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Baltimore Birth Festival 2024

I have too many favorite images to count from this year’s Birth Festival!  I love this yearly event that takes place in May at Patterson Park in Baltimore, Md. It’s an incredible community resource for parents and parents-to-be to network with their peers and nearly 100 local businesses supporting the childbearing years.  

I love to be a part of it and I’m honored to photograph it alongside my team!  Team meaning my partners, Zack and Lindsey, my middle daughter, Madeline and my work assistant/2nd shooter, Amanda.  

This year we had the extra (read with sarcasm) treat of a flat tire on the way to the festival with a van full of all the gear, tent, tables and chairs. Luckily, Amanda and her husband saved the day and met us with his truck – in the middle of Pennington Ave! It happened just as we were headed over the drawbridge so there was no shoulder.  I’m so grateful that things feel into place – my mom came to pick up Madeline, Lindsey went with the van and the tow truck, me and Zack rode with Eric and Amanda to Patterson park and we were ready with hardly a delay! 

Here are a few dozen of my favorite captures from the festival – I can’t wait to see you all again next year! 

Photography for Heartlove Photography by Jillian Mills, Amanda Bailey and Madeline Mills

white sessions for little babies | Maryland photography studio

I love a white session to capture baby’s personality and the sweet poses and interactions unique to each stage of babyhood. These short and sweet sessions are affordable enough to do several within baby’s first year but I suggest 7-8 months as the perfect age for this style of photography.

green house family portraits

Having a private location for outdoor, sunset portrait sessions is a dream come true for me!  We built this greenhouse in spring of 2021 and I fall in love with it a little more each session.  This little corner of my yard offers tall grasses, the greenhouse and tree line for a variety of vignettes in an accessible, pet-friendly location. 

couples portraits in baltimore

I met each of them years ago in different places in their life, in different places in their understanding and growth in their own identities, in different relationships and different states. On this day, I got to meet them together in the place they met celebrating the love of a lifetime.  

in-home newborn session | Anne Arundel County MD Photographer

I love when I’m invited to a client’s home for a newborn session. Sometimes I just do documentary style images and others I bring my whole studio to get the best of both the posed, sleepy baby portraits and some images in and around the home. I just love the images in baby’s nursery.