2018 Favorites – Portraits

Wait just a second, I shoot portraits?!
Shhhh, this is our little secret, okay?
Here’s the deal: I don’t advertise that I shoot portraits. You can look all over my website, you won’t find a single “portrait” session advertised. I no longer blog these sessions either! I always post sneak peeks on my Facebook page, but other than that, that’s it.

Maternity photos, newborns, kids, seniors, families – I can do all of it, but I’ve chosen to focus all of my efforts on the three things I love the absolute most: proposals, engagements, and weddings. (You know what they say, “Just because you can do it all, doesn’t mean you should.”) However, proposals, engagements, and weddings naturally tend to lead to babies & families! So, if you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you’ll notice that at least 90% of the portraits in this post are for people I’ve already photographed (usually on their “day one” – on their wedding day)!

So, if most of the people in this post look really familiar – they should! I’ve photographed some of these families every single year for the last 9 years!! And they’re absolutely precious to me. They’re some of my dearest friends & I love them. When we get together for photos, it’s more of an excuse for us to just hang out (“us”, meaning them + me + my camera, of course).

I think it’s one of my favorite things about being a photographer: the relationships I’ve formed thru my business have held tight for years – it’s amazing & seriously the best perk of this job!

If you’d like to see some of my previous “favorite portrait” posts, you can find 2017’s favorite portraits here, 
2016’s favorite portraits here, 
2015’s favorite portraits here, & 
2014’s favorite portraits here!
In fact, it’s really fun to go back and see how each family has grown & changed!

So, here we go! These are my favorite portraits (ranging from maternity & newborn to families & seniors) from 2018 (in absolutely no particular order).

Stay tuned for my favorite engagement images & favorite wedding images – coming soon!