With an Atlanta Day in the Life session, we throw away the Pinterest book. This is a snapshot of your family, your home, and your beautiful, chaotic, every day real life. I’ve known Rachel since college, but it was actually through photography that we reconnected and started a new friendship in our more mature adulthood years. We spent some time playing in the back yard and working on some baseball skills before running to the grocery store for our pizza party ingredients. Before dinner, we got some extra energy out on the playground (including Dad), and topped off the night with s’mores (my personal favorite) before tub time. The kids are at such sweet ages, and I’m so happy I was able to deliver these images to the Waters family.

This is the first post for a ‘Day in the Life’ session. If you’ve seen some of my work already, this is a much different approach to photographing family sessions. My normal lifestyle sessions are still candid in comparison to traditional portraits, but the main difference is I control where I place my subjects, and guide poses. When you start to scroll down, you’ll noticed a very different photographic style. This is photojournalism, a completely documentary style of photography where I give up control and let every moment happen as it’s meant to be. It’s really hard!

I realized that what I love about photographing families is watching kids’ imaginations. They are spontaneous, curious, and often create chaos. ‘Day in the Life’ sessions are exactly what they sound like. I spend the day with your family and document it first hand. These moments are personal, authentic and real on a level much deeper than a lifestyle session.

I’ve made a lot of changes to my web site over the last couple of years, but these words have always stuck around. To me, this is the heart of these types of sessions:

“I believe that when you love people, life can take you on a journey that you may not have seen coming. We are constantly evolving into a better version of ourselves, and I want to capture who you are now with the people you love – in the present. This journey is an art in itself.”