A mother in a pastel tulle gown seated on the grass with her toddler and husband at a pink birthday party.
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Family Parties

The ones the kids will ask to see later.

27 frames·Austin & Central Texas

First birthdays, gender reveals, baptisms, the backyard party that took three weeks to plan and ninety minutes to happen. We shoot at kid height, we get the grandparents into frame before anyone gets tired, and we stay long enough to catch the part after the cake when everyone finally relaxes.

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Down at their height.

Most party photos are taken from adult eye level, looking down. Almost none of ours are. That one change is the difference between a record of an event and a picture of a childhood.

A pink candy cart trimmed with balloons and tassels under an oak at an outdoor party.
A white bounce castle and pink bunting set up on a lawn for a children's party.
Guests in pink and floral dresses arriving along a path lined with pink tassel garlands.
Two men in conversation on the lawn under pink streamers at a family party.
A mother in a tulle gown holding her toddler, both in pastel party dresses.
A mother kissing her toddler's cheek at a birthday party, the child looking to camera.
Chapter 01

Turning one

The guest of honor will not cooperate and should not be asked to. We work around the nap, not against it.

A baby in a green outfit sitting on a small chair in front of a jungle-themed first birthday backdrop with a number one balloon
Smash the cake, then napFrames 10–12
A mother seated with her baby in front of a 'Wild ONE' balloon arch and jungle backdrop.
Parents sitting on the floor with their baby in front of a jungle-themed first birthday set, balloon arch and cake table built into a living room
A toddler eating watermelon on a checked picnic blanket beside giant ONE letters.
A toddler in a blue dress running past balloons in a courtyard with a fountain.
A green frosted cake decorated with grapes on a white plate, photographed beside cupcakes and clementines
A two-tier christening cake in cream and pink, decorated with a cross and sugar flowers.
I spent the whole party hosting and saw none of it. The photos are the first time I actually got to be at my own daughter's birthday.
Parent · first birthday, south Austin
Chapter 02

Everybody came

Grandparents, cousins, the family friends who count as family. These are the frames that get printed and posted and kept.

Guests at long tables under string lights raising their hands at a graduation party.
A large family in pink and orange South Asian dress posed together at a birthday party.
Group celebrating a gender reveal with falling confetti
A grandfather in a gold kurta holding his granddaughter in a green and pink outfit.
Four generations, one lawnFrames 21–23
Three generations of a family posed together on a lawn, the toddler holding a toy truck.
A grandmother in sunglasses holding her grandson, who clutches a green toy recycling truck.
A grandmother and granddaughter cheek to cheek, both smiling at camera.
Family and godparents gathered around a newborn in a white christening gown.
A baby in a white lace christening bonnet held in her mother's arms.
A boy in a skeleton costume swinging a stick at a piñata on a lawn.
A donut wall in pink and chocolate under a sign reading 'Donut mind if I do!'

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