Maternity, newborn & milestones
From the waiting to the wonder.
Bump to Baby photography in South Bend preserves the beautiful, changing story of your growing family, with gentle direction and a pace that always follows baby.
Choose a single chapter or document the whole first-year journey. Sessions may take place outdoors, at home or in a warm studio setting, always calm, always baby-led.
Maternity
Maternity portraits that feel like you, set outdoors in golden light, beside Northern Indiana waterfalls or in the studio. Most families schedule maternity sessions between 28 and 34 weeks, and I’ll help you plan timing, location and what to wear.
Newborn
Calm, baby-led newborn sessions at home or in the studio. No rigid posing and no pressure. Feeding breaks, snuggles and real life are always welcome. I bring thoughtful guidance so you can simply be with your baby.
Milestones
Sitting up, first teeth, personality arriving in full color. Milestone sessions preserve the in-between stages that pass the fastest.
First Birthday
Celebrate the whole wonderful first year with playful first-birthday sessions that capture who your baby is becoming.
Motherhood
Tender motherhood sessions that hold the way your baby fits against your chest, the quiet moments you’ll want to feel again.
The Complete Bump to Baby Experience
One relationship, one photographer, the whole first year: maternity, newborn, milestone and first birthday. Watching your family grow is the best part of this work, and booking the journey together means you never have to remember to schedule the next chapter.
The first year in photographs
From bump to birthday cake.
The smallest seasons move fastest
Preserve the whole first year.
Tell me where you are in the journey, whether that is a bump, a brand-new baby or somewhere wonderfully in between.