This is one of my favorite images of my mom and my daughter Maya from a couple of years ago.

And this is an email I recently sent out to Columbia and Jeff City clients... If anyone from that area is interested in scheduling a session for this fall please read below.
Hello to all of my Columbia and Jeff City friends!
I have had a lot of emails recently asking about dates that I will be in the Columbia and Jeff City area for fall photo sessions.
I love that so many people think of me for their family photos and am honored that year after year my clients call me back to document another year in their families life. Capturing relationships between families, parents and children, husbands and wives, are some of my happiest moments in photography.
My own family this year has undergone quite a few changes. Besides my eldest, Kira, starting first grade and my youngest, Maya, starting preschool my mother came to live in our home. She has been fighting cancer for a number of years and, in December of last year, we were told that she is in the terminal stages of the disease. While it's been a hard year in many regards, it has also been a blessing to have her sharing this time with us. We've already had many more months with her than her doctors indicated.
I'm sharing this with you so you might understand that my time for sessions this fall is somewhat limited. Besides providing the day-to-day care for her I am also focusing on spending whatever free time I have this coming fall and winter season with my family and creating as many memories with my children and their grandmother as I can. However, since my photography work with so many of you brings me quite a bit of happiness, satisfaction, and peace I also look forward to our photo sessions.
Having said all of that, I do have a very limited number of dates that I can schedule for the Columbia area. I will have to schedule these on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once those dates and times are full I won't be able to come to the Columbia area again until probably after the new year. I will still be available for a limited number of sessions in the St. James area throughout the fall and winter. If the dates for Columbia fill up and you are still interested in a session then please do feel free to contact me for a session around the St. James area.
Dates for sessions in Columbia:
Sunday, Sept. 12th (9:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm)
Friday, Oct. 15th (12:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 5:00 pm)
Saturday, Oct. 16th (9:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm)
Sunday, Oct. 17th (9:00 am, 11:30 am, 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm)
If you are interested in a session, please email me with the date and time you're available. I will email you back to confirm your session.
I will do my best to accomodate everyone!
Thank you so much!
~Taisia