This is a place where I will muse over motherhood and exploring our new home of Spearfish, South Dakota in The Black Hills, and share photographs from sessions! I hope this blog is a journal where mothers can go to read something that will make them feel seen or see something that touches their hearts.
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I met beautiful Jennifer at a concert in California which she attended with a friend of mine. We danced and had a wonderful time and I found out that she attends the University of Washington in Seattle. I was so excited to know someone in the city because although I wen’t to high school here […]
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Meet Stella and Jack: friends and silly millies with smiles that will melt your heart. Photographing these pals reminded me of one of my best friendships from my own childhood. We grew up together because our mothers started a school together very much like Stella and Jack’s mothers who started a children’s consignment clothing business […]
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This is Logan: computer guy, volunteer, football player, and senior. I was listening to him tell me about his life during this session and I was struck by the thought that being a senior in high school is one of those monumental momments in one’s life that truly deserves to be celebrated. It is a […]
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I had the great pleasure of photographing Geneva and Jim a little while ago. These two are so beautiful and were such a joy to work with. Geneva is a complete sweetheart and working towards being a nurse which I think is so amazing….it takes a special person to want to take care of others […]
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This year I was lucky enough to be home for Father’s Day. We spent the day playing basketball (his favorite thing to do) and watching golf (Tiger lost! Always a good day in our family) It was wonderful. When anyone says I am like my dad I swell up with pride. I have always admired […]
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“A kiss is the rosy dot over the “i” of living.” Love is so special. It is the universal language, it is all. These are portraits of Laci and Micah, a couple who met in Fairbanks, Alaska (my hometown) and picked up everything to move to Ventura, California on an adventure. I love it when […]
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During my very first internship with a fabulous photographer named Barbie Hull I noticed a pattern about myself at weddings: I am a crier. I was photographing couples that I had never met before that day and bawling behind my camera. Call it being emotional, call it being sentimental, I call it being connected 😉 […]
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I absolutely adore photographing the fairer sex. Women each have such a unique wonderfulness about them and I truly believe that our femininity and special beauty should be celebrated. Michelle is so utterly beautiful both inside and out. She is one of those women that you feel drawn too…she has a big personality, a big […]
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If you modeled for my 25 stranger project I have not forgotten you!!! I’m in alaska and don’t have internet (I’m posting this on a blackberry lol) Ill post them asap! If you want me to notify you when I’ve posted them feel free to email me at kianamccrackin@yahoo.com or find Kiana Mccrackin Photography on […]
