Family Photography Blog

  • Spontaneous Family Portraits, Seattle, WA

    Spontaneous Family Portraits, Seattle, WA

    Family photography is what I love to do and it happens to be my work!  I am a photographer specializing in spontaneous family portraits.  Photographing children and parents involves both the predictable and the unknown.  My objective in every photo session is to create images that display spontaneity while also expressing the beauty and temperament of…

  • Autumn and Kid photography. Seattle, WA

    Autumn and Kid photography. Seattle, WA

    Hats off. Hats on. Hat off and on, over and over again. The in-between is what most interested me. This is just a preview of autumnal children’s portraits I have been making this season. When time allows, there will be a blog post and more photos which show off Seattle’s glorious fall colors, children and…

  • Harley Davidson Family. (Seattle Family Photography).

    Harley Davidson Family. (Seattle Family Photography).

    This Family are repeat clients. I photographed a wedding within this Family, then a brand new child that they so awaited and few days ago a celebration of the Grandparents and their long marriage. Those guys are Harley Davidson riders. They are fun people. They love their dogs. They love their kids. They love their…

  • Amilia’s first photo session (Seattle Family Portraits).

    Amilia’s first photo session (Seattle Family Portraits).

    Amilia’s Mother wrote after the photo session: “By taking the pictures of our family that memorable Sunday afternoon you helped close one chapter of our life and open a new one. As I studied the pictures you took of us you can tell on Hauke and I’s faces that we made it. You see, our…

  • Children’s portraits in Autumn, Seattle, WA

    Children’s portraits in Autumn, Seattle, WA

    As a Seattle family photographer, I revel in this time of the year. The quality of light is incredible for making photos of families. It is even, milky, and soft, allowing for strong portraits.         Originally published October 24, 2014

  • Inspiring Places to Photograph in Seattle

    Inspiring Places to Photograph in Seattle

    I was recently interviewed by Redfin and asked about my favorite “photography spot” in Seattle.    Without hesitation I said:  Seattle’s Kerry Park.  Why? Kerry Park is probably the most picturesque location in all of Seattle.  Having a combination of the Space Needle, skyline, Mt. Rainer and Puget Sound as its backdrop, you are guaranteed to come away…

  • Meditative Photography for Women

    Meditative Photography for Women

    There is so much beauty that passes by us daily, or rather that we pass it by, and I would like to bring that awareness back and make a daily practice of it by teaching Meditative Photography for Women. You might think that making photos and practicing meditation might be unrelated since the photography is…

  • The Road To Becoming A Family Photographer

    The Road To Becoming A Family Photographer

    Everybody’s path is different. Some photographers become successful overnight. They wake up one day confronted with a life situation where they must earn a living and decide to become a family photographer because they are good with kids, they like photography well enough, or happen to have a camera in a closet that the ex…