Gentle, unhurried newborn sessions in Richland, Kennewick and Pasco — photographs that preserve just how small they started, and how it felt to hold them.
The Short Answer: I Come to You
Most of my newborn sessions happen inside your home. Not a studio, not a set — your nursery, your window light, the chair where you feed her at two in the morning.
There's no rigid posing schedule to keep up with and no props your baby will never see again. We leave room for feeding, changing and settling, and follow your baby's rhythm throughout the session. When the season is kind, we can add something outdoors in a beautiful spot nearby.
That's the whole approach, and everything below is just the detail.
These Days Go So Fast
Everyone tells you the newborn days are a blur, and they're right. The weight of her asleep on your chest. The tiny fingers curled around yours. How quiet the house goes when she finally settles.
I became a photographer because of my own children. Before this was my work, I was a mom at home with two little ones, and those years taught me exactly how fast childhood moves — how the ordinary moments are the ones you'd give anything to hold onto later. That's the whole reason this business exists.
So when I photograph your baby, I'm not thinking about a pretty picture for this month. I'm thinking about what these images will mean to you in twenty years, when the house is quiet for entirely different reasons.
What Your Newborn Session Looks Like
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Before baby arrives
The best time to reach out is during your second or third trimester. We'll plan everything before your due date — timing, location, what to have ready — so that once baby is here, the only thing you have to do is text me.
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Session day
We work around your baby, not the clock. I'll guide you into natural, comfortable moments — no awkward posing, no pressure for baby to "perform." Feeding breaks, diaper changes and pauses are simply part of the rhythm.
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Your gallery
Warm, true-to-life editing that keeps your baby looking like your baby — every tiny detail preserved, from eyelashes to toes.
When to Book — and Why It's Probably Not Too Late
No hard deadline
But if you're reading this with a three-week-old asleep on you, wondering whether you missed the window: you almost certainly didn't. That famous two-week deadline belongs to studio posing, where babies need to be sleepy enough to curl into shapes. An in-home session doesn't depend on that at all. At six weeks she's still brand new. At two months she's still impossibly small, and now she's starting to look at you.
I've never once had a family regret photographing their baby "late." I've had plenty regret not photographing at all.
Twenty Years of Watching Them Grow Up
Here's something I didn't expect when I started: many of the families I photograph now began with a newborn session. Then a first birthday. Then family sessions every fall. And then, eventually, senior pictures for the same child I photographed asleep in someone's arms.
That's the real privilege of twenty years in one place. I'm not photographing a moment — I'm keeping a record of a family, and I take that seriously.
Newborn Session Questions
Where do newborn sessions take place?
Usually in your own home across Richland, Kennewick, Pasco and the surrounding areas. Depending on the time of year, we can also photograph outdoors in a beautiful spot nearby. Travel up to 25 miles is included; beyond 25 miles, the fee is $2 per additional mile.
When should newborn photos be taken?
Reach out during pregnancy so we can plan ahead, but there's no hard deadline. In-home sessions are beautiful anywhere in the first couple of months, because they don't depend on posing a sleeping newborn.
Do you use props or a studio setup?
No. No baskets, no themed sets, no wardrobe closet. Your baby, your family and your home — that's the session. If elaborate styled portraits are what you're picturing, there are wonderful studio photographers in the area and I'm always glad to point you toward one.
What if my baby cries the whole time?
Then we pause, feed, snuggle, and pick back up. That's not a session going badly — that's just a session with a newborn in it. Nothing about my approach requires your baby to cooperate.
Is my house too small or too dark?
Almost certainly not. One decent window is enough. Finding and using the light is my job, not something you need to solve before I arrive.
Can we include siblings, grandparents or pets?
Always, and I'd encourage it. They're part of this story too.
What should we wear?
We'll plan it together before your session — comfortable, simple, in colors that work with your home. Nothing that requires you to think about it while holding a newborn.
How long until we see the photos?
About two weeks, and then we sit down together in person to go through your gallery. Final images follow about a week after you choose.
Expecting? Let's Talk Early
Due dates fill my calendar differently than anything else I photograph — I hold space around them rather than booking a fixed day. Reach out while you're still pregnant and we'll get everything planned before the sleepless part starts.
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