Hi, I’m Emily (she/her).

I want to capture what is real for your family—the moments that reflect your connections and personalities, beyond posed smiles, in a space and time where everyone is free to just be themselves.  My goal is to create images that beautifully capture that special something which is individually, wonderfully, miraculously you.

I believe that love is love, and that our identities do not fit neatly into binary labels. I embrace the adventure that is all the ways we are human.

I trust that everyone is generally doing the best they can, and that we’re all good enough just the way we are.  I especially want the children I work with to feel seen and accepted for exactly who they are; even if during our session this doesn’t look like a cooperative ‘smile for the camera.’

If the unscripted and unstyled version of your family is what you are excited to celebrate in your photos, I’d be honored to help.

Photographer Emily Sterne smiling with her camera in her lap outside
Photographer Emily Sterne walks on a sidewalk holding hands with one of her subjects, aged 2

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