Business Details
16 Years
experience
Your Trusted St. Louis Newborn & Maternity Photographer
As a full-service luxury portrait studio with over 11 years of experience, we specialize in capturing life's most precious moments for families in St. Louis and beyond. Our team is dedicated to providing an exquisitely curated experience that includes professional hair and makeup, wardrobe styling, and custom artwork design. We pride ourselves on creating timeless, classic, and modern imagery that transforms into heirlooms for future generations. Our approach combines natural light photography with a focus on authenticity and connection, ensuring every session feels relaxed and personalized.With expertise in maternity, newborn, family, and birth photography, we offer both in-studio and on-location services tailored to your vision. Our commitment extends beyond the session through custom framing, gallery wall installation, and album design to ensure your memories are beautifully preserved. We operate with transparency and care, prioritizing client satisfaction through every step of the process.
Services
Maternity Photography
Newborn Sessions
Family Portraits
Birth Story Documentation
Heirloom Albums
Details
- Year established: 2010
Highlights and features
- We offer 11 years of specialized experience in newborn and maternity photography.
- Our full-service approach includes complimentary hair and makeup styling.
- We provide custom artwork design and gallery wall installation services.
- Our studio features a curated wardrobe closet for client use.
- We guarantee professionally finished products with no digital files left unused.
What people say
Stunning results
Professional team
Stress-free experience
Beautiful artwork
Exceptional service
Services
Maternity Photography
Our maternity sessions capture the beauty and anticipation of pregnancy through timeless imagery. We offer studio, sunset, and bare-belly options with professional styling and wardrobe assistance. Sessions focus on creating artistic portraits that highlight your natural glow while ensuring comfort throughout the experience. The service includes personalized planning and artwork design to preserve these memories for generations.
Newborn Sessions
We document your newborn's earliest days through in-studio or lifestyle sessions that emphasize natural connections. Our baby-led posing prioritizes safety while capturing authentic expressions and details. The service includes wrap selection, family portraits, and milestone documentation options. Sessions are designed to accommodate feeding breaks and toddler interactions for a stress-free experience.
Family Portraits
Our family sessions focus on genuine connections through studio, outdoor, or in-home lifestyle photography. We specialize in creating timeless portraits that include all family members with coordinated wardrobe styling. The service emphasizes capturing authentic moments while providing professional direction to ensure flattering, heirloom-quality images that reflect your family's unique dynamics.
Birth Story Documentation
We offer documentary-style birth photography that captures the authentic journey of labor and delivery. Services include 24/7 on-call availability starting at 38 weeks and optional videography add-ons. Our approach maintains respectful distance while documenting key moments from active labor through the first hour post-delivery, creating a lasting visual narrative of your child's entrance into the world.
Heirloom Albums
Our archival-quality albums transform your favorite images into lasting family heirlooms. We offer custom design services for milestone albums, first-year collections, and multi-generational keepsakes. The service includes layout assistance, material selection, and personalized curation to create cohesive storytelling through professionally printed and bound pages that maintain quality for generations.
People
Kelly Laramore
Photographer & Business Owner
With 11 years of experience as a luxury natural light photographer, Kelly specializes in maternity, newborn, and family photography. A mother of six, she focuses on creating timeless images that become family heirlooms. Her approach emphasizes authenticity and connection through documentary-style photography.
Questions
What photography services do you specialize in?
We specialize in maternity, newborn, family, and birth photography sessions with optional videography add-ons.
Do you offer both studio and on-location sessions?
Yes, we provide in-studio sessions at our Lake St. Louis location and on-location photography for various sessions.
What's included in your full-service experience?
Our service includes wardrobe styling, professional hair and makeup, custom artwork design, and gallery wall installation.
How far in advance should I book?
We recommend booking maternity sessions at 32-36 weeks and birth photography 6+ months in advance.
Do you provide physical prints and albums?
Yes, we specialize in creating heirloom-quality prints, custom-framed artwork, and archival albums.
