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If I could choose just one recent session that represents who I am and where I’m headed as a photographer, this is the one. It didn’t go exactly as planned (thanks to the wet weather and travel delays), and yet it worked out perfectly. There isn’t a single thing I would change about these photos or the time I spent with the Fontaine Family. The goal was to create something authentic and we did just that. There was laughter and tears and all the good (and challenging) stuff that comes with a busy family of 6! When I look at these photos I see so much love and happiness. Not the put on your best clothes, smile (and behave!) for the camera kind, but the everyday kind. The silly looks between sisters, the constant motion of toddlers, mom and dad juggling it all while trying to soak it in and enjoy it too. It’s a day in the life of a beautiful, ever-evolving family.

Lisa, Doug, Olive + Bijou, it was so awesome to be with you again! I can’t believe how much has changed (and stayed the same!) since I saw you all last. Can you believe it’s been almost 10 years since you first welcomed me into your lives?! Crazy!

Eero + Wilder, I’m so happy to have finally met you! Let’s hang out again soon, okay? xo

 

 

Though it’s taken some time, I’ve finally learned to trust my instincts. I don’t exactly remember my first email exchange with Lori, but I know we connected over living in the San Francisco Bay Area (her currently, me formerly). We were both raising young children and trying to build our photography businesses at the same time. We were feeling the small victories and the unending challenges in the everyday. We had a lot in common. But we were both really busy so our communication was brief before we went back to our lives. My sense was that if we lived closer we would be great friends. I was right. Sort of.

In the year and a half since Lori and I first “met” in an online photographer’s forum we have quietly grown to be great friends, despite the distance. I’m not exactly sure how it happened (an email here, a phone call there, finally a lunch date when she was in SD visiting family), but I’m so grateful it did. Lori is an amazing person and phenomenal photographer (you can check out her work HERE) and I consider myself so lucky to call her my friend. When she asked me to photograph her family I was ecstatic! There is nothing more exciting (or nerve-wracking, to be honest) than photographing another photographer, especially someone you admire. It is an honor I can’t quite explain.

I don’t think we could’ve possibly fit any more fun into the time we spent together San Francisco! This is exactly the type of session that makes my heart happy…full of laughter, love, and pure joy. To say I’m happy with these photos would be a huge understatement. I adore them. Just like I adore the people in them. Lori and her beautiful family are beyond awesome and it was such a pleasure to create these memories with them. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!