Family Portrait Session’s can be just the kids, the whole family, You and your extended family..

..Maternity Sessions, Newborn Baby Sessions, Pretty much any family photography needs you have I’d love to help! Select Family Portraits when inquiring!

Are you more than one person? Is there some love? If the answer to both of these questions is yes, you’re most likely considered a “family”. Family Sessions are 30-45 minutes long & include hand edited photographs. You are free to add your “fur babies” to your family session! Newborn and Milestone sessions are 60 minute long and are often done inside your house or inside the Sewickley Studio. Your digital gallery will include lots of documentary and lifestyle images that showcase your families connection and love. I also include detail photos and a few “smile and look” for grandma shots. Sessions do not include digital photos. Digital and print packages can be purchased at the time of booking or after your session.

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The baby lays on a bed with his fist, reaching towards the camera and his mom and dad's hands near him as he looks directly into the camera
A new family holds their tiny infant with two large dogs on either side of them as the father kisses the infants head in their hands
Father nuzzles his nose into his baby daughter near the bridges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The family of mixed race stands on the Roberto Clemente bridge and poses for a photo in downtown Pittsburgh
Young family with three boys lays on the bed with the mother and father on either side of the boys and the infant in the middle. Everyone is looking at the infant or his newborn photography session.
Family with two young children stands in a creek bed having their portraits taken for their holiday card
A family of five stands in a field during summer with beautiful yellow flowers in the background and them talking and kissing their children in the foreground

Let’s make some beautiful art!

What is documentary or lifestyle photography? I define it as capturing your love as a family in an aesthetically pleasing way within a beautiful backdrop. If pays closer attention to your connections between each other than your “looking and cheesing” at the camera. When you receive your hand edited digitals my hope is that you will have a hard time choosing which artistic image you have enlarged for your houses walls!

A family of five stands in a field at golden hour sunset during the fall. All of the foliage is orange and yellow, and the sky is bright with the lowering sun.
The focus is of the infants feet and diaper, and the background of the image has mom and dad looking to and talking towards their newborn daughter
dad hugging daughter in the village of sewickley

Family memories are so important. Your baby is changing and growing up every day. I want to work with your family to capture this perfect moment in time for you. I want to have your memories preserved in prints for generations. Family printing and digital packages total investment starts around $800. Shooting retainers are a $250 deposit taken at the time of booking. Your authentic memories are worth every penny! All presented digital files have been hand edited and retouched for distractions. I take care in returning the best of the best so many times my galleries will hold fewer images BUT you will find feeling in every single image file I deliver. Additional retouching for problem skin can be purchased per digital file.

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And her two daughters pose in the Sewickley studio on black solid paper and a wooden crate. They are wearing bright colored dresses.

Short Session (offered several times a year)

Family Mini Sessions– I call them “Short Sessions!” will happen several times per year. This is a great way to get to know me, get a beautiful portrait for your wall or Holiday cards, and try out some of the unique locations around our beautiful city!

Watch my blog for updates and all the information on Short Sessions If you have had a session of any kind with me in the past: your email will automatically be sent updates on upcoming mini sessions. If you fill out the form below, you will also receive “mini session details” one week prior to my open advertising. Pricing will vary, but most of these sessions will be 15-20 minutes and yield 10- 15 photos. Mini’s photo file purchasing will be will always be necessary, but can affordably be done within special Short Session Print print packages.

Short Sessions are NOT held “anywhere”. Locations are predetermined, pricing and times are set. Follow and watch social media. You automatically join the email list when you inquire.