Mother's Day Mini Sessions | Little Rock Family Photography

One of my absolute biggest passions in my business is capturing a mother with her children. Often it falls onto us mothers to capture the big, small, and in between moments of our children's lives, which means we are stuck behind the camera. It is my believe that our children will want to see us in the photo albums as much as we need to see it ourselves. 

The everyday can feel mundane, but when you pull back and see it from an outsider's perspective, you realize just how special those simple moments of tying your little one's shoe or wiping a tear and delivering the healing mother kiss to your hurt toddler really are. Life moves way too fast to not slow down and take it all in when we can. I am a strong advocate of mothers stepping in front of the camera every now and then.

And since next month is the month for Mothers (hey dads, Mother's Day is May 13 and I'm about to drop a really great present idea straight into your lap...) I've opened up a limited number of mini sessions celebrating the mothers on Saturday, May 5th. If you're interested and want more information, hurry up and hit that contact button up there in the upper right corner of this page. Spots are limited!

Little Rock Lifestyle Photography | A Sweet Motherhood Session

When I started as a photographer, there was something inside of me that I couldn't shake. I wanted to capture moments, memories, lives. I didn't simply want to get the pretty picture, I wanted to freeze the moment. You see, as a mother, I know how fast those moments slip away. One day it's your normal, and the next you don't remember it. Time is so fleeting and there is nothing that makes that more obvious than children.

Capturing mothers in their natural state feels so important to me. Too often we are behind the camera, behind the scenes. Yet, we spend our lives raising our children, being their comfort, being there. We are who they run to when they are hurt, who they laugh with when they discover something new, who they cling to when they need someone. I want to capture that.

Kirsten and her two, sweet babies were such an inspiration to me. Watching her play with them, read to them, teach them and mold them was inspiring. Getting a brief peek into their natural daily rhythm left me so proud of what I do. Proud to be able to capture this strong mama with her young children, because as we know, babies don't keep. I leave you with a quote from Kirsten about motherhood that I can't stop thinking about.

I want to choose well in this season. I’m still working out what that means on a daily basis, always imperfectly!  But I hope that our children will remember a mom who valued presence over perfection.