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

So what’s it look like to spend a typical Saturday morning with me? Well, a lot like this.. 006022-R1-005 above: like all good babies, baby Gray loves peek-a-boo. great job Grayson, I totally can’t see you! 006022-R1-007

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above: I actually took two of these portraits – this one, and one identical to it except baby Gray isn’t strangling his mom with a death grip on her necklace. I kind of prefer this one to the perfectly posed version.. because if you have a baby then you’ve had this happen way too many times. 

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above: Oh who am I kidding, the perfectly posed version is really nice too.. 

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And if you’d like to see Grayson’s newborn photography session, go HERE. I decided it best to lead you to look at these after his 1 year photos.. it really gives you a whole different perspective of how teeny tiny he was back then (and I suppose that’s the thing about photos, they’re always getting better with time). xoxo

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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