See more photos from the snow and horses fashion editorial style portrait session and the slideshow here on my Flickr page.

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We hit the afternoon light just right. Sally’s good friend Bia was a excellent assitant for me, holding the reflector perfectly to cast that warm golden sun-setting light on Sally’s angelic face.

I love it when I get to do senior portraits. (I don’t seek them out, because the kind I do aren’t for everybody.I go for arty, not predictable). When a client comes to me to do their child’s senior portraits I know we are going to have fun. They come to me because they know I don’t do they typical, standard senior picture stuff. No cheesy, forced poses, unless we are being cheeky. I prefer to take my clients outside, to employ a great big dreamy sky for our back-drop, and to just explore.

View more of Sally’s senior portrait session on Facebook.

This is the photography I really love to do: unconventional portraits, especially baby portraits. Babies and children are naturally edgier than we give them credit for. Being a baby and child portrait photographer means I get to play, think like the free-spirits of the kids I’m photographing, and give parents a reason to brag at the next Bluegrass Moms play group. “Look how cool my kid is! He’s two and he already has a taste for Triumph motorcycles and popped collars…” You know, that type of thing. Who says baby portraits have to be boring? Not I. I prefer uber cool and edgy…just like your kiddo.

What is most exciting about working as a maternity portrait photographer in Lexington, KY is getting see families get created from the very beginning of the journey.

Being a maternity, baby and family portrait photographer for 4 years now I’ve gotten to be a part of first and second births. I’ve loved documenting milestones, like babtisms, birthdays and first steps, in a new families life. I’m always honored when a family chooses me to be their photographer. Moving to Lexington last year from Portland, OR, photography has been a special way for me to meet the many beautiful people of this community I now call home.

P.S. I started taking maternity portraits when I was pregnant with my own son. Photography was a way for me to celebrate this crazy thing that was happening to my body and also a way to preserve the memory of the baby-bump (which, turns out, my kiddo loves to see). Maternity portraits is one of those thing every mom really deserves to do- for herself and for her children. Check out some of the self portraits I did when Lucca was in my belly.

Family portraits are about capturing moments. Moments that really tell the story of the love and bonds your family shares. I love taking family portrait photographs outdoors. Around Lexington there are lots of beautiful places to shoot– Keeneland, Henry Clay, Downtown, just to name a few. And if you ever find yourself in Oregon (where my family is from), head over to Cannon Beach,where the photograph above was shot.  The light is absolutely beautiful and it’s hard to beat playing in the sand while looking out over the horizon.

The photo above is a  father and son portrait of the first weekend my now husband and my son ever spent together. I was a single mom who had finally fallen in love with a really incredible man. But I was still nervous at first how  my son and him would bond. This image of the two of them standing side by side, tossing sand into the water, playing like boys, looking as natural as could be as father and son is one that means a whole lot to me. It was one of their first ‘father and son moments’ and I’m so happy I captured it in a photograph.

Being a family portrait photographer is about standing back and seeing moments as they unfold. My job is to first feel the magic that is brewing, then frame the scene with the camera.  I always try to create a picture that most genuinely tells the story of relationships and love.