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Hi, I'm Suzy, a photographer, mentor and mom of 3. I'm so glad you're here.

Though this holiday and winter is feeling so different and challenging in so many ways (especially for us parents), I’ve been trying to turn inward as the weather gets colder and our family has been forced inside together. I’ve started to really pay close attention to what feels good and what doesn’t for me, for our family… starting to think about how can we restructure our home and our life to feel more fun and joyful despite all that we are having to miss out on this year. Though there is so much I am grieving and sad to miss out on, one thing’s for sure, the most important thing to me this year has been my experiences and memories…. who I choose to give my time to and how I choose to spend it. And for sure, taking photos and spending my time with my husband and my girls is at the top of that list.

A fav holiday slash first birthday family photoshoot for you to enjoy. Though let’s laugh and cry a bit together about how funny it seems now to be out and about in a busy downtown area trying to take pictures *face palm*

xo Suzy

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Hi, I'm Suzy, a photographer, mentor and mom of 3. I'm so glad you're here.

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For nearly two decades, I’ve worked with individuals and families who understand the value of time. And the importance of preserving it well.

My work centers on creating living archives: carefully composed records of a life as it’s being lived. Not performances. Not surface moments. But the relationships, environments, and details that define a legacy.

I approach each commission with the eye of an artist and the discipline of a documentarian. Listening closely. Observing deeply. Shaping work that is meant to endure. Crafted on film, finished as heirloom objects, and designed to be held in your hands, lived with in the home, and passed down in your private family vault. 

This is not photography for the present moment.

It is art made in service of memory, history, and the generations that follow.

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