brother and sister having a fun morning at home

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What is a Day in the Life Video Session?

August 31, 2019

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Nothing turns my heart into mush like a Day in the Life Session. These family video sessions memoralize your typical day, your routines, and everything in between so that you can return to it anytime you’d like. There’s nothing quite like capturing your family this way. It’s real. It’s golden. It is a part of you that you’ll always want to hold onto.

For this Bay Area family, it was important to remember their littles as they foraged for themselves in the early morning hours as the parents slept in. Yes, you heard me. The parents got to SLEEP IN. What a concept! And 100000% worth documenting. And I have to say I was thoroughly impressed at how independent they were, even with the rusty kitchen sheers.

And as is typical with a family photo or video session with me, there were lots of tender in-between moments captured and plenty of hysterical ones as well.

But please, don’t take it from me. Please view for yourself.

If slowing down and freezing a moment in time is something that pulls at your heartstrings, then, by all means, let’s get in touch! I would love to hear from you.

About Me

Real people are my favorite.

It's why I appointed myself the family documentarian early on, carefully recording life unfolding, and learning along the way how much I love visual storytelling. I picked up my first professional camera when my child was born, knowing those early years were dawning and full of change — and I never looked back. I can't imagine doing anything else.

I'm a maximalist in every sense: all-in on a project or power napping, rarely anything in between. A little weird and impressively clumsy, with absolutely zero shame dancing in public. I live in Alameda (aka the Midwest of the Bay Area) with my husband, my teen, and a menagerie of animals. Fair warning: I bring my outdated 90s dance moves to every session.

My upbringing taught me to find beauty where others see ordinary. Motherhood only deepened that instinct, and I've been known to cry at the drop of a hat. Kleenex is a standing item on my packing list for newborn sessions.

I'm awkward at small talk and large groups are where I go quiet — which is exactly why you'll never find me working weddings or large events, and why you will find me completely at home in yours. I work best in the intimate, the real, and the messy.

I invest deeply in the people I work with and pour my whole heart into every session. Walking away with friendships after a session is always a major bonus — and it's the reason I love my job as much as I do.

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