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A Sunlit Family Session at Archie’s Gardenland

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I met Katelyn and Neil working at the zoo years ago, and they’ve followed me ever since. I had the honor of capturing their maternity photos last fall, and now that sweet Marlee has arrived, we met up again to document them as a family of three!

Archie’s Gardenland is a spot they love to visit, so it was a no brainer to choose it as our location. Katelyn mentioned loving the greenhouse specifically, and although it was a bit humid inside, the warm morning light was absolutely beautiful. With Marlee only being a few months old, we opted for a shorter session, kept the posing sweet and simple, and leaned into capturing some organic moments shopping around the garden.

I spend a lot of my time reminiscing on the best memories, ready to create more. My hope is that my work creates that sense of nostalgia for you. The kind of feeling you wanna relive over and over again- front of the fridge, living room wall worthy.

I love madly in details. 

I love the smell of vanilla candles and the air when it’s crisp just before a fall rainstorm. I love the way that the sky turns all sorts of orange and pink when the sun’s going down. I’ll spend an hour at the store just to make sure I find you the perfect birthday card, and then I’ll probably end up buying two anyways. I’m fascinated by how the waves in the ocean are never ending and if you were to ask what inspires me, I’d say storytelling in all of its many different art forms.

Inspired by sunsets, nostalgia, the stories that make up antique stores, and most of all 

you.

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