At-Home Family Photos in East Haddam, CT | Connecticut Family Photographer

July 28, 2026

When I arrived, their mom told me something I still think about. The kids had been waiting for me. Not for the photographer, exactly. They knew that when I came, the games would start.

So that’s how we began.

Board games on a living room floor

They sat down to their favorite board games, the way they usually do. I didn’t direct anything. No “look here”, no “smile”. I stayed to the side and photographed what was already happening: the concentration, the arguing over the rules, the moment someone wins.

Family of four playing a board game on the living room floor by the fireplace, East Haddam CT

Son hugging his father from behind, both laughing, during an at-home family session

Family playing together on the floor of a bright living room with a white sofa and fireplace

Brother and sister building a wooden block tower together

Mother hugging her daughter on the floor, both smiling

Son leaning in to kiss his mother while they sit on the floor

Family lying on the floor playing checkers together

Children and parents gathered around a checkerboard, seen from above

Just the two of them

Then the kids went off to play on their own. When the parents step back, children forget about the camera very quickly, and that’s when you get the photographs of who they are with each other.

Brother and sister playing with colorful building tiles by a sunny window

Two children sitting in front of a large window in golden afternoon light

Dancing by the window

At some point the music came on and they danced with their mom by the window. The light from the window is the best light in most houses, and here it fell right on them.

Two children dancing together in front of a big window at home in East Haddam

Brother and sister holding hands and dancing by the window

Mother dancing with her son and daughter by the window, arms in the air

Mother and daughter dancing in the sunlight by the window

A blanket on the floor

Then everyone ended up on a blanket on the floor, both parents and both kids, tickling and rolling around. These are the photographs that look the most like them.

Parents lifting a white blanket over their children like a canopy in the bedroom

Brother and sister lying on the bed and giggling, seen from above

Family of four lying on a blanket together, laughing

Parents and children hiding under a blanket on the bed, laughing

Close-up of a mother and her daughter laughing together

Father hugging his son and daughter, everyone laughing

Two children kissing their mother on both cheeks

A few minutes outside

We finished in the backyard, in the late afternoon sun, for a few last photographs together.

Family playing together on the front porch of their home in East Haddam, CT

Parents sharing a kiss on the porch while their children hug them

Family sitting on the front steps, son on his father’s shoulders

Family in the backyard in golden evening light, daughter on her father’s shoulders

Parents embracing in the yard while their children run in the grass at sunset

Mother and father smiling together in the backyard, East Haddam Connecticut family photographer

What an at-home family session is like

You do what you usually do. Games, music, a snack, a walk in the yard. I photograph your family as it is, not a version of it.
Nobody has to behave. Kids who run off, climb on someone, refuse to sit still: that’s usually where the best photographs are.
Your home doesn’t have to be perfect. I find the room with the best light, usually by a big window, and work there.
Two hours, at your pace. We stop when someone needs a break.

I’m based in Colchester and photograph families at home across Connecticut, from Hartford County to the shoreline.

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