Jayde//Flagstaff Arizona Child Photographer

Jayde is a returning member of our spokesmodel team. Last year we did a fairy dancer session and I cannot get the idea of Jayde as a beautiful woodland creature out of my mind. It might be her big bright eyes, or her sweet spirit or her natural beauty. But I think it is most likely the quiet sense of peace that she carries around with her, it reminds me of a walk in the forest. There is a magical quality to Jayde. I’ve seen it over and over again with her sister and my own children. She brings joy to moments that just held tears.

Over the last year we have done a lot of sessions together and I wanted to do something completely unique for her spokesmodel session this year. Her mom agreed we needed to do something out in nature and not knowing how I would pull it off with our fickle Arizona weather, I knew we needed to do a snow session for her.

Taking a leap of faith I ordered a custom blue gown from Jeanne Sterner Designs that I felt fit Jayde’s personality the best, booked a weekend in Flagstaff and hoped for the best.

Ironically we hit Flagstaff on one of the only weekends in February that didn’t have snow fall, but fortunately there was enough snow on the ground to make the images I had imagined for her come to life.

One of the things I love most about Jayde is how she is up for anything! Even if that means wearing a tank top in freezing weather just to get the images I dreamed up for her.

My favorite part of the entire set was how beautifully it tied together with her purple hair!

Jayde and I are already planning some really incredible adventures together this spring! Be sure to follow along on Instagram to see all of our adventures from Snow to Sand this spring!

2021 Spokesmodel Team//Arizona Child Photographer

Katie, What is a spokesmodel Team?

It’s a group of girls that have dedicated a year to working with me (I know. I am the luckiest human that these amazing kids want to stick with me for that long). Over the years I found myself routinely in the need for kids to model for creative sessions I wanted to do just for fun. After a couple of years of doing open model calls, I received such overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents saying that the experience was “encouraging and empowering". So I decided to create a program for families who wanted to work with me on creative sessions on a regular basis.

Families that join the program receive one custom session created entirely around who their daughter is. This one is honestly my absolute favorite! I love diving into the hobbies, interests and creative minds of these little souls and capturing what makes them the most excited. We also do two creative group shoots during the year with different themes. This is a chance for all of us to stretch our creative muscles and make something unique together! Last year one of the themes was “Mermaid Magic” and I was blown away by the creativity of the girls and their parents as they came up with their unique looks for the session.

I start off the year, every year, with headshots. The intention of this session is to give the girls a chance to meet me and each other before we really dive into the creative work. It’s like a warmup before the big game really starts.

This year though, COVID ruined everything (as it does).

Despite our deepest wishes the beginning of a new year did not bring the reset we all wanted and here in Arizona we had the highest numbers we had seen yet. So group pictures were out of the question. But I still wanted our headshots session to result in a group image AND give the girls a chance to know each other a little better. I asked the girls to bring in a favorite prop for their session and with a little imagination and a lot of hard work I managed to pull off a socially distanced group image AND capture a little of every girl’s personality. I hope you enjoy perusing the product of all our hard work.

While this was all a lot of fun I am so excited for late spring and our first group session when the girls will actually be able to get together and meet each other.

Interested in booking your own unique headshots? Contact us to get started.