Diana + Eva // A mother daughter portrait session at Maple Bay Natural Area

In my (almost) three years of motherhood, which I realize is not a ton of experience, I have begun to think that the entire journey is about learning how to let go. I am admittedly a control freak. I like a plan. But from the very beginning - including my birth experience - it seems that the universe has been trying to tell me that having a plan isn’t always the most important thing. From the moment you meet your child for the first time, you will begin the process of teaching them a million things that will ultimately make them less dependent on you. That is such a beautiful thing, and it makes me so proud to see my child do something that they couldn’t do a week, a month, a year before. But it can certainly be painful at times as you watch them begin to need you less and less. Letting go of them physically, letting them go their own way, letting them be their own person. This absolutely struck me as I photographed Diana with her daughter Eva last week. Eva is in her last year of high school. She’ll be choosing a new path, likely in a city at least a few hours from here. I remember this time in my own life and all of the new, messy, complicated feelings that came along with it. What an honor to photograph these two. Thanks for inviting me, cheers!