Studio Cake Smash Session
Beautiful Cake Smash Session with lights and flowers
My journey
Ignorance can help you push through your own boundaries.
Even before I started my photography business, I’d been a photographer for as long as I knew. Not necessarily a good one, but I had a burning desire to be a photographer and by the looks of it (through my own eyes). I wasn’t taking bad photos at all. It took me many years to go from “I want to be a professional photographer” to gathering my guts and finally putting myself out there.
Each shoot I did was an amazing experience for me. I had to learn so much, I was determined and motivated to succeed. I watched many professionals doing what they do best, learning and practicing every bit of information I could get for free. Soon that was not enough and I started paying for quality education to take me to the next level. To this very day I am still learning, making sure I learn about all aspects of my business, not just posing.
I am grateful for my ignorance.
When I started I believed I was an amazing photographer. In a way I was right, at that very moment I was the best I could be. When I look at those images now I cringe. I wasn’t as good as I had imagined myself to be, but I had to go through that to move to where I am now. Today I know I’m not the best photographer ever, but I’m the best photographer I can be right now.
In the past 8 years I’ve had highs and lows. I remember 3 distinct times where I was ready to close my business and walk away. There were so many of these moments, where I just wanted to give up. But somehow I manage to just keep going. Sometime it was an image that I captured that would save me and remind me why I loved photography so much. To not give up.
Reflection brings about healing.
If I knew then what I knew now things would have been different right. But I had to learn, I had to grow, I had to feel pain and pleasure. I only hope to learn from my experience and grow in character as I go forward.
May you enjoy this journey with me.
Before and After Photos
Don’t get me wrong, I am so very proud of all these images but there is quite a difference as you can see. I cannot wait to get even better in the next few years.
My clients are simply the most important focus of my photos
As I look back at the past 7 years of running my photography business, one word has dominated my brand. SIMPLICITY. No matter what I end up photographing, my clients are always the most important subject in my images.
I love clean, simplistic images, that draws your eyes to the baby and not the decor, props or outfits. If I look at an image and I think about how amazing the decor is and not the baby, I feel that I have failed my client in so many ways.
This word simplicity also guides my personal life. I try to keep it simple where I can. The more I add to my list of things to do, the more I end up not doing it. I loose my will to do anything at all. If I keep it simple, if simplicity guides me, I do it more enthusiastically, with passion and love.
Most of all simplicity keeps my mind clear, focusing on what truly is important. In my business it is my clients and in my personal life it is my family. Keeping it simple means I don’t have a thousand things occupying my mind, helping think clearly and purposefully. Simply said, simplicity keeps me sane!
It can be so easy to fall in to the trap of wanting what everyone else has. I used to be at the forefront of stalking other photographers work, finding what props they used to create their beautiful images. The only reward I got was disappointment as my work didn’t look the same.
I quickly realized that I was never going to be happy if I kept looking at other photographers work. I had to make a decision to be a follower or a creator. I immediately stopped looking at photographers work and started working on my own style. Again simplicity was my most valued companion in finding what worked for me.
The same could be said in posing a baby or my clients. My clients are simply the most important focus of my photos not my props or backgrounds. I found complicated poses for newborn babies just wasn’t worth the time or stress for my clients or myself. I keep it simple, so that my clients would enjoy their session and walk away with happy memories, hence the reason I get so many return clients.
To me simplicity is such a rewarding strategy. My clients are satisfied with the service and their images, I am pleased that they walk away with beautiful images that focuses solely on them.
Newborn Baby Girl
What a wonderful Newborn session with another family. So much love a light. 
Maternity and Newborn Shoot
Maternity Shoot
Newborn Shoot
Newborn Photo Shoot
I am so grateful I got to meet little Sen. He was an amazing little newborn to photograph and even gave me a little smile. Below are just a few of the images I took at his Newborn Shoot.
Sitter and Sibling Session
What a wonderful age to be alive! Sitter Sessions are one of my favorite sessions as babies get to be themselves. They never do what you expect and a lot of times they surprise you with the most adorable facial expressions. They are also incredibly curious, I hope I never forget to be curious.
Enjoy the images!
Newborn Photo Shoot
What an amazing shoot with Sarika and her family. It is always an honor meeting families who are just so in love with their new borns and the best part is that their little boy will forever know that.
