Have you ever left a photo session and thought.. “I don’t even want to see those photos. I look awkward and I didn’t feel my best and there’s no way that turned out well.”

This is not an uncommon occurrence. I felt that way for every photoshoot when I was younger— school photos, family photos, senior photos. I left the session thinking “thank god that’s over.” And you know what? Those pictures were bad. They weren’t technically bad, the lighting was great and the backdrops—(ok the backdrops were ugly but we’ve evolved as a society since then) but because I was uncomfortable the whole time, my photos just did not hit the way they should have. When I look at them (still on my parents wall, lol) I don’t think “look how cute high school Karly was.” Instead I think about how awkward I felt leaning against a tree or how twisted my body felt in the pose they put me in or how hot and bright the studio lights were in my face. When I became a photographer, I remained hyper aware of this fact and have always tried my hardest to help my clients realize that they are not models, and the last thing I want anyone to do is be uncomfortable when I’m taking their photograph. My goal is for you to have just as much fun during the session as you do looking at the photos a few weeks later. Your photos won’t be good because we set the scene and click all the right buttons and pose at all the right angles— they will be good because they will look and feel like you and you’ll remember how happy you felt at that particular point in time. So let’s get real, and raw, and have some real, honest fun while doing it.