Meet Your Motherhood Photographer
Photographing the maternity, newborn, and early-motherhood season across the Puget Sound with a caregiver's calm and a mom's eye.
Hi, I'm Jeni. A mama, coffee lover, PNW native, and your motherhood photographer. I document the season most people forget how fast it moves: late pregnancy, the brand-new-baby blur, the first soft, blurry months with a little human who used to be a bump.
I'm walking this path right alongside you, and I know firsthand how quickly these days pass. My job is to slow them down for an afternoon: for an in-home session, a single morning, a few hours of attention. So you can look back and see what this season actually looked like, not just what it was supposed to look like.
If you want the longer story, grab a coffee and look around, including how I got from nursing into photography and how my past careers as a caregiver shape your photography experience.
15 years of experience to ensure your motherhood experience is documented with the intention it deserves.
01. It's its own category.
What Motherhood Photography Actually Looks Like
Motherhood photography is distinct from family portraits, maternity-only sessions, or posed studio newborns. It's the work of documenting the whole arc of becoming a mother... late pregnancy, the brand-new days, and the first soft, sleep-deprived years with baby... as one connected season, not separate transactions.
02. Photos that run at a different pace.
Sessions happen mostly in your home, on your schedule, with whatever your day actually looks like. No stiff posing. No pressure to perform. No rushing through a checklist. The intention is that you feel as cared-for during the session as you do when you see the photos. See a few examples of motherhood sessions from Tacoma to Seattle
03. It's care-led, not pose-led.
Every session carries the same care I brought to nursing and nannying. That's the part of this work I refuse to compromise on, the experience matters as much as the photos.
Of how I ended up photographing early motherhood stories on the Puget Sound
A little more
My dad bought me my first camera when I turned 13. I loved it, but I didn't see photography as a career then, I saw it as something I'd always do on the side. I went into nannying first, then nursing, because what I really loved was being around people and caring for them in the parts of life that matter most.
That care work is what shaped me. Years of nannying gave me deep respect for kids and the patience to follow their pace rather than forcing mine. While nursing taught me how to hold space for people in vulnerable moments, pregnancy, postpartum, exhaustion, the strange in-between of becoming someone new. I learned how to be a calm presence when nothing else feels calm. I didn't realize at the time that all of it was preparation for the work I do now.
Then I had my own son. I remember hearing "the newborn phase flies by" and thinking, yeah right, the sleepless nights felt endless. But now I look back and wonder how it went so fast, and I find myself missing all the tiny details. Time moves differently in those early days. That's when becoming a mom finally pulled photography from a side passion to something more like a calling. Every session I run now carries the same care I brought to nursing and nannying. That's the part of this work I refuse to compromise on.
What my own pregnancy and postpartum taught me about this work →
Pacific Northwest motherhood photographer for maternity, newborn, and the early years with baby. With 15+ years of caregiving as a nurse, nanny, and mom, she works in-home and around the Puget Sound with sessions designed to feel as cared-for as the photos look.
