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Family Sessions
Your motherhood journey honored in portraits as meaningful as the life you’re carrying. Each image is crafted to reflect your strength, softness, and the quiet confidence of this fleeting chapter.
These are portraits that become part of your family’s story. Art for your walls that brings you back to this moment every time you see it. From the first moment to the final reveal, your experience is gentle, intentional, and beautifully curated for you and the life you’re welcoming.
All motherhood sessions include family, but not all family sessions are motherhood sessions.
A family session focuses on the group as a whole. A motherhood session is centered on her, the emotional connection, her presence, and her relationship with her children, while still capturing the family together. It’s more intentional, more intimate, and designed to honor the mother as much as the moments around her.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Every session includes a design appointment where we plan wardrobe together so everything photographs cohesively without feeling stiff or overly styled.
Our studio wardrobe features an extensive collection of couture gowns in a wide range of sizes and colors, including matching mom-and-me options. These pieces are available to you and designed to photograph beautifully, taking the pressure off shopping or guessing.
We don’t provide wardrobe for men, simply because most already own what works best on camera such as classic, well-fitting staples. During the design appointment, we walk through exactly what each person will wear or bring so everyone feels confident and prepared well before the session day.
Not at all. Real connection doesn’t come from perfectly posed children. It comes from movement, interaction, and allowing kids to be themselves. Sessions are designed with flexibility so there’s room for play, breaks, and real moments.
The best time is usually before you feel “ready.” You don’t need to wait for a milestone, a certain age, or a perfect season of life. If this chapter matters to you now, it’s worth documenting now.
There’s no set limit on the number of people included. We just need the final headcount by the time of your design appointment, which typically takes place about two weeks after you’ve booked your session date.
Once that number is set, it needs to remain the same. This allows us to thoughtfully coordinate wardrobe, plan sets, and design the session with accuracy and intention so everything runs smoothly on shoot day.
Professional hair and makeup is not required for every person in your session. That said, if members of your group regularly wear makeup or style their hair, we strongly recommend adding their services with our artists.
One of the reasons clients consistently love how they look in our work is because our hair and makeup artists are among the best in the industry. Their work is a key part of the overall look and ensures consistency across the final images. Without it, the results can feel visually uneven.
Hair and makeup for one person is included in your booking fee. Additional services can be added per person, per service, so you can customize the experience in a way that feels right for your group while maintaining the integrity of the final images.
When I was growing up, my mom was always the one behind the camera. She documented everything. Holidays, milestones, everyday moments. But almost none of those images were displayed, and we rarely had photographs of her with us. Aside from school pictures, there weren’t many images that showed our family together.
That absence stayed with me.
Today, I create the kind of family portraits I wish we had. Images that live on walls, not tucked away on phones. Photographs that hold connection, presence, and the quiet magic of a family as they are right now. I try to get pictures with my furry family at least once a year now.
These portraits become more meaningful with time. As children grow, as parents age, and as seasons change, they become something to return to and something to pass down. My goal is to create family images that feel just as valuable years from now as they do the day they’re made.
I hold a Fine Art degree from Savannah College of Art & Design and bring 16 years of experience to every session. My work has been featured on billboards in New York City’s Times Square, published in multiple magazines, and recognized with awards. That foundation allows me to focus not just on how your images look, but on how they feel and how long they will matter.
-Audrey
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