A Dream for Storytelling Photography at Alabaster Photos
There’s a shift happening inside me as a photographer.
And honestly?
It feels bigger than photography.
For years, I thought success in this industry meant:
- mastering lighting
- perfecting posing
- creating beautiful images
- learning marketing
- booking more sessions
And yes, all of those things matter.
But lately, I’ve realized something deeper:
I don’t just want to photograph people.
I want to know them.
I Want to Create Images That Feel Like Your Soul
Not just:
- smiling at the camera
- standing in pretty light
- matching outfits
I want to create photographs that feel like:
- your history
- your grief
- your resilience
- your softness
- your contradictions
- your becoming
I want someone to look at an image years later and think:
“That was me in that season.”
Not just what they looked like.
But who they were.
I Think So Many of Us Are Carrying Invisible Stories
The older I get, the more I realize how many people are quietly carrying:
- childhood wounds
- complicated family dynamics
- religious trauma
- loss
- shame
- fear
- survival patterns
- generational cycles they are trying desperately to break
And yet…
Most of us are still showing up every day:
- loving our kids
- trying to heal
- trying to grow
- trying to become someone different than what hurt us
That matters to me.
Deeply.
I Want to Photograph the Cycle Breakers
The mothers who are learning softness after growing up in chaos.
The fathers trying to become emotionally present when no one modeled it for them.
The women rebuilding themselves after years of shrinking.
The families choosing connection over fear.
The people learning how to parent while simultaneously re-parenting themselves.
Those are the stories I want to tell.
Not because they’re polished.
Because they’re brave.
Photography Can Be More Than Documentation
I think photography can become a mirror.
A place where someone finally sees:
- their strength
- their tenderness
- their exhaustion
- their beauty
- their humanity
Without needing to hide the complicated parts.
Because the complicated parts are often what make us who we are.
I’m Healing Through This Too
The truth is…
Part of this dream comes from my own healing.
From trying to understand my own childhood memories.
My own fears.
My own identity.
The ways I learned to survive.
Photography has become a way for me to slow down and ask:
“What actually matters here?”
And the answer is almost never perfection.
It’s connection.
It’s truth.
It’s presence.
I Want Sessions to Feel Different
I dream of creating sessions where we talk first.
Really talk.
About:
- your story
- your childhood
- your motherhood
- your fears
- the things that shaped you
- the things you’re trying to change
And then creating images inspired by that.
Not generic.
Not performative.
But deeply personal.
Maybe artistic.
Maybe emotional.
Maybe symbolic.
The kind of photographs that feel like art because they mean something.
The Images I Want to Create
I want to create:
- storytelling portraits
- emotional motherhood imagery
- conceptual composites
- intimate family photographs
- artwork inspired by memory and identity
- sessions that feel cinematic and honest
I want to blend:
- emotion
- storytelling
- fine art
- lived experience
Into something lasting.
Because Your Story Matters
Not just the pretty parts.
All of it.
The healing.
The becoming.
The surviving.
The tenderness after hardship.
Especially that.
To the Ones Breaking Cycles
If you’re the one trying to do things differently…
If you’re learning how to heal while raising children…
If you’re carrying both grief and hope at the same time…
I see you.
And maybe someday, I’d love to photograph your story.
Storytelling Photography in New Richmond, Wisconsin
At Alabaster Photos, I offer family, motherhood, maternity, and storytelling photography sessions rooted in connection, emotion, and authenticity.
📍 Downtown New Richmond, WI
📸 Serving the St. Croix Valley including Hudson, Baldwin, and River Falls
🤍 Story-driven photography for people becoming who they were meant to be
