Snuggle Sunday, Atlanta Family Photographer

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A cozy, fall Sunday morning

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There’s nothing I love to photograph more than a laid back Sunday morning with a family in their home. And what’s a better way to knock out family pictures than while you’re stretching into your day with snuggles and play?

The Tripathy family knows how to do it right. Sundays are for making breakfast while dodging trucks racing by. For getting in all the snuggles you can while tending to the necessary routines. For making loose plans for how to maximize the rest of the too-short weekend. For jumping on the bed and nursing sessions and naps.

This day was a cozy, fall morning at its finest. I hope they remember this day every time the leaves turn orange and the Halloween decorations line the porch.

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School at home, Atlanta Family Photographer

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School and life at home during a pandemic

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When schools shut down because of coronavirus back in March of 2020, it felt surreal. When schools decided to go virtual in the fall of 2020, it felt serious. I wasn’t the only one feeling the historic weight of this decision on our children, and I’m so glad photographer and blogger Kita Bryant wanted to capture this moment for her family.

It was a privilege to photograph what this family’s life looked like as they went back to school remotely during their first week of school. The kids worked through their school responsibilities and managed to fit in household chores as well. Kita casually balanced running a business with being a music teacher, a PE teacher, and a mother.

I often wonder how hindsight will change our understanding of the decisions we are making right now. I think about how kids will look back at this time, and I wonder what they will think. Who’s to say how they will feel about how their lives changed during this pandemic, but I hope at the very least these kids look back at it and remember how awesome it was to have a little extra time with their mom during the day.

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A morning with the Stampley family, Atlanta Family Photographer

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When you’re not sure what’s next, but you’re sure about what matters…

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When Crystal met me at the door for this session, she was like, “yeah, so a lot has happened since I talked to you last.” I looked around and much of their house was in boxes. The walls were bare, and they were preparing for a possible, sudden move. I knew from that moment that I could not love this family more.

The fact that they were in this place of transition, when almost everyone else would say that they couldn’t do photos of their family at this time, the Stampleys said yes. When nothing is certain, you lean on what you know is certain, the people in your life who are your family.

To be honest, I fell in love with this family even before that moment. It really started when I talked to Crystal on the phone for the first time. The conversation would pause when her daughter had a question about the drawing she was making, and I’d get to listen in on an adorable conversation about it. I turned to my own son on my side of the conversation who had just pooped his pants and thought maybe I should change it…nah, he wasn’t bothered by it. It could wait. Plus, I’m certain our potty mouth conversation would not be nearly as adorable.

The day I met up with them was filled with breakfast and games and an outing and pizza and a birthday celebration all mixed in with sibling squabbles and plenty of snuggles. A day worth remembering…not because of anything in particular, or in spite of a packed away house, but because they are family, and the experience of being together matters. Now they have these photographs to celebrate that.

Life is always changing and evolving around us, and the time to photograph it is now, in the midst of it all.