Home-based photography

Home is where photos are born. Years later, you can still hear the laughter and conversations in the kitchen, smell the fresh challah coming out of the oven on a Friday afternoon. Real photos evoke a gut feeling, capturing those moments forever.

Home is where my guard is down and my feet are up. It’s where we can pull a wedgie and not think twice. I love at-home sessions because it is the most comforting environment. We are free to be authentic and playful. We are free to explore. 

When we aren't performing and living authentically, photos become physical representations of our feelings in that moment. They can become artifacts of a stage of life not staged life. 

Most of my early memories took place at home. I can still feel the ledge of the sink digging into my stomach when I would jump on it to drink water from the  faucet. I remember the marking on the wall of the inches I grew each year. I will never forget the hours and hours my sister spent on the sink, looking in the mirror and tweezing her eyebrows. 

These Are the memories I wish were recorded - Not just school plays and birthday parties. 

Today, I wish I had pictures of those everyday moments. I want to be taken back to those ordinary moments in my life.  I want to feel what it was like, not just what happened but the raw, honest gut feelings. 

I wish those memories would have been recorded so I can reminisce, show my kids and relive those innocent years. My attempts today to recall those faint recollections, to capture them now feels like trying to capture butterflies - worth it but mostly futile.   

Today,  I am inspired by the opportunity to give that gift to my clients. 

If documenting your family memories is something that calls to you, please reach out to me. Once the moment passes, so does the opportunity to capture it for posterity.