Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog! This is where I share my recent work and a peek into our lives.
A little about me – I have loved photography ever since my parents gave me my first camera (a Kodak Instamatic) when I was a child. I snapped pictures of everything and saved my allowance to buy film and flash cubes. (I think I just dated myself!) Clearly this was the work of a budding artistic genius…
I continued to study photography through college and marriage, eventually learning how to develop and print my own black & white photographs in a bathroom turned darkroom. I fell in love with Anne Geddes’ simple photographs of newborn babies and thought what an amazing job that would be, to document the newest of new lives. Soon I had two new lives of my very own, and I turned my camera on them. I learned quickly how fleeting childhood is. Tiny, sleepy newborns became curious crawlers, and before I knew it they were taking those first wobbly steps.
Documenting my own children’s early years in this world gave me a whole new perspective on the importance of photography. These were moments I didn’t want to forget. Moments that flew by in a haze of sleep deprivation and busy days. Thanks to photography, I will always remember just how tiny my babies once were, how tightly their little fists were clenched, and how they pursed their little lips as they slept.
Photography transcends the years, preserving forever a moment that was all too short. I cherish our old family photographs, and I hope that my own grandchildren will feel the same way years from now. In those images, I can see my own grandmother as a young mother, and see just how much I look like her. I can watch my grandfather, who is no longer with us, as he holds his firstborn son in wonder. Photography is a gift not only for us, but for those who come after us.
I am honored when parents entrust me with the job of capturing the early days of their children’s lives. I love knowing that the images I create for them will become a part of their own family history and will enable them, years from now, to cherish those moments once again.