I know personally how as a mom you don’t often end up in photographs with your children. You are the one always taking the picture, so you don’t often end up in pictures yourself. But mommas, I’m here to tell you that it is important. Years down the road your children will want pictures of […]

The Archer Family Foundation is a newly forming non-profit that will be coming alongside families that are living with a hydrocephalus diagnosis. Hydrocephalus is a condition where there is excess fluid built up on the brain. There is no cure and the only treatment is brain surgery. Shunts are placed and can fail, leading to […]

A family photo session summer this sweet must be shared! It was a pleasure to see Allisa again, as I had photographed her with extended family the previous fall. Her daughter, Emma is one adorable little girl!

It was such a pleasure to serve other mommas for this Mother’s Day! For one day, I hosted moms in the studio, where they chose a dress to wear and then were photographed with their little ones. Forte Florals designed the floral arrangement and, my oh my, was it perfect!

The Parmer family is one where when you meet them you think to yourself, “Gosh, they are just so perfect!” I arrived to their session after meeting them at a wedding where they were a part of the bridal party. They asked if I was feeling adventurous and the answer to that is (always, okay […]

I cannot tell you how good it feels to have my own space to create photographs for families like the lovely Bates family. Studio Illume was not something I expected to pursue the year after a pandemic, but the Lord had other plans! I still cannot get over little Reya’s red hair and her sweet […]

I photographed Alexa and Tim’s wedding a couple years back and I was SO excited for them when I heard that they had become parents! Peyton is all smiles and such a sweet little one. It was wonderful to have them all in the studio and photograph this stage of life!

As a celebration for the opening of Studio Illume, I asked Diane of Lavender and Locks Flower Farm to put together a floral installation. It was SO so wonderful to have these familiar faces in front of my camera again! I photographed Ashley and Josh’s wedding a few years back, so it was extra special […]

I first met Fin for his first birthday photos a couple years ago. Now he’s three and it’s just so exciting! This little guy couldn’t quite pick one theme for his birthday, so last I heard there were at least three themes. Fitting, I guess 🙂

Finn was born on October 9, 2015. He was a healthy 7lbs 1oz and 18.25 inches long. It’s unclear when labor actually started. The last three months of my pregnancy I had terrible Braxton Hicks. It was really common for me to have between 5 and 10 an hour depending on how much I was […]