Embrace The Everyday

Whether we're thinking of newborn, family, or wedding photos – we easily get distracted by making every single picture as perfect as possible. Maybe so distracted that we lose who we are and what we truly cherish in the process.

Perfectly placed ruffles covering up tiny newborn diapers.Perfectly angled golden hour light smoothing out that new wrinkle.Perfectly rehearsed smiles that don't originate in our spine.Perfectly stylized flowers, dresses, and wedding cakes that we poured money into.

Perfectly orchestrated pictures are nice to look at, but when you think about holding your pictures in your hands, what do you want them to remind you of? How do you want to feel when you look at them? Where do you want them to take you?

You know how a smell, taste or song can suddenly take you back to a memory? That's what I want for your pictures. That is the goal of documentary family, newborn and wedding photography – to let you time travel back to a moment, not a perfectly orchestrated situation.

Traditional posed pictures will for sure capture how your family looks right now. This is the perfectly matching outfits you were wearing, this is how long your toddler's hair was curled perfectly, this is all of you standing so nicely for the photographer – and nobody blinked!

Documentary pictures will capture what the spirit of your family is right now . How your baby grabs your thumb every so tightly on their very first day. How your kids squeal with delight when you whisper secrets into their expecting little ears. How everyone you love and cherish came together despite squabbles to celebrate that you have found a person who makes you better.

Emotions, moments, relationships, connections – they are all tangled up together in every corner and crevasse of our lives, and capturing them is pretty dang amazing. Who needs perfect when the everyday is abundant with beauty?

Read on about why I think the everyday is the most interesting thing to photograph.