The BE-ing Project: Capturing Real Life with Maryland Documentary Family Lifestyle Photographer

The BE-ing Project was born out of a simple but powerful idea: families don’t need to do more to be worthy of remembering. They just need to be. As a Maryland documentary family photographer, I want to capture families without pressure or picture-perfect expectations for our session together. I wanted to create space for families to slow down, breathe, and be fully seen—messy, joyful, chaotic, calm—exactly as they are. This project is about photographing the in-between moments, the tender ones, the wild ones, and everything that makes your family beautifully unique. Because when we look back, it’s not the perfectly posed photos that stay with us—it’s the feeling of being together. So I’m beyond pleased to be sharing one of my BE-ing Project families with you today! Meet the B Family! 

The BE-ing Project: Maryland Documentary Family Photos

For this project, I reached out to families to see who wanted to go with a completely different approach for their family photos. I wanted families to be out of their heads and not over think every part of our session together. It’s important to me that we’re capturing who they are authentically and in the moment.  Thus, the BE-ing Project was born. These sessions are meant to be genuine and real. I want you to just show up as you are on any day – and let me do the rest. There’s not a lot of detailed planning. No stressing about how to make everything look “perfect”. It’s about the real moments together as a family.

The B family had a few hours before I headed to their home for photos. No time to stop and think or curate any part of their sesion with me. There was no time for cleaning up. No overthinking of styling. Instead, our session was all about what life is like for the B family one  warm fall afternoon. I captured them hanging out while they rode bikes, raked leaves, and enjoyed the swings in their backyard. There were lots of smiles and tons of laughs. Genuine joy and love in every image I captured.

Maryland Documentary Family Photos

The end result? A gallery of photos that document what life is like with two little ones and a dog right now. Photos that show parents playing with their babies and making memories at home – all of their favorite things (and mine too!). Their session is truly about finding the magic in the ordinary moments of parenthood. I hope that the B family will treasure these sweet photos for many years to come.  

The BE-ing Project is so near and dear to my heart. I’m grateful for families that are trusting my vision for these special sessions and leaning into the idea that photos don’t have to be perfectly curated to be… well, perfect. Sometimes simply documenting how your family shows up most nights at home is the best setup for photos that you could ask for! 

Interested in a BE-ing Project session? Let’s talk! I’d love to document your family: real, unfiltered, and focused on the tender moments that matter most.

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