THIBODEAUXS // AT HOME

i love this session and these people so much that it hurts.

TAYLORS // AT HOME

photographing a fellow photographer whose work you greatly respect is always nerve-wracking. but when hannah asked me to take her family's photos in her home i was ecstatic. they have the cutest little family in the cutest little house. i had an amazing time following them around their house for a few hours. i told them what to do in a few shots, but most are just a candid look at their everyday. but you wanna know a secret? what makes these photos special is not their cute house and their nice clothes and their general attractiveness. i mean, that helps. but what speaks to me the most, and what i hope is conveyed in the images, is so much more than all of that stuff. it is the way a mother looks at her son. the way her son looks at the tv (ha!). the bodies in the home in which they live. all of the little moments and quirks that make up their lives. the way sweet little maddox hands his momma his sippy cup. how he stands around in his diaper. the way his dad smiles at his mom. THAT is what gets me excited to shoot. THAT is what i care about. and THAT is what i am excited to share with you today. i hope you enjoy.

CLEGGS // AT HOME

i took spanish immersion for 5 years in elementary school, so no, my spanish is not perfecto. but i do enjoy speaking spanglish, much to the amusement of this spanish-speaking familia. they wanted an at-home newborn/family session to document the newest addition to their family. we got a variety of candid, documentary shots as well as a few more formal portraits. i love how they turned out.

THEO // BIRTH STORY

I get so excited for every birth story I cover. The birth of little baby Theo was no exception! It has taken me MONTHS to get around to finally blogging some images from it, but here they are! These were taken just days before Christmas and it was a crazy, snowy day. This was also the first birth I have covered that the mother was unmedicated, and it was a really cool experience. So blessed I got to be there! And I'm not one to throw around exclamation points, but my obsession with birth stories warrants their use. Births are the best.

TAELYN // BIRTH STORY

this story is the essence of a "mini birth story" (is that even a thing?). my sweet sister chelsey was induced on the morning of december 26th, 2015. she wanted me there (with my camera, of course) as well as our older sister and our mom. she had been waiting around at the hospital for baby to come, and she was coming slowly. the last update i got was that she was dilated to a 2. apparently her nurses waited a long time to check her again (or weren't really paying attention, i'm not sure which) but out of the blue i get a call from her husband that she was at a NINE. mind you, i usually head to the hospital at the 5-6cm mark. so of course i grabbed my stuff and ran out the door. unfortunately i am about 25 minutes from her hospital and baby was born about 15-20 minutes after i got the call. my mom and sister missed it, too. emotions were HIGH given the circumstances, and i felt so bad that we weren't there for her. so, my documentation started a few minutes after baby was born, right as she was being handed to her momma for the first time.

WILBURS // AT HOME

I had the wonderful opportunity of photographing the birth of Whitney and Alan's son back in December (post coming soon!). A week or two later I got to visit them in their home and document their new little family of five. They are the owners at Grey Giraffe Photography (I am a photographer there as well) so most of our relationship has been work related, but it was so great to spend a few hours just hanging out, takin' pics and getting to know them better. I guess watching Whitney give birth brought us closer together, too. ;)