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My Approach to Privacy

Your photographs are yours first.

Why I’m changing the way I share

For many years, sharing photographs was simply part of being a photographer. I did it too, and I’m grateful to the families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to share them.

But over time, something in me began to shift.

With the growth of AI, facial recognition, and the ease with which images can be saved or reshared, sharing a child’s face began to feel more personal than it once did.

If these were my children, what would I be comfortable with?

I’m not a mother, but I know I would be very protective of how much of my children’s faces and lives exist publicly online.

So I’ve made the choice to do things a little differently.

What this means for your photographs

Your session isn’t content creation for my business.

First and foremost, I’m here to create something meaningful for you.

You’ll have a say in whether your photographs may be shared and where they can be shared.

Being photographed by me does not automatically mean your family, or your children’s faces, need to become part of my social media or marketing.

If you’re completely comfortable with me sharing certain photographs, wonderful. If you’d rather I don’t, that’s wonderful too!

Neither choice changes the experience you’ll receive from me.

A different kind of portfolio

This doesn’t mean you’ll never see my clients on my website or social media again.

What it means is that I’m becoming much more intentional about how I share.

You’ll likely begin seeing more of the photographs I’ve always loved creating anyways…

Little hands, movement, windblown hair, embraces, silhouettes, parents watching from a distance, the in-between moments.

Sometimes faces will be visible, with permission. Sometimes they wont. And I actually find something incredibly beautiful about that!

A photograph doesn’t need to show everything to make you feel something.

This isn’t about fear. It’s about care.

I don’t believe families who share photographs of their children online are doing something wrong.

And I don’t regret the beautiful photographs I’ve shared throughout the years.

This is simply where I’ve arrived after thinking carefully about the kind of photographer and business owner I want to be moving forward.

The internet has changed. Technology has changed. And I think it’s okay for the way I run my business to change with it.

For me, this feels right.

A little quieter. A little more intentional. And much more aligned with the way I already approach the people who trust me with their stories.

Your Story is still yours.

At the end of the day, I want you to be able to step in front of my camera knowing that you’re not also agreeing to become part of my marketing.

We’re there to create photographs of the people you love. What happens with those photographs afterward should begin with you!

Because your family isn’t my content.

You’re the reason I get to create it!

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