SHE'D SPENT FIVE YEARS AND COUNTLESS ROUNDS OF IVF HOPING FOR THIS BABY. WHEN HER DOCTORS ASKED HER TO STAY AT CLEMENTS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL UNTIL DELIVERY, SHE TEXTED ME: "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SHOOTING AT THE HOSPITAL?" I SAID YES AND IT TURNED INTO ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING, EMOTIONALLY FULL SESSIONS I'VE EVER HAD.

SOME SESSIONS ALL THE PIECES COME TOGETHER PERFECTLY . RIGHT PERSON, RIGHT LOCATION, RIGHT STYLING, RIGHT LIGHT. MALLORY’S MATERNITY SESSION AT THE LIMESTONE QUARRY WAS ONE OF THOSE.

A IN-HOME FAMILY SESSION ISN’T ALL ABOUT THE PHOTOS YOU GET. IT’S A TIME TO STOP THE TO-DO LIST OF LIFE AND BE FULLY PRESENT WITH YOUR KIDS. THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE BOOKING.

THIS BOY SCOUT DIDN’T WANT PICTURES IN A CAP AND GOWN. HE WANTED A SENIOR SESSION THAT ACTUALLY FELT LIKE HIM.

THEY OUTGREW THE HOUSE THEY ONCE BUILT. FAMILIAR ROUTINES, A GROWING BUMP, AND THE LAST FRAMES OF FOUR.

AFTER TWO ROUGH & TUMBLE BOYS, THIS MAMA IS EXPECTING A GIRL

A MOM & DAUGHTER MAKING ART ON AN UNFORGETTABLE TRIP

TENDER MOMENTS WITH THIS FIRST TIME MOM

I FIRST MET BELLA WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN SITTING IN MY ART CLASS. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND HERE WE ARE — SENIOR PHOTOS, A LETTERMAN JACKET, LACROSSE GEAR, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WATCHING KIDS GROW UP IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS JOB.

ADDISON WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BEFORE OUR SESSION, WHICH IS SO NORMAL. WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES OF WALKING INTO THE STUDIO, THE NERVES HAD FADED AND WE WERE JUST HANGING OUT.

THERE’S A CERTAIN EASE THAT ONLY HAPPENS AT HOME

CONSTRUCTION DUST, UNFINISHED SPACES, AND A BEAUTIFUL BABY IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL

A COUPLE ON THE VERGE OF PARENTHOOD

HER BROTHER FLEW IN FROM ISRAEL. HER SISTER DROVE UP FROM LA. AND THEY WERE ALL MEETING IN DALLAS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AS A COMPLETE FAMILY, NEW BABY AND ALL. SOME MOMENTS ARE TOO BIG TO NOT HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO WITNESS THEM.