Meet Michelle

I do this so you won't feel the way I did.

I had just quit my job to be a stay at home mom, so I was trying to be practical and save money. And professional maternity portraits weren’t practical, so I thought I was being smart.

Plus, we were planning more children, so the next pregnancy, I told myself, we would invest.
You know that old saying about how man makes his plans, and God laughs?

Well, you can guess the way this story goes. Despite our “efforts,” and the efforts of modern science, there was no next pregnancy.

I ended up losing something far more valuable than money. 
So, don’t be like me. Invest in the stuff that really matters, before it’s too late. 

You see that beautiful bathroom selfie? That’s the very best photo I have of myself pregnant.

So all I have to remember that incredibly precious, fleeting time in our lives by (awaiting this little girl we had wanted so badly) is reflected in a badly lit mirror.

My little family

I do this to make sure you’ve got something far more beautiful and meaningful than a smudgy bathroom shot left over when your pregnancy is finished, the newborn stage is just a memory, and the kids are grown and gone. 

For sure, I’m not for everyone. My images are emotive and dynamic, and at times I'll happily sacrifice technical perfection if it means catching a significant moment or emotion (count the chopped off heads in my portfolio!).

That’s what speaks to me most when it comes to giving you this little slice of time to look back on, and if you’re still reading, it probably speaks to you, too.