In the age of smart phones, everyone has access to a good camera. I’ve seen some amazing photos taken on iPhones, Galaxy phones, and Google’s new phone. No one, not even professional photographers, can deny the fact that everyone has access to a good camera these days.

So why pay for professional photos?

It’s a legitimately good question.

If anyone can pull out their smart phone and snap a picture, why should anyone pay good money for high quality, professional family and newborn photos?

To be honest, it’s because it takes a lot more than a good camera to take a good picture.

Professional photographers not only have a good camera but a trained eye, light skills, camera manipulation skills, posing, creating moments, tech skills for editing, and a whole bunch of other skills.

We have years of honed skills in order to capture the precious moments that can be fleeting in seconds.

As a photographer, I want to capture the joy of your family being silly and happy. I want you to look back on your family photos and remember how small your kids were. I want you to see that smiling happy family on the wall and remember the funny story we had at the photo session when I tripped and fell while walking backwards taking photos (yes, that did happen recently!).

I want both parents to be in the photo with the kids! I want you be able to proudly print and frame a large family photo on your wall. I want your kids to act goofy and natural while playing peek-a-boo with me in a field of tall weeds so I can capture your child’s laughter.

I want you to look at that classic portrait of your child with a real smile and have it make you smile! I want to make sure you leave with more than family photos. I want you to have memories which will last a lifetime because you took time out of everyone’s crazy schedule to capture that moment in your life.

That’s why my clients come back to me to have professional family photos taken every year. It’s more than my camera, but the experience I can provide and the quality products I consistently deliver.