moments
Milestone Photography
For the Rare moments
Milestone Photography
Events
Bridal showers, graduations, birthdays, milestone parties. The room full of everyone who loves you most, dressed up and present and all in the same place at the same time. That doesn't happen often.
I move through your celebration quietly, catching the candlelight, the toasts, the tears disguised as laughter, the table of women who have known each other for thirty years.
You plan the party. I'll make sure it lasts a lifetime.
Let's make sure it's kept.
Weddings
You've spent months planning the day. I spend it watching the moments nobody planned.
The look before you walk in. The laugh that escapes when it shouldn't. The grandmother who cries before you even reach the altar. The way he sees you for the first time and forgets every word he rehearsed.
These are the photographs that won't live in a folder. They'll live on your walls, in your albums, in the hands of your children someday when they want to know what love looked like the day you chose each other.
Maternity
This particular version of you exists only moments in a lifetime, forever changing.
Two heartbeats in one body.
Already loved. You are extraordinary.
This session is for the sacred pause before next arrives. For being seen, exactly as you are, at the most powerful your body has ever been.
No apologies. No waiting until after to feel beautiful.
Things you might want to know
1 What does a session with you feel like?
Sessions are relaxed and easygoing. I’ll guide you throughout when needed, but there’s no pressure for everyone to pose perfectly and stand still. Especially with kids, I’ve found the best photos usually happen once everyone settles in, plays a little, and stops thinking too much about the camera.
2 Where do sessions usually take place?
Most families choose either an outdoor location or to take photos in their home and backyard, where everyone feels comfortable. I’m always happy to help choose a spot based on the kind of atmosphere you’re drawn to and what feels most natural for your family.
3 How do you guide us during the session?
I keep direction very gentle and natural. Instead of stiff posing, I’ll usually guide you through small movements and interactions so the session feels comfortable and the photos still feel like you.
4 How do we book a session with you?
You can fill out the contact form with a few details about yourself, the type of session you’re looking for, and any dates or locations you already have in mind. I’ll get back to you with availability, pricing, and the next steps from there.
The Power of Print
One afternoon while I was cooking at my mother's house, my daughter, twenty months old, sat with her grandmother and one of our family albums. She turned the pages, found me, pressed her little hand to my face, and said: "Mama." My mother screamed with joy! "You're never going to believe this. She picked you out of the family photos, smiling and said Mama" The excitement was wild.
She sees photos and videos on my phone every day. But it was paper she reached for. My face she touched. And when I heard about it, my heart understood something before words could: these tangible memories are crucial.
Your kids won't inherit a hard drive. Files get lost, phones get replaced, clouds need passwords and Ai security risks are changing dramatically. But an album gets pulled off the shelf by little hands a hundred times, and a beautiful canvas lining the walls you walk every day quietly tells your children that they are loved and cared for. Images are powerful reminders.
That's why we love when our families choose Dear Mom collections built around something you and those little hands can hold.
Gift a Session 💛
Dear Mom Sessions are gifted all the time, by husbands, adult children, mom friends, sisters and grandparents who know she'd never book it for herself. Gift certificates are available for the session fee or any collection.
This year, don't just sign the card.
And can I just say, there's nothing I love more than giving back to mamas. If you're here because you've decided to honour a mom with a gift that shows her how much you care, I would love to be part of that. Some things to know about me: I love love. I love giving, and I live for a good surprise, and I have ideas to make this gift even more special.
So let's chat. Tell me all about this lovely mom, who she is, and why you want to give her moments that will last forever. We'll plan it together!