Eliza's Family
I believe there is something truly magical about photos of your family, taken in your own home, doing the things you normally do.
I believe the details in the setting of your house will take you back to this time and revive sweet memories you've forgotten, every time you look at them.
I believe the little interactions within your family scream love.
During Eliza's Film Session, I also photographed her family. After a year of hospitalization, Eliza is finally home, and the beautiful connections they share definitely scream love.
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Holiday Traditions | Albuquerque Family Photographer
Whatever your favorite traditions are, I'd like to challenge you to take photos of your family actually living those traditions this Christmas.
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Eliza is home!
After a year of hospitalization, including major heart surgery and a throat surgery to correct breathing issues, Eliza is home!
This film is a celebration of Eliza's life, her homecoming, and the love her family shares, both with her and for her. My hope, is that in the years to come, they'll look back and see how far they've come.
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Christmas Survival Guide
You may be someone who absolutely lives for the Christmas season, and if so, 1 – That is awesome, and 2 – I’m jealous. Feel free to delete this email and continue singing carols.
But for me, December is the most stressful month of the year. Between the extra high expectations from everyone, our overly full calendar, and the general admonishment to be joyful at all times, I find it all a bit overwhelming.
So I made myself a Survival Guide to follow this month.
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My Family's In-Home Documentary Photo Session: 3 Things I Learned
I’ve been photographing real families in their homes for almost two years now, and photographing my own for even longer. But last month was the first time I’ve been on the other side of the lens in this format, and I have to tell you, it was a little different than I’d expected.
Logically, I knew what this was all about, inside and out. But there is something different about being the family photographed, in a documentary-style photo session. It was a learning experience I couldn’t have gained any other way, and I want to share my top 3 take-aways with you.
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Mountain View Montessori | Albuquerque Photographer
Our family has been a big fan of Montessori education for a long time. The individualized education and focus on independence, self-esteem, and peace just can't be beat. Each of my children has gained a solid foundation in math, reading, and geography through the hands-on materials and practical skills they learned in the Montessori setting, and I'm always telling people what a great experience a Montessori education is.
So when I got the opportunity to spend the morning at Mountain View Montessori to create a film for them, I was beyond thrilled.
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What Matters
This fall has been a tough one for my family. My husband and I have had busy work schedules, and between the boys’ school and after-school commitments, sometimes it’s felt as if I couldn’t catch my breath. Can you relate?
In all the running from place to place, reviewing spelling words and Spanish vocab, and making sure lunches are packed every day, the weeks have flown by, with weekends whipping even faster.
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Melissa + James's Family
Melissa trusted me to see exactly what she sees every day - the chaos, the beauty, and the love in raising four little ones.
And just as importantly, she trusted her children to be themselves - kind, funny, creative, and connected - without directing them to do or be anything else.
The result?
A beautiful gallery of photographs - and a film - depicting a typical Saturday morning in this phase of their lives.
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Saturday Morning with Melissa & James's Family
While Melissa and I sat outside in the warm morning sunshine, brainstorming the memories she wanted captured in her family photo session, her four children played around us.
At one point, I remember her saying, "I wish a photo could capture their little voices. The way they talk to each other. The way they move."
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Colleen + Matt's Maternity
When you're expecting your first baby, it's completely natural to spend most of your time dreaming about your next phase of life.
Between the preparations to be made and the anticipation of meeting the little miracle growing in your belly, the future is an exciting time.
But right now, on the precipice of your life changing in this gigantic and wonderful way, is also just as amazing.
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Baby Charlotte | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
What do want to remember about your baby's newborn days?
This time, filled with caring for and getting to know your baby, is truly magical.
The way you hold your baby in your arms, quiet her cries, kiss her sweet cheeks, and soothe her to sleep.
The way your husband scoops up your baby, pats her back, and whispers sweet words in her ear.
The way her fingers curl around yours. The way her feet fit in your husband's hand. The way she gazes as you both.
For me, the images that pull on my heart and bring the memories flooding back aren't the ones that are perfectly posed.
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Fresh 48 with Baby Charlotte | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
When Colleen and Matt sat down with me to discuss their maternity and newborn photo sessions, they were on the fence about including a Fresh 48 session.
They loved the idea of having beautiful photos of their sweet baby's first few hours, but it's such a delicate and emotional time, and with so many unknowns about how the birthing process would go, they were understandably nervous about booking the Fresh 48 portion.
Having never had a Fresh 48 session when my babies were born, I couldn't share my personal experience, but I was able to tell them about Will's.
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Baby Charlotte | Newborn Documentary Films | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
Films are memories in motion. Preserve the sweetness and beauty in your life.
Documenting our lives in this exact phase, complete with sound and movement, film is the perfect addition for those of us who realize how wonderful these days truly are.
I'm so thrilled to now offer newborn and family films, along with my photography, to help you hold onto this fleeting time for a lifetime.
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Click Pro
I still remember my first visit to the Clickin’ Moms website.
It was four years ago, just after I finished my very first DSLR photography course.
I had learned all about the exposure triangle, and I was intent on using my Nikon – in manual mode! – to take a photo of my boys for our Christmas card.
The only problem was, I couldn’t figure out how to get all three of them in focus AND get the blurry background I wanted.
As I searched through the tutorials, finding the exact one to help me, I couldn’t help but notice the gorgeous photographs that filled the Clickin’ Moms website or that each article was written by women who were practicing professional photographers – Click Pros.
I remember sitting cross-legged on my living room couch that evening, and thinking, I cannot imagine ever being on their level.
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Kaytee + Jason's Maternity
There are so many similarities between a documentary family photo session and a maternity one, especially when a family already has a child (or two, as Kaytee and Jason do!), but that's exactly what makes them so special.
A baby isn't born in a bubble. He's born into a family - and that family shapes who he is and who he becomes. When your family celebrates this stage of life in photos, it's truly a gift for everyone involved.
Whether it's your first or your third, giving your child the ability to look back in time and see how he was a part of your family's life from the very beginning is something he will always treasure.
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Find the Beauty: 7 Day Challenge
Get the emotional goodness of a family session when you sign up for my FREE Find the Beauty in your Every Day: 7 Day Challenge.
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Baby Noah | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
Sometimes we hold off on a newborn photo session because we tell ourselves, "We didn't get professional photos of our first baby...and we don't want our oldest to feel left out."
I know I felt that way with our second, but like Kaytee, thankfully, I was over that guilt trip by my third.
This newborn time is so short and so sweet, and it deserves to be documented in beautiful photographs.
And that guilt trip - besides being a complete figment of our imagination - just doesn't stand up next to documentary newborn photography.
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Baby Joshua | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
I headed back to Amanda's home when Baby Joshua was 2 weeks old for his newborn photo session. In the short time since his Fresh 48 Session, he had already grown so much, and was even more alert, which was so fun to see.
One of the wonderful benefits of in-home lifestyle newborn photo sessions is that your baby is free to be himself - awake or asleep, nursing or crying, in your arms or wrapped up tight.
There's no pressure to put your baby to sleep (and make sure he stays that way).
There are no rules to follow.
It's just you and your baby, exactly as you are, making memories you want to keep forever.
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Fresh 48 with Baby Joshua | Albuquerque Newborn Photographer
Amanda welcomed Baby Joshua in the early morning hours at Dar a Luz Birthing Center. Just a few short hours after he entered the world, he was able to come home with his family.
(I don't know about you, but that sounds heavenly to me!)
So instead of the traditional hospital setting that marks most Fresh 48 Sessions, I photographed a glimpse of Joshua's first few sweet hours and his brand-new, newborn features in the comfort of his parents' bedroom, right after his dad got home from work.
Joshua was incredibly alert. He would gaze at his mama - and even into the camera - with such intensity, it took my breath away.
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Baby Huck
With Baby Huck being their seventh baby, Krystal and Gabe know very well how quickly the newborn stage passes, and what a treasure this time is.
When we met, Krystal explained exactly why a documentary-style newborn session appealed to her. Instead of the stress of trying to convince her children to sit still, look at the camera, and smile at the exact same time, they could all relax and enjoy their photo session. In being themselves, they could capture the honest connections between each other and their beautiful baby boy - the moments she holds most dear.
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