An afternoon with Genya's Family, Altanta Family Photographer


This time last year

older girl holds cat on her shoulder while a dog jumps up and puts his paws on her

This time last year Genya was celebrating a birthday, and I got to photograph her family at their home in the afternoon.

They had a tea party on the porch.

The kids made a delightfully tasty mess with frosting and sprinkles on a birthday cake.

The family took to the street with bikes and scooters and skateboards. They raced. They laughed. They cried.

They played hide and seek. They played tag.

They played in the backyard.

They dribbled sand on Hotwheels and dominated a plastic playhouse.

They climbed trees. There were pranks and teases and teens.

They picked fights. They picked flowers.

This time last year, this is what life looked like for them. This is what life felt like for them.

Time is sneaky in the way it shifts forward, and photos of your family that capture the specificity of your life together help bring you back to that moment.

What was this time last year like for you?


a mother and daughter look up at a boy as he climbs the chain of a porch swing
a mom and dad kiss as their kids decorate a birthday cake
a dog sniffs cake pieces and sprinkles on a table
a girl puts her arms out to balance as she skateboards down a street
a mom and daughter both have one foot on a skateboard as they look at each and smile
a little girl stands on a scooter and rolls towards her mom
a family runs and rolls down the street together
a mom holds her toddler as she cries
a toddler smiles at the camera as she scoots down the street with her mom behind her smiling
a portrait of a girl sitting on a skateboard on the sidewalk
a mom and her daughters walk down the street
a boy covers his eyes as he counts during hide and seek
a boy runs from his older sister, putting his arm out to not get tagged
an image from behind of a toddler being held by her big sister
a mom and dad cover their eyes to play hide and seek with their backs to each other
a mom finds her daughter who was hiding as the rest of the family watches
a family plays in their backyard
a mom puts sand on hot wheels cars as her daughter watches
a mom and dad watch their kids with their arms around each other
two sisters having a moment
a portrait of a girl sitting up in a tree
a portrait of a girl in her playhouse
a boy suspended in air after getting thrown up into the air by his dad
two children get thrown in the air and played with by their mom and dad
a mom sits on her steps with 3 of her kids
a toddler picks flowers while wearing a monster bike helmet