Your life is not your own, well it is, but it’s become so much more outward focus than inward. I constantly ask myself “am I being kind, patient, loving in my responses as their mama?”.
Often when I stop amidst the chaos I can hear their childhood ticking away in the background, barely audible, I feel the sense of time moving.
This feeling is what made me a photographer, how I look at the everyday with wonder. I try to look through new eyes on how I could create magic through the imagination of my children and future clients.
Whether it’s playing with your kids on the floor or saying goodbye to a season of their life graduating into adulthood. I want to photograph the in between, just as well as the big moments for you.
You deserve to be remembered throughout their lifetime in authentic candid photographs. We don’t take very many things with us through our lives, but pictures… they are passed on for generations.
As a photographer, I’m mindful of the fleeting moments I might otherwise miss, yet grateful for those I’ve captured.
Ready to preserve your own motherhood journey? Gift yourself—or the special mama in your life—a motherhood session, a timeless keepsake celebrating the beauty of this chapter.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
I adore little ones, and the best part of Infant and Children photography is when they are related to you!
Ian’s cousin Morgan is the proud mommy of two of the happiest children I know. When Ian and I were married we had Dylan as our ring bearer, but Rayanna was still safely tucked away in mommy’s tummy; that didn’t stop Morgan from performing the most impressive 7 month pregnant Russian dance I have ever seen.
When I told family I was coming down to visit and photograph a wedding Morgan was the first to schedule a visit. I couldn’t wait to hold my newest “niece”. When I turned the camera on her she instantly lit up. In all my years I have never had a baby so joyful for an entire photo session. Dylan her older brother was having none of it, and it took a trip out to the back yard in the warm sun to liven his moods. I love these kids so much and I’m blessed to have had a long visit with them on this trip down to BC.
Ok, seriously, first picture taken and she was already all smiles! ↓
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Dylan may have not agreed to a formal photo session, but I did take a candid while he played alongside his sister with his dinosaur ↓
Rayanna and Dylan, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Morgan may have brought enough outfit changes to put a catwalk to shame, but her favourite dress was “The little black dress”, and I couldn’t agree more ↓
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna, Chilliwack Infant Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
When the formal pictures were over we ventured to the backyard for Dylan to stretch his legs and find adventure; and that he did ↓
Dylan, Chilliwack Children’s Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Dylan, Chilliwack Children’s Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Dylan, Chilliwack Children’s Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Dylan, Chilliwack Children’s Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna and Dylan, Chilliwack Family Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
Rayanna & Dylan, Chilliwack Family Photography, British Columbia, Stephanie Lauren Photography, 2014.
