I first met this beautiful family when mama here was in her first trimester. She called me to come do a shoot of her and her extended family. Little did I know when I took that call how influential they'd be in my photography journey. The H Family was among the first stranger shoots I ever did, back when I barely had a grip on what I was doing. I've since photographed the maternity, birth, newborn and now 6 month photos of baby Levi here. I get asked all the time about the "Levi" shoot when I'm out doing newborns and his newborn shoot sticks out in my head as a turning point for me and my career in photography. I walked away from that session feeling confidant, feeling like I was finding my style, and thinking "Hey, maybe I really could do this for a living!" So not only is Levi a freakin' stunner of a baby who totally makes my job easy, but the H family has always been super supportive of my journey. I swear, half of my portfolio building shoots have been recommendations from them. Anyway, I'm thrilled to get to continue documenting Levi's life and hope you enjoy seeing how much he's grown. He's such a little Gerber baby I can't stand it.
Feel free to be duly impressed by his mad sitting up skills, it's a new talent.











Ok, this baby blanket was made by a family member, but it was started back when mama was born in the early 80's and never got finished. Now that there's a new generation, it's been finished and passed on. So much love put into this little project, I just love the story and I'm so glad we got to capture it.


