We will snuggle them as long as they let us... 
Because every mother at some point has chubby feet in her face. 🖤 
My word for this new year is GRACE. • Extending grace to friends and strangers is something I want to grow in over the next few months. • Goodness knows, I’ve needed to ask for grace from friends many times. • Grace let’s you grow. It’s freeing to be given grace. It puts wind under your wings. It relieves life’s pressures. And truly, is there anything more becoming on a woman than grace? 
What happens when a child is too timid to take individual portraits? • I see it all the time and never want to frighten a child because chances are I will be photographing them again, and children remember. • But...mothers want individual portraits and I want each child to have them once they get older. • You can always set the children in a row and as they interact get close images of each one. • Use a telephoto lens so you can keep your distance and allow them to act natural. • Have the parents hold them and interact with them. These moments are some of my absolute favorite to photograph a child when they feel safe. Just keep your focal point on the child and you can even use a wide aperture to blur the rest of the subjects. • Never sacrifice capturing each child individually! 💗