If You’ve Been Avoiding Booking Family Pictures, Start Here I know the exact fear that keeps a lot of families from ever picking up the phone, it is not really about the pictures at all, it is the fear of falling apart in front of a stranger, of a meltdown happening in a public place […]
What You’re Actually Searching For When You Type Those Words In Autism friendly photographer St Louis gets typed into a search bar more often at eleven at night than during business hours, I know this because I have talked to enough of the parents who found me exactly that way, kid finally asleep, scrolling with
Photographing Twice Exceptional Kids, When Gifted and Struggling in the Same Kid Neurodivergent Family Children Resources Twice exceptional kids carry two truths that rarely get talked about together, remarkable strengths and real struggles, living in the very same kid. It’s confusing for a lot of people around them, and honestly it can be isolating for
What Fall Mini Sessions At Unique Footprints Actually Look Like Fall is here again in St Louis, or it is about to be, and if you are a parent of a neurodivergent kid you already know what that means, it means the group texts start flying about fall pictures and pumpkin patches and matching flannel
Two Friends, Finally For a long time making friends was the thing I quietly grieved the most, more than the words, more than the milestones everybody else warns you about, because making friends is so social, so unspoken, so much a language kids just seem to absorb out of thin air, and Levi never absorbed
When Anxiety Is the Reason You Haven’t Booked Photos Yet Neurodivergent Family Children Resources Sometimes it isn’t scheduling or budget holding a family back from booking photos. It’s anxiety, either your child’s or your own, or honestly, both at once. Maybe it’s the thought of a new place, a stranger with a camera, being watched
Six Years for One Bike Ride It took six years to teach him to ride a bike, five to eleven, and I don’t say that to impress you with our patience, I say it because most people don’t think twice about riding a bike, you just get on and go, but riding a bike asks
What PDA Looks Like During a Photo Session, and Why We Don’t Push Neurodivergent Family Children Resources Pathological demand avoidance, PDA, means a direct instruction, even a gentle one, can trigger real resistance, not because your child doesn’t want to do the thing, but because the demand itself feels threatening. Traditional photography is basically a
Tourette’s, Tics, and Family Photos: What Actually Helps Neurodivergent Family Children Resources A tic showing up mid session is not a problem to edit around apologetically, it’s just part of the moment. One of the most common worries I hear from parents is what if the tics show up right when the camera clicks, so
Hi, Hi, Hi We were driving home from dinner, nothing special about the night, just one of those ordinary Tuesday kind of dinners where you’re tired and the car is quiet and you’re just trying to get everyone home and into pajamas, and he was buckled into his car seat behind me looking out the
