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Hello and welcome to my photoblog. I am delighted to have you here! This blog serves as a way of sharing my most recent photo sessions with clients and their family and friends, and is also the first place to hear recent announcements about the studio as well as special blog-reader only discounts.

I am a primarily natural light portrait photographer based out of Madison, Wisconsin. My focus is on babies, children and families, although I also love to shoot a limited number of weddings per year. My portrait sessions take place entirely on location -- either at your home or at another location around Madison. I love to explore new places, so I'm very open to your suggestions. And of course, I have some favorite spots that I'm always ready to explore again as well.

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My approach toward photography is deceptively simple: catch real moments of your children really being themselves. Silly giggles, sweet kisses from mommy, tickles from a big sister, laughing while watching doggie run through the park... These are the moments that make up real life. These are the moments from childhood that pass by all too fast. And these moments, to me, are where the real beauty of childhood resides. The same philosophy governs my approach to wedding photography.

My style is largely photojournalistic and non-obtrusive, while at the same time I am always working to create beautiful and lasting memories of life as it unfolds. The most common words used to describe my photographs are the ones I have chosen as the tagline for my studio: Modern. Fun. Real. Life. People often comment that my photographs have a sense of warmth and emotion to them -- which I consider the highest compliment possible.

Looking forward…

02.01.2010 Posted in children

Hello, long neglected blog. I have missed updating you. I’m still settling into life with a newborn (amazing how after only two years since my first I had already forgotten exactly how tiring it can be). But happily, he’s getting a bit more used to a nap schedule so I hope to do a lot more updating on the blog soon. As you might recall, I’m still on a semi-maternity leave, and I’m only photographing my Baby Sprouts clients until April. Thankfully I have a few of those with milestones over the next few months, so I will have some fun photos to share with you. I also still have some sessions from the fall to post here, but I was uploading this session from this weekend and was just struck by this image and had to post it today.

You might recognize her cute little face from earlier sessions. I had photographed her as a newborn and a 7 month old (or thereabouts), and now she has grown up into a little lady. She has the most beautiful room little girl’s room I have ever seen, with one wall entirely covered by these windows. Her mom had asked if I could try to get a photo of her with the “Ella” sign that hangs in her room over the changing table, since she had a similar one from her childhood. Well, Miss Ella was not at all interested in sitting on her changing table — who can blame her with all the excitement going on in the rest of world? So we improvised, and I actually love how it looks with the windows. And the tutu. If I had a little girl, I swear that she would be in a tutu all day long! There are lots more from this super fun session to come later, but here’s a little teaser for now.

So here’s to a new year… looking forward to 2010.

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