Shop Mini Mischief Pop Up Shop

Saturday, October 15 from 4-7pm (707c East Lake Dr, Decatur)

I have loved taking pictures of Shop Mini Mischief's clever kid's clothes that are available for sale on their mobile retail store. If you are in the Atlanta area, you can check out the clothes at their first ever pop up shop. It's this Saturday from 4-7pm in Decatur (you can find more details here). They will have their summer sale items available as well as their new fall line. Check out many of the different looks that will be available below.

At Home with the Smiths, Atlanta Documentary Family Photographer


Getting Spooky


It was the perfect warm fall day for putting up Halloween decorations; the perfect day for rope swinging, tree climbing, and backyard exploring. Capturing the adventures of the Smith family was nothing short of magic. Before the decorations went up, I was introduced to their seasonally appropriate black cat Berkley, who they rescued from the woods behind their house. While inside, Olive showed me her porcelain doll collection that had belonged to her grandmother, and Hudson showed me his tricks of scaling the walls and climbing the door frames. While Olive's dolls were at school (it was even picture day at their school), Hudson was trying to shoot down a gooey octopus that he had stuck on the ceiling. 

Back outside, spider webs were slung across the porch, and Hudson was swinging from the branches of the trees as if he were Spiderman himself. Olive did some climbing as well before the decorations were complete and they started riding the skateboard down the sidewalk. The races continued in the backyard on a cart followed by swinging and more exploring. The Smith's backyard is full of sculptures and beautiful iron work (Jason is a blacksmith, and you can see his work here). There is a Secret Garden type gate leading to a wooded area where they built a steel frame hut that has been covered in kudzu, making the perfect fort. A tire swing and climbing tree nearby make for the perfect accompanying playground. 

We were all called in for dinner, and I was amused by the interesting discussions. Bridget made a jar of questions for dinner conversations that she found here. I could tell it is part of the dinner experience that the kids really look forward to. We had a little more time outside after dinner, and then bedtime routines and couch snuggles finished off the evening. I couldn't love this family any more.


A Day in the Backyard with the Gagnons


Pizza and Smores

image from family documentary session of mother holding and looking at daughter with father and son in background

Where do I start? I've known Sarah since I first moved to Madison, WI so many years ago. We took several art classes together and stayed in touch after I moved away to continue our conversations about fiber arts, adding home repair and parenting to the mix as well. Recently, I took a trip to Madison to second shoot a wedding with the extraordinary Anda Marie, and while I was there I had an extra day that I got to spend with the Gagnons. We spent a casual day lunching, antiquing, and backyarding. Sarah and Dave have built an incredible backyard landscaped with gardens, chickens, play structures, and a brick oven over the years in their spare time when they haven't been developing these awesome games. Lucky for me, Dave fired up the wood-fired brick oven and threw on some pizzas. We picked raspberries as we waited, and enjoyed smores after we had finished up. I so very badly wish this family lived closer to my family.


Image of mother looking at daughter while on a swing
image from family documentary session of mother holding son while picking raspberries
image from family documentary session of mother of looking at son who is eating a raspberry
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image from family documentary session of mother holding daughter in a chair in a playhouse
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image from family documentary session of girl climbing in playhouse with drawn tattoo on hand and mother in background with tattoo showing
image from family documentary session of boy climbing a rope net
image from family documentary session of daughter looking down on father making pizza
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image from family documentary session of mother watering her garden
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image from family documentary session of parents holding children who are playing
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image from family documentary session of mother and son sitting on swing looking at each other
image from family documentary session of a little boy's dirty feet
image from family documentary session of a boy eating a smore with marshmallow stuck on his face
image from family documentary session of a girl sitting on the top of wooden pallets
image from family documentary session of a girl's bare feet sitting on a wooden pallet
image from family documentary session of woodfired pizza
image from family documentary session of girl eating a smore