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Kelowna photographer specializing in maternity, motherhood, newborn, baby & family photography. Capturing real connection, emotion & love-filled moments.

Serving Kelowna & the Okanagan. Let’s tell your story—beautiful, wild & true. Hi, I’m Michelle—the heart behind Embrace Studios in Kelowna, BC. I’m a motherhood, maternity, newborn, baby, and family photographer passionate about capturing raw emotion, real connection, and the beautifully chaotic moments of parenthood. As a mom myself, I know how quickly time passes—and how important it is to preserve these fleeting seasons through meaningful, love-filled images. Whether we're documenting your pregnancy, postpartum journey, or the wild joy of family life, I’m here to help you feel seen, celebrated, and remembered—exactly as you are. Serving Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley.

10/29/2026

Am I posting too late for anyone to see? I don’t even care - I’m dying to share this session. But with a massive gallery of gorgeous images, how do I even choose?

10/23/2026

Are you freaking kidding me? We showed up to the session with an overcast but bright afternoon, and then the sun did THIS!!! ☀️

10/22/2026

If I haven’t shared your images yet and you want me to, please message me!! It’s been a whirlwind year for me and I KNOW I’m behind on posting.

10/21/2026

I think one of the most beautiful (and heartbreaking) things about motherhood is that we never really know which moments we’ll miss until they’re gone.

And it’s rarely the big, extraordinary things.

It’s the weight of your baby sleeping against your chest. The little voice asking to be picked up. The wild laughter, the messy hair, the tiny hands that always seem to find yours.

The things we experience a hundred times without realizing that one day, we’ll experience them for the last time.

Being a mama myself has changed the way I see all of this. And lately, it’s been changing the way I want to photograph it, too.

I’m finding myself wanting to slow down within my sessions. Not to capture fewer moments, but to give them more room to unfold.

And there’s something I want every family who steps in front of my camera to know.

You don’t have to spend our session trying to make everything picture-perfect.

You don’t need to constantly remind your children to smile, look at me, or stand where I put them.

If they’re being silly, be silly with them. If they’re running, chase them. If they’re climbing all over you, turn it into a game. If they reach for you, scoop them up. If they want to snuggle, hold them close.

Of course, I’ll guide you. We’ll find the beautiful light and create those timeless family portraits. But I also want you to feel comfortable enough to let your guard down, to be playful, affectionate, and embrace the unexpected.

Because sometimes my favourite photograph is the one that happens when everyone forgets I’m even there.

I don’t want to simply show you what your family looked like in this season.

I want to remind you what it felt like.

And when your children look back at these photographs someday, I don’t just want them to see how much you loved them.

I want them to see how much you loved being with them.

This season, exactly as it is, deserves to be remembered. 🤎

xo, Michelle
Embrace Studios

10/21/2026

Sometimes these two don’t fight. It’s rare. But this is proof.

10/20/2026

I am in a season of wanting to slow down with my work.

Not in the sense of photographing fewer sessions or taking on fewer clients. But in the sense of slowing down within a session. Letting moments flow and simply be, and capturing them in a bit more of a romanticized way.

Less worrying about getting through every pose or creating the perfect photograph, and more allowing space for the moments that happen naturally in between.

The way your baby reaches for you. The way your little one rests their head against your chest. The way your children look at you when they don’t even realize I’m watching.

The little things that might seem so ordinary right now, but will mean absolutely everything one day.

I want to create photographs that feel like memories. Not just beautiful images of what your family looked like at this moment in time, but photographs that bring you right back to what this season of life felt like.

Because I think there’s something incredibly beautiful about the ordinary. The messy, the quiet, the tender, the imperfect. The things we don’t always think to photograph because they’re such a natural part of our everyday lives.

And maybe that’s what I’m craving more of in my work lately. A little less perfection. A little more connection. More movement, more emotion, more of the moments that are uniquely yours.

I still want to guide you, find the beautiful light, and create those photographs you’ll want hanging on your walls. But I also want to leave room for the unexpected.

Because years from now, I don’t think you’ll remember whether everyone was looking at the camera.

You’ll remember how little they were. How they fit in your arms. How it felt to hold them close.

And I want you to have photographs that take you right back there.

So over the next few months, you may see me posting more moments and less perfect smiles at the camera. And I may do some calls for model sessions to play with light and locations without the expectation of delivering a perfect gallery.

10/20/2026

Snuck a few photos of the girls after kindergarten pickup!

06/24/2026

I’ve photographed this family more times than I can count and somehow it just keeps getting better 🥹

Same chaos, same sweetness, just a little more growth every time.
Golden hour, wildflowers, and kids doing their thing… nothing forced, nothing perfect, just them.

Honestly, this is my favourite kind of session 🤍

06/23/2026

I really need to start working in some midday sun again. ☀️

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Kelowna, BC
V1P1L2

Website

http://www.embracestudios.ca/

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