Connection - Chicago Lifestyle Newborn in Uptown Chicago

Connection. If there’s one that word that summarizes this session, it’s precisely that. It’s also what photography symbolizes to me, what it documents and what it celebrates. When I first started out in photography, I was all about “pretty” pictures. It started as a hobby for me, of nature, flowers, landscapes. A way to document what I saw as beautiful in this sometimes-bleak world. After I started photographing people, I was still honing my craft and wanting to make the pretty pictures, but it wasn’t until later on in my journey where I realized something more profound. Yes, I can take a photo of a person in a beautiful setting, but without the connection, it’s really just a snapshot. When I started to take a more lifestyle approach to my newborn sessions, and just watch the love unfold that I was surrounded among, it gave my purpose a whole new meaning. I still give direction and take the smiley looking-at-the-camera photos, but it’s the moments like these that really tell your story and make my heart soar.