I have been taking photos of families and their brand new babies at Marthas’s Vineyard Hospital to help them update the photos on the wall of the labor and delivery area and to celebrate the Baby-Friendly initiatives that they do…

In common parlance, a “rainbow baby” is a baby born after loss. A rainbow of babies is the spectrum of colors - as part of the process of booking a newborn photo session with me, I invite parent feedback…

The first year of life holds so many profound changes - every cliche a deep truth about time speeding by. Your tiny, curly baby unfolds and wakes up, then pauses briefly at sitting before they're crawling, walking, then running (and running from you). A sitter session is for that stopover, that first great muscle leap - that small glorious window in which your baby stays where you put them down, and grins at you.

On a blustery winter day, the storm inside matched the storm outside, and a brand new person was in the world.

Once upon a time, I committed to photograph this baby’s birth. I did not know…

As a photographer on Martha’s Vineyard specializing in parenthood photography, a maternity session is one of my favorite occasions.

This liminal time of in-between, on the cusp of a change that will change everything, is so worth capturing.

I offer two kinds of maternity sessions - either in my studio or outside. There are reasons to love both…

I post most of my birth story photography over on my Martha’s Vineyard Birth Photographer site, but I do like to cross-pollinate my pages. Birth photography is my one true love, and it is always an immense honor and privilege to join families on one of the most important days of their lives and to document the moments that memory will blur.

I often joke with my clients that I have no real fashion sense of my own - I rely on the “uniform wardrobe” where I have multiple pairs of the same outfit and I wear the same thing to work every day and the same thing on days off. It helps minimize decision fatigue, they say. But when it comes time to style your newborn session, that aspect of the creativity is one of my favorite parts.

If you are looking to have your family photos taken on Martha’s Vineyard and aren’t sure what kind of session you want, there are some important considerations. You must think about your family dynamics and your vision of the session and what kind of story you want your photos together to tell.

After 20 years, you don’t need a huge party to get married to your love. Just the sand, the water, the perfect light, and the beach almost to yourself.