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Rootsfest Family Reunion

Portfolio · 04

Heirlooms at Home

Motherhood session · at home · winter

No destination, no occasion — just a mother, a daughter, and ninety unscheduled minutes on the living-room floor. The quietest session in this portfolio, and maybe my favorite.

A mother and daughter lying side by side laughing on a wooden floor

The session

Renata booked this to mark five years of solo motherhood — "proof we made it," she said. We stayed inside the whole time: doorway dancing, blanket forts, and a long sprawl across the oak floor while rain tapped the windows.

At-home sessions strip everything back to what matters: the way she braids hair while half-listening, the weight of a sleepy head on a shoulder. These frames now hang in three generations' homes.

Details

Session
Motherhood, in-home
Location
Bernal Heights, San Francisco
Length
1.5 hours
Delivered
47 images + heirloom box
A mother holding her daughter close in a sunny yard Parents and children sitting close together at sunset

"My daughter points at these and says 'that's us.' That's everything."

— Renata M.