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I had the privilege of having Karissa document my entire journey into motherhood. Being a first time mom, it was very important for me that I got all the photos of all the things! Karissa did my maternity photos, birth photos, and fresh 48/ first family photos. Maternity Session - Our maternity session with Karissa was amazing. We chatted about what I was looking for in capturing my pregnancy. Karissa understood perfectly and picked an amazing location. My husband and I hadn't taken professional photos in almost 10 years so we felt a little awkward. Karissa helped us feel comfortable very quickly and we had a lot of fun creating shots that we wanted. In some of the photos I wanted to capture the raw beauty of my pregnancy while nude. Karissa was the best hype woman and made me feel like a Pregnant goddess. Knowing she is also a birth Doula added to my comfort of being nude in front of her and her camera. Throughout my pregnancy I had a strong yearning to be in the water all the time be it ocean, creek, pool, you name it. So I really wanted to get some photos in water and Karissa brought my vision to life! She straight up got in the water KNEE DEEP to capture these pictures y'all. Talk about dedication to her craft! After our shoot I was obviously already so anxious to see how the shots turned out. Karissa must have read my mind because the next day she sent me several sneak peeks. I loved that she did this because it made me even more excited to see the rest of the beautiful work she had done! Every time we did a photo session she's send those sneak peeks to me to just obsess over until she was finished editing the rest of them. Needless to say I was so happy with the way the pics came out! Birth Photography- With the birth photography, I knew these were going to be amazing knowing Karissa is also a birth Doula. Doulas are great at knowing how to be a fly on the wall if they needed to in a birth space so this was key and specifically why I chose Karissa as our photographer for this. Because I was having a homebirth it was important to me to document what a homebirth prenatal looked like, so Karissa photographed my 36 week in-home prenatal. For the birth, originally we planned out to get some shots of me laboring but my baby had other plans and decided he was going to come out a lot faster than expected. Nonetheless, Karissa coordinated communication with my birth team so I didn't have to worry about it at all. She arrived just in time while I was beginning to push my baby out and stayed about 5 hours afterwards capturing photos of immediate postpartum. Every little detail we talked about prenatally she still managed to get in, even with the way my birth turned out. You will see for yourself below just how amazing these pictures came out! Fresh 48/ Newborn family photos- Like in its name the fresh 48 photos are typically taken within the first 48 hrs the baby has been born. I underestimated how horrible I would feel after giving birth and I just didn't have the physical or mental stamina to be able to do that. Karissa was so understanding and offered to check in later in the week to see how I felt. We ended up having to wait a little longer for my body to recover and eventually got the photo session in at the end of the second week postpartum. Karissa was very flexible and scheduled us accordingly. As she did in our previous sessions, Karissa worked her magic yet again and managed to capture every little thing I wanted. These first family photos are so special to my husband and I since this is our first baby. She captured our family of 3 so beautifully. Overall Karissa is a very professional, flexible, dedicated, talented, sweet, caring, and just freakin amazing photographer. I look forward to booking more photo sessions with her in the future to continue documenting my family's story. Thank you so much Karissa!

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