Lifestyle sessions are quickly becoming a favorite of mine.  I get a lot of questions about what "lifestyle photography" means, so I thought I'd take a moment to define it.  Lifestyle sessions fall somewhere in the middle of posed portrait sessions and true photojournalism.  It blends the candid with the staged.  The goal is to tell a story about people in their own environment in a natural, authentic, yet artistic way.  

My portrait sessions have always had an organic feel to them.  I love being outside, and encourage people to wear things that make them comfortable or choose locations that hold some sort of meaning for them.  I don't typically go for a prop-heavy, stylized look, so lifestyle sessions are a natural fit for me to offer.  Lifestyle sessions aren't completely candid.  Let's be honest - it takes a bit to adjust to having a lady with a camera following you around in your home, or at a farm, or wherever you choose to have your session.  I do offer suggestions and work around the best light to make sure your photos look as good as possible.  What I strive to capture are the moments that will make you look back and say "Oh my goodness, I remember when..."  I want clients to look back on their sessions and remember how they felt, not just how they looked.  Of course, I always include some posed, smiling portraits as well.

So what do you DO for a lifestyle session, exactly?  Well, whatever you like.  If you have a newborn baby, I will capture you snuggling, feeding, changing, and doing all the things that being at home with a new baby entails.  You can pick something that your family loves to do, and we can build a session around that:  gardening, cooking, playing with toys, fishing, you name it.  By having the session in your home, your back yard, or at a place you love, we'll create portraits that convey the emotions of real moments and relationships that will be treasured by your family for years to come.