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I’m going to be totally honest here: sometimes, I create blog posts and don’t post them until AGES after. I do it either because I’m swamped and forget to post…
When the sun is shining through the Eiffel Tower on a brilliant Parisian morning, there’s nothing better than having a quick family portrait session!! I LOVED working with Aidee and…
Paris is a city with a million and one things at your fingertips: culture, walking, eating, touring, wine-tasting.. all amazing things to do during a weekend or a vacation here…
Reasons why the most adorable couple award goes to to Chloe and Caleb: 1. They met at summer camp as counselors (straight out of a movie, right?) 2. They literally…
Paris seems to be a city of inspiration for so many creatives… lucky as I am, I get to meet a ton of them who come through. Usually a quick…
Their honeymoon was simple: a few days in Paris, and a few days in Disneyland. Places that they loved and made them happy. So often we search for the craziest…
Sometimes last minute meetings are the most serendipitous, don’t you think? The beautiful Vaishali and her fiancé Amit contacted me on a last minute idea of having their engagement portraits…
It was the PERFECT November day: golden foliage and the crisp smell of fall surrounding us and after SO long of hearing about “the pretty part of Alsace” we were heading…
The Invitation by Oriah It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting…
If you’ve ever been to our Parisian apartment, you’ll know that we absolutely LOVE having portraits of us, our family, and our travels up on the walls as our decoration.…
As an artist, somewhere along the line someone will ask you why you do what you do. Why it’s so important to you that it feels like if you DON’T…
You know those almost-winter autumn days when it’s just plain cold outside and all you want to do is cuddle up with a cup of hot cocoa? Well, what do…
Interviews are so revealing and intimate. I was really humbled when the incredible artist Kirbanu asked me to be a part of her artist interview series while she was passing…
Humbled feelings of excitement, and so much gratitude are all whirling through my head right now.. I always dreamed of being interviewed by a national magazine about my crazy road…
I absolutely LOVED it when I got Keisha’s first email asking about dong a birthday session for herself and with her partner. I love when people celebrate themselves, we don’t…
At home newborn sessions are amongst my favorite things to photograph! This beautiful family had just moved to Paris so it was their first session with me (and I really…
It was so much fun working with White House Black Market, My Style Vita, Lauren Elyse, and Lush to Blush on this cute Eiffel Tower picnic! I wish you could…
What a fun experience photographing the lovely Jessica of My Style Vita! See some fun work featured on her blog here, here, here and here.
Originally posted on Inspired by This, I’m excited to bring you a session that is not super recent but still one of my favorites! Rachelle (in the white) told Ally…
When I saw Katie Donnelly Photography in Expatriates Magazine and online nominated for best portrait photographer in Paris I was incredibly humbled (and still am!). Thank you to everyone for…
It was so much fun to meet and work with Lauren Elyse (formerly Fashionably Lo) on a few shots for her blog and instagram recently! You can see more here…
I wish I could say that every child I’ve ever met has been 100% comfortable with me at once upon meeting.. but it’s just not true. Most of the time…
It's totally true, the French just dress better (even Emily in Paris agrees!)
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