Our Fair City

Cambridge Family Photographer

A Cambridge Family Photographer for Over 10 Years..

Before I relocated to Arlington, I spent over ten years living and photographing families in Cambridge.  It’s one of those special places where you really do get the best of city life and small neighborhood feels.  I have deep connections there – memories, favorite spots, and families I’ve photographed through multiple chapters of their lives.

Cambridge is layered, alive and full of families who choose it deliberately, and I love making family photos that feel as vibrant as living in the city feels.  As a Cambridge family photographer, I want your family photos to reflect the context of this special place you’ve chosen to live – whether that’s out and about the city or right at home.

boy with superhero t shirt stares at the camera near his brother and mom during a family photography session; photo by Cambridge Family Photographer Emily Sterne
two moms play with their kids during a somerville family photography session

A Cambridge Family Photographer Who Honors All Families

No matter how your family is made or how long you’ve called Cambridge home, I’m here to document what makes it yours – the personalities, the love, the in-jokes that only make sense to the people in this family.

I am a Cambridge Family Photographer  who is a good fit for people who value authenticity over aesthetics. People who want photographs that look like their actual life – their actual kids, in their actual home or neighborhood – not a version of their family that required everyone to coordinate outfits and hold still. If that sounds like you, we’re probably going to get along just fine.

A Cambridge Family Photographer for Real Life

I work in a documentary style, which means rather than posing you and hoping everyone smiles at the same time, we build your session around something your family actually enjoys doing together.

Maybe that’s a trip to Toscanini’s, or an hour at the Danehy playground, or a picnic at North Point Park.  Or, maybe it’s simply an afternoon at home doing whatever your family does on a slow Sunday (yes please!!).  Baking something, reading together, kicking a ball around the backyard.  Whatever is real and authentic for your family right now – that’s the best setting for your photographs.

The images that come from these sessions tell the truth about who you are together, right now, in this city, in this chapter. This is Cambridge family photography for people who care more about authenticity than a perfectly posed picture.

curly haired girl gets help putting on shoes and socks from her curly haired dad

Cambridge Family Photograper... and beyond

As your Cambridge family photographer, this city is where so much of my work and my heart lives – and I’d love to add your family to my connections there.

I also work regularly with families in Arlington, Somerville, Belmont, Lexington, and across the greater Boston area. Wherever you are, if this sounds like the kind of session your family would love, I’d be delighted to hear from you.

view from below of a girl who has climbed to the top of a rope playground structure during a cambridge family photo session

Learn more about planning your Cambridge family photography session here.