Leave perfection behind—your story starts here
My approach is warm, guided, and intentionally laid back. I’ll style you, prompt you, and take the pressure off—but the real magic happens when you let go, lean into your people, and embrace the messy moments as they come. Kids can wiggle, laughter can be loud, and perfection can stay home. And when things don’t go quite as planned? Those are often the moments you’ll look back on and laugh about the most. Your only job is to be present and connected while I turn the beautifully real chaos of motherhood into a story you’ll feel every time you revisit it.
Designed for moms who want to be present, not perfect. This experience captures the messy, meaningful moments that make your motherhood story yours.
Memory Maker sessions are about documenting your family as it is right now — the connection you share, the way you show up for one another, and the season you’re living in. These sessions focus on presence over perfection, creating photographs that feel honest, meaningful, and true to your story.
$450
Memory Maker: The Story of Us
From the moment your baby takes their first breath to the quiet days that follow, this is a season that passes quickly and is often felt more than remembered. Birth and newborn sessions are about preserving the beginning of your baby’s story — the details, the tenderness, and the connection — so you don’t have to rely on memory alone.
From First Breath to First Days
Package start at $575+
This maternity session created to honor this chapter with care and intention. Whether you’re becoming a mom for the first time or welcoming another addition to your family, this season deserves to be remembered. We’ll plan your session together with a personalized style consult and access to my client closet, then photograph your story in the studio, in your home, in the greenhouse, or at a location that feels meaningful to you. Maternity sessions are best scheduled between 30–34 weeks, when your bump is beautifully present and you’re still feeling comfortable enough to fully enjoy the experience.
$450
Becoming a Momma: Your Maternity Story
Where Your Story Begins
This is where the details come together. We’ll choose a location and time, review the style guide, and schedule a style session — virtual or in person — to plan your outfits using the client closet or pieces you already love. We’ll also talk through the experience you’re drawn to so your session feels personal and true to your story.
Choosing the Setting
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This isn’t a super posed session, and that’s intentional. I’ll gently guide you and offer prompts along the way, but the heart of this time is presence. This hour is uninterrupted space with the people you love most and simply be together. There are no forced smiles here. It’s not about performing for the camera, but about being authentically who you are in this moment. We leave room for real life, embracing the Messy Momma moments as they come.
Making the Memories
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After your session, I carefully edit and curate the strongest images from our time together and present them in an online gallery for you to view. From there, you’ll select the images included in your session package. If you find yourself wanting more — or wanting to keep the full story — you’ll have the option to purchase additional images or the entire gallery.
Your Story, Told Back to You
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Your final images are delivered in a private online gallery where you can download your favorites and create prints, frames, and photo albums directly through the built-in print shop. These photographs are meant to live beyond a screen — to be held, displayed, and returned to over the years. This chapter deserves more than a quick scroll; it’s a story worth revisiting.
The Pages You’ll Revisit
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We have had the pleasure of using Samantha for nearly three years and every session is incredible. Even when I question how well my kiddo does, Samantha makes magic. She is and Exceptional Photographer
"Samantha is the best family photographer we have had"
Samantha recommended everything we needed four our session. She recommended a hair and makeup artist for our maternity session, styled us from the client closet, and for other sessions recommended full outfits. She's great with the kids and makes everything feel like were having fun not taking photos
She is so talented and we are grateful to have her as our photographer
She captured everything that I noted i wanted on the form she has you complete. She also responds to emails or text messages quickly.
When we got our photos back after our session, I was truly blown away. These photos have exceeded all expectations and truly took my breath away. I highly recommend using messy Momma memories we will for sure be back in the summer.
From the moment we contracted Samantha to after our photo session-all expectations were exceeded.
Samantha pays attention to the little details.
Unposed doesn’t mean you won’t ever look at the camera and smile — it just means we don’t stay there the whole time. I’ll absolutely guide you into a few classic, everyone-looking-and-smiling shots (your “Christmas card” photos). From there, I gently encourage you to be present with one another. That’s when the moments that feel the most like you tend to happen. And if something ever feels uncomfortable, I’ll always adjust — your comfort matters.
You don’t have to feel confident to be photographed here. I won’t change your body or edit you into someone else — my goal is to photograph you with care and intention, exactly as you are. If something doesn’t look or feel right, we’ll absolutely adjust. And yes, former hairstylist here — I’ll fix your hair when needed… though sometimes letting it blow in the wind is part of the magic too.
