How many things can I say about how much I adore the Gomes family? Lindsey wandered into my life 13 years ago and our lives and businesses were never the same.
A lot has changed since that coffee date all those years ago — and we’ve documented every little piece of it for one another the entire way.
This family is SO special to me. And this blue eyed boy turns ONE on Friday.
Life’s a trip.
There is something so incredibly special about photographing a family in their own home — where shoes are optional and kids feel 133% safe to be themselves.
I’ve been photographing this precious family for 7 years now, and this is by far my favorite collection of images I’ve ever delivered to them.
There was pizza making, poker playing, chicken holding, and tree climbing — all the pieces of childhood that should be documented, but sometimes get missed in the chase of the perfect Christmas card photo.
Being this family’s lifetographer is one of my greatest joys.
I just can’t believe that baby boy is no longer curled up in that goddess’ womb, but one month old TOMORROW.
Life is wild.
These are the days. The days when your entire life — body and soul — have changed. The days when a tiny, squishy human has made the trip from womb to homestead. You are tired, emotional, a little broken, and starry eyed with wonder. You wonder what was so important in your life before this, because for these first few weeks, THIS is all there is. You are starstruck to meet this person, and didn’t know such a capacity for love existed before meeting them.
My newborn sessions aren’t what one might expect. I don’t wrap your darling one in fabrics and post them in adorable sleepy poses. I don’t put them in baskets or suitcases. My heart is to tell the story of these days. The non-stop nursing, the burp cloths, the shhhhhing and swaying, and the ways you and your partner have found to support one another through it all.
I’ve had the honor of photographing Adam & Victoria’s love story, starting with their wedding, through their pregnancy. And now with their sweet Veda girl.
My heart is full.
Based in San Luis Obispo and traveling the globe documenting destination weddings, elopements, and stories of all kinds. Inspired by love, light, heartache, and all the things that make us human.
