09/04/2026
A little change is coming to Captive Portraits & it’s one I feel really strongly about. The recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has been incredibly unsettling to me. I want to be very clear that I do not agree with or support the court’s decision.
But it did make me stop & think about something I can control within my own business: the photos of children that I choose to put into the public space.
Technology & AI are advancing at a pace that is honestly difficult to keep up with. Once a photograph is posted publicly, I can’t control who saves it, where it goes, or what someone may eventually do with it & when those photographs are of children, I don’t want to take that risk. So I’ve decided that I will no longer publicly share recognizable photos of children on my website or social media.
This doesn’t change the way I photograph your families whatsoever. I’ll still be capturing the giggles, the goofy expressions, the cuddles, the little personalities, the chaos & all of the moments you want to remember. 🤍
You’ll still receive your complete gallery privately, just like you always have. This decision is simply about what I choose to put online publicly.
I’ll also be going back through my existing website & social media & removing older images where children are clearly recognizable. I have a couple years of work to sort through, so this will take some time, but I want to make this change apply to my past work too.
I know I can’t control the entire internet. I can’t control what someone else chooses to post, share, or do with their own photographs. But I can control what I contribute to it through my business. My portfolio& social media will have less smiling little faces in it from now on but that’s okay with me.I would rather protect the privacy of the children I photograph than have another image to fill my Instagram feed.
The families who trust me with their children deserve to know that I take that responsibility seriously.
Your memories will still be captured. Your galleries will still be full. Your babies will still get their moment in front of my camera.
I’m just choosing to keep more of those moments where they belong- with you. 🤍
