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The Signature Family Storytelling Commission · Chicago + available for travel

Family photos your family actually looks forward to, year after year.

A photographic and film portrait of your family exactly as you are now, in the home where it’s all happening, made to be held, watched and handed down.

Parents with their newborn son in his nursery at home
A legacy, not a session

The years are short. The story is yours to keep.

Many of the families we photograph, we’ve known for years: the announcement, the first weeks home, the first birthday, the first day of school. Watching your family grow, one frame at a time, is the privilege of this work.

The Signature Family Storytelling commission is how we preserve it: one unhurried day in your home, documented in photographs and film, and bound into an heirloom your children will one day pull off the shelf.

The commission

I
A Session at Your Home

Unhurried, unposed and documentary in spirit: breakfast, bath time, the nursery, the backyard, the way you actually live.

II
A 2–3 Minute Documentary Film

Your family’s voices, laughter and small gestures, edited into a short cinematic film to watch for decades.

III
A Printed Heirloom Album

Lay-flat, archival and designed by Sammi, the photographs your children will hold one day.

IV
A Private Gallery

Your full collection of edited images, delivered in a private online gallery.

Family reading together in their nurseryFamily of five embracing
Ways to begin

There’s a way in for every family.

Start small with a mini session from $295, or a maternity & newborn session from $450. When you’re ready for the full story (film, heirloom album and all), Signature Family Storytelling begins at $3,500 and is shaped around what matters to you. No pressure, no hard sell: just a friendly chat to find the right fit.

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Year after year

Return for every chapter.

Signature families are welcomed back each year with first choice of dates, so the story continues: a new baby, a new home, a new album on the shelf.

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Let’s get started.

I’d love to hear all about your vision, whether it’s a wedding, family session, branding shoot, or a milestone you’re celebrating. Have questions? Don’t worry, I’ll guide you every step of the way.

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