I'm SO THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE!

If I could see you in person, I would give you a hug and say good morning! You’ll hear me say that most every time I see someone because not only is it always morning somewhere, but also because I really really WISH I was a morning person. They always seem more productive and put together, and let’s be real… I am not. But I give great hugs (only if you’re a hugging person), can make a mean cup of chai (you can keep your dirty bean water, coffee-lovers), and am the most extroverted introvert you’ve ever met (I promise I like people - just not all of them all at once).

MY LITTLE FAMILY

But I do love my little family. I married my Indian childhood sweetheart, Sunil, in the spring of 2012 and we moved to Kansas City to start a new life together. To make our move official, we bought a house in the most wonderful cul-de-sac in KCK with the best neighbors ever and adopted a rambunctious beagle puppy named Pixel who forces us to snuggle with her as often as possible.

Mary Jean made us parents in 2017 (and almost doubled the amount of hair in our family), and Sajan Paul joined us almost three years later, and now we’ve become those crazy parents who think our kids are definitely the cutest kids EVER in the history of the world.

We’re probably biased.

MY BEGINNINGS

I get my love of photography from my father, who passed away from cancer in late 2016. He not only taught me everything I know about cameras and technology, but he became one of the most important subjects I’ve ever photographed. The legacy he left is deeply visible in the photos I was able to capture along his 7-year journey with cancer, and they contain my most treasured memories of his life.

His life and death remind me that if there ever was a reason to stop, remember, connect, and capture moments, it's for your family. 

Family as it exists in its messy and beautiful glory, not striving for perfection in every moment, but relishing in the reality that family is, in fact, home.

And home is where your heart is. 

I’m so thankful to be able to capture the real-life moments of real families, and I’d be so honored to photograph yours!