With all of the chaos and crazy right now going on in the world, we could use something lighter. Today, I'm excited to share Baby Brooks' birth and first few hours on the blog! This one is especially meaningful to me because this is my boyfriend's nephew! It was such an honor to be in the room with Leslie as she labored like a champ and to watch my little buddy take his first breath. Things moved very quickly once...
A few years ago I photographed Christine and Matt's wedding at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. It's so much fun that now I got to document the beginning of this new journey for them as well! Baby Hunter is a sweet little guy and I loved being able to see Christine and Matt in their new roles as parents. Here are just a few of my favorites from our time together. ...
Last summer my friend Alison welcomed her beautiful girl Violet into the world. I had the honor of being there to capture some of her first moments as a momma following her C-section, as well as her mom, sister, and best friend all meeting little baby V for the first time. Here are just a few of my favorites. ...
This past Spring I had the honor of photographing this family session for The "S" Family. I captured Amanda and Eric's wedding three years ago and it was such an honor to be able to continue telling their story. We spent a couple of hours together at their home capturing a mix of portraits and more documentary style images that show what a day in the life looks for them during the first few months of Baby Oliver's life. Here...
I've fallen a bit behind on blogging over here, and not for a lack of family work but rather we've just been super busy with weddings! Check out the blog over on our wedding website to see what we've been up to :) Now that things are starting to wind down from the first half of our wedding season and we're finally starting to feel caught up, I'm excited to share more of the family work that I've been up...
This December, once we were nearing the end of our wedding season (I say nearing because we still had 3 weddings to go!) we took a well earned break to the Hawaiian islands for a couple of weeks. Our second day on the island started by meeting with my friend Angie with Angela Nelson Photography and Engaged on Maui to photograph her beautiful family at sunrise. When we arrived, it was violently windy and Eddy, Angie's independent adventurous 18 month old...
Every blog post I do featuring Jeana ends up being an ode to Jeana. As a matter of fact, let's do a quick recap here: The first time Jeana was in front of my camera (for something other than test shots), Matt and Jeana's engagement session, their wedding with what was essentially my maid of honor speech in text form on it, and for funsies some behind the scenes photos of us over the years. Now that that's out of the way -...
I met Juliana a little over three years ago when we roomed together as strangers at a photo workshop. I knew immediately that I had met someone special and that we would remain friends. The situation was stressful and I found it difficult to connect with those around me, but I am so thankful that Juliana kept in touch with me anyway. Over the last few years she's become incredibly special to me. She's one of the deepest and most...
I shared these photos a few months ago on the Photography by Brea site, but now that Life by Brea has launched, it feels like a good time to revisit :) Prior to this session, I knew that day in the life photography appealed to me, but it was this session that confirmed that this was the direction I wanted to go in. I bought the Life by Brea domain a few weeks later. These little girls are so special...
Last year, I visited Alex and Rick's house shortly after they welcomed their son into the world for a family documentary session. I loved watching these two wonderful, loving humans love on this new little life. It's also so fun for me to watch a couple that I have seen go through the excitement of being newly engaged through their wedding and now into becoming a family. I love all of the weird facial expressions that Baby Cade. It's so...