As I embark on my Not a Blog venture, I think it is incredibly fun for future clients to see recent session, as well as current clients to be able to brag that they are on my website - so win-win all around! And it gives me a chance to showcase some new and creative spaces I explored within my own photography.

Sunrise(and sunset) Maternity Sessions

I will offer just a few words about these sessions. MY NEW FAVORITES! Okay, there you go. Just a few words. Okay, just a few more words. The When: 15-20 minutes before the sun rises. Yeah, you heard me - that was 7am before daylight savings hit, and then it turned into a brutal 5:45am, but it was so worth it! The Where: For years I enjoyed the sunrise in San Diego and the sweet kiss of God’s rays that spilled along the sandy beach. But now, God has blessed us to be among the mountains in Utah, and I’m excited to find new ‘favorite’ locations! Won’t you join me!

Family lifestyle Mini-Sessions

I love photographing lifestyle sessions. During my time in San Diego, these sessions took me on hikes in Mission Trails, all throughout Balboa Park on perfectly overcast days, running along (and often in) beaches with coastal families reunited, and frolicking (yes, I said frolicking) in fields with newly engaged couples (only newly engaged couples frolic - ha!) And now in Salt Lake City, I have enjoyed the exploring the Benches in Bountiful, the peaks and valleys of Neff’s Canyon, and even dog parks in my local neighborhood (minus the dogs). It has been fun to be ‘the’ family photographer from birth to toddler and beyond for many of my families. In fact, my best friend who moved to Illinois, waited until she was back in San Diego so that I could photograph her daughter’s Senior pictures (I’d been photographing her daughter since she was 7).

Newborn Lifestyle Session

I remember the day I photographed my first born daughter at 9-days old new in a studio. I was wearing far too many hats that day. I was the photographer, the photographer assistant, and the nursing mom. After several hours of trying to create the perfect baby swaddle, and molding her tiny head ever so gently into some award-winning Anne Gedes pose (and all props to Anne), I was in pain, sweating and stressed, and vowed never again to recreate that atmosphere ‘of crazy’ for myself or any other mother. [I mean NO disrespect to any newborn studio photographer - actually, props to you and all the assistants and resources you have available. I had none of that].

But, once I took my newborn home, laid her on the bed on top of a fluffy cream blanket, and watched the natural light frame her soft cheeks, I couldn’t stop photographing her. I found my happy place and never looked back. I ditched the studio equipment, the massive lights and swaddling instructions. Now, I come into homes with just a few blankets and a smile.

commercial Sessions

I have recently found a new delight in bringing my ‘eye’ into helping new business owners with headshots, interior design photographs, real estate venture photographs, and the like. Staying true to my organic mode of shooting, I still avoid the obvious studio-posed, and the overly dramatic use of artificial light. Instead, I invite my budding entrepreneurs into my “office” where the backdrop can be a golden nature reserve, a cascading ocean , or their own beautifully-lit business spaces.