This adorable family was visiting Florida this fall to celebrate Binita’s birthday and I was lucky enough to meet them for some sweet family memories! Florida gave us some beautiful morning light and Jaiden’s eyes and smile just melted my Mama heart!

I occasionally get asked what it means when I say I am a lifestyle photographer so I thought I could explain what it means to me and why I love it so much!

Essentially (and adapted from Wikipedia) lifestyle photography is about capturing people in real-life situations and events in an artistic way. The key for me here, is real-life.

ahhh! if you’ve been following me for anytime in the last year you know about my friend, Crystina, of The Messy Painter. I got to capture a Mom and Me with her and Wylder at The Don Cesar earlier this year!! Wylder is just 7 weeks older than Ryan and it has been so fun to watch the boys the last year and she has kept me sane through all of it!

The next mom and me is a special one for me!! My long time friend, Carly, joined me for a mom and me session at the Rose Garden!! Carly is an incredible mom (and just as amazing friend) so I felt really lucky to get to capture these sweet moments of her and her kids for mother’s day! Maybe because I’m a mom now too, but there’s something incredibly special about these sessions to me now!!

i’m kicking off mom and me mini session week with Mel and her newborn baby girl, maddie!! Ahh soo sweet! These two girls met me at the rose garden in Portland, OR with Melissa’s mom who joined for a few sweet shots as well! when I get to Portland I usually try to shoot and I am so so grateful for clients and friends like Melissa that I have been able to work with over the years even from afar!

hayes’ parent’s lived in San Francisco around the same time we did so we have that whole summers that were way too cold to summers that are way to hot thing in common. it was so fun for me to get to capture these sweet family memories in honor of hayes first birthday!! what a sweet baby with the dreamiest eyelashes!!