Our family of seven. Coordinating that many people is a logistical nightmare. Em handled it like a director on a film set. We were done in 50 minutes.
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Our family of seven. Coordinating that many people is a logistical nightmare. Em handled it like a director on a film set. We were done in 50 minutes.
We did the session at my mother's house in Elmwood Park where I grew up. Three generations in the kitchen, cooking together. These photos will be in our family forever.
First-birthday session for our daughter. Em captured her face when she tasted cake for the first time. That photo is the screensaver on every device we own.
My daughter wears hijab. Em never asked her to take it off, adjust it, or pose differently because of it. She felt seen. That mattered more than the photos themselves.
We do annual family photos every fall. Em has done the last three. Watching our youngest grow through the galleries is genuinely emotional.
Em did our holiday card session in 15 minutes flat because my son was about to lose it. He still gave us 35 final photos. We use Em every November now.
Maternity session at 36 weeks. The photo of my husband's hands on my belly is the closing photo of the album. I look at it every day.
Annual family photos with three young boys is a fool's errand. Em made the fools look great. We have a wall of these now.
Em came to the hospital the day our son was born. The first photos of his life are professionally documented. I will never not be grateful for that.
Newborn session in our apartment in Albany Park. Em was so quiet the baby slept through almost all of it. We have 40 photos of the first weeks. They are everything.
Em came to our home in Norridge and photographed three generations together. My 89-year-old nonna, my two kids, my husband, me — and the gallery makes us look like a family portrait from a movie.
My daughter is autistic and crowds and cameras both overwhelm her. Em was patient, quiet, and let her warm up at her own pace. The photos of her smiling are rare and we have ten of them now.
My mother-in-law speaks only Albanian. Em communicated with her through hand gestures and warmth. The photos of her with my children are her most prized possessions.
Maternity, newborn, and one-year sessions over twelve months. Em is now the family photographer. He has joked he should be on the Christmas card list.
Em did a documentary day-in-the-life session. He was here from morning routine through dinner. The photos are us. Actually us. Not a stylized version.
Em photographed my father six weeks before he passed. The portraits of him with my children are everything to us. I do not know how to thank him.
Eid family photos in our backyard, all six of us in coordinating outfits. Em delivered the gallery in nine days. Eid mubarak indeed.
We did a fall session at the conservatory. My twins were a nightmare and Em didn't flinch. The photo of them mid-tantrum, my husband and I laughing, is the family photo of the year.
My in-laws came in from Pristina for two weeks. Em did a multigenerational session in our backyard. My father-in-law put one of the portraits on the wall of his house in Kosovo.
Two boys, ages 4 and 7. Em did not try to make them sit still. He played with them and the photos are the truest version of them that exists.
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