Max Patch doesn’t disappoint during any season of the year, but especially not during the summer. Cool, crisp mountain air, tall & wispy grass, yellow flowers blooming all over the mountain top, & the most beautiful pink sunset made this engagement session one for the books.

Kids can’t hold their smiles for a full hour photo session… and they shouldn’t have to! Here are 3 ways to get the most of your next family photo session that don’t require your kids to say CHEEESE for forever.

It can feel impossible to love my imperfect body, but I have been clinging to a few simple truths that have lifted the weight of both my expectations & the pressure of our culture in this season.

Having a baby while taking a break from social media proved to be a wonderful thing that I’m so thankful for! Here are 4 reasons I’m glad I was off social during the early newborn days.

Enjoy a collection of my favorite black & white images from a family photo session in Sequoyah Hills. Plus, receive a little encouragement on why a season of raising young children is worth the effort of documenting.

I love writing out my babies’ birth stories so that I can remember them forever & sharing them here with you to laugh, commiserate, & rejoice together!

Motherhood can feel anything but beautiful at times, but it is my joy to mirror back to you the true beauty, joy, and glow of this season through photographs. You are strong & beautiful, mama. Let me help you see it.

I’m sharing the 3 most impactful things I learned in preparation for the birth of baby #3 and how the labor and delivery actually went!

Life is constantly pulling us in 1 million different directions & I’m obsessed with finding resources & systems that simplify daily routines so that I can maximize my time on what matters most to me. Here are some of my favorite recent lifehacks!

Each year, I design a “family yearbook” for my fam to enjoy all of our favorite photos from the previous year. These albums are a great way to enjoy all of your favorite memories. In this blog, I will share a process I recommend for designing your own family yearbook throughout the year so that come December, your album is almost finished and ready to print in the new year!

With my due date just around the corner, I wanted to share a little update on what my “plans” are for “maternity leave” this time around with baby #3 in regards to taking time off, staying connected, & trying new things!

After taking December off of social media, here are some of refreshed intentions for how I plan to use my social apps in the new year.

I wanted a clean slate with Facebook but before I felt good about deleting my account I wanted to make sure I had saved any sentimental memories & transferred the ownership of important items. Here’s my checklist.

Looking for creative ways to share photos of your children on social media that keep their identities anonymous? Here are some different poses to get you started!

Have technological advancements & pressures from social media made us prioritize capturing memories over making them in the first place? Here are 3 tips on how to stay present while you document the beauty of life around you.

If you’ve learned about some of the risks associated with sharing photos of kids online & you’re wondering what to do next, here are some helpful ideas to get started.

Until recently, I wasn’t aware of all of the risks associated with sharing photos of kids online, but as a mom & family photographer, I think it’s a really important topic to chat about.

As I have started learning about the potential risk of sharing photos of children on social media, I am making changes to what I choose to post online.

I’m sharing some of my favorite ways to gift your photos - some you may have never considered before! Photo gifts are always unique and personal, so you can’t go wrong.

After taking a month off of Instagram on my own in August, I thought it would be fun & fruitful to invite others to join me for a little communal social media detox together! I was so encouraged when over 100 people signed up. Here are some of our group’s biggest takeaways so far.