introducing
The First Year Collective is an all-inclusive, deeply pampering portrait experience designed to document every breathtaking milestone of your baby’s first chapter. We handle every single detail—from wardrobe to custom framing—so you never have to worry about missing a moment, and you never have to carry the stress of planning it.
You make the baby. We do the preserving.
The story of your baby's First Year - told beautifully,
forever.
A portrait experience should feel like a gift, not another thing on your to-do list. You deserve to arrive, exhale, and just be present.
"Getting ready, getting the baby ready, figuring out what to wear.. Sessions feel more stressful than special."
iPhone snapshots capture the chaos. But they don't capture the feeling — the weight of them in your arms, the smell of their head, the way their hand curls around your finger.
"I have thousands of blurry phone photos but nothing I'd ever actually hang on our walls."
Time moves differently once a baby arrives. Weeks disappear. The fog is real - and suddenly those tiny newborn days are gone.
"I meant to book a newborn session, and before I knew it she was already three months old."
you are not alone
So you can close your eyes someday, open a beautiful heirloom album, and be transported right back to the very beginning of your family's story.
This is Exactly Why
The First Story Collective Exists.
The First Story Collective is a membership-style portrait experience designed to document your baby at every milestone of their first year - beautifully, intentionally, and entirely stress-free.
Every detail is curated and cared for — from your wardrobe and hair and makeup, to the heirloom artwork that hangs in your home for generations. You bring the baby. We bring everything else.
the experience
Look how far you've both come. From a tiny newborn to a walking, babbling little person — celebrate this milestone in style.
Your story begins here. The glow, the anticipation, the quiet wonder of carrying new life — all of it deserves to be remembered.
The gummy smiles. The chunky thighs. The belly laughs. The way they look at you like you're their whole world. This blissful baby stage is one you'll want to live in forever.
The wrinkly knees. The flaky skin. The way they curl perfectly into your chest. These details fade within weeks — we capture them forever.
your four chapters
Before every session, I'll personally style your family. For studio sessions, you'll also have access to the LSP wardrobe. No 37 browser tabs required.
You don't need to remember when it's time to photograph the next stage. I'll reach out as each session approaches and we'll get everything on the calendar.
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After your first birthday session, I'll take the photographs you've loved and purchased throughout the year and turn them into your custom 10×10 linen album—my gift to you as a Collective member.
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A couple of weeks after each session, we'll sit down together to see your photographs. You'll choose your favorites and decide what you'd like to purchase. Images and artwork are purchased separately.
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Every session can include the whole family—or we can keep the focus on baby. Maternity, newborn, six months and first birthday: we'll photograph each stage exactly as it feels right for you.
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You have approximately nine million things to figure out during your baby's first year. Remembering when to schedule photos doesn't need to be one of them.
Once you're part of the First Year Collective, I keep track of what's next. As each session approaches, I'll reach out, help you plan what everyone is wearing and tell you exactly what we need to do next.
You don't have to remember when maternity photos should happen. Or when baby will probably be sitting up. Or start thinking about a first birthday session six months before you're emotionally prepared to admit they're turning one.
what to expect
This is a full-service experience from beginning to end. We believe that a luxury portrait experience shouldn't add a single ounce of stress to your already full plate. Motherhood is demanding enough; you should not have to act as your own wardrobe stylist, your own project manager, or your own interior designer just to have beautiful memories of your child.
Here's what every Collective member receives:
what's included
For your newborn session, professional hair and makeup is included for Mom.
Because those early newborn days are not when I expect you to arrive camera-ready. We’ll take care of you, too.
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Before every session, I’ll personally help style you and your family — including shoppable recommendations when you need them. For studio sessions, you’ll also have access to the LSP studio wardrobe.
No coordinating six shades of beige across 37 browser tabs required.
If you choose custom wall art during any of your ordering appointments, we can take care of the installation, too.
No measuring. No guessing. No putting six holes in the wall and hoping one of them is right.
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After each session, we’ll sit down together to see your photographs, choose your favorites and figure out what you actually want to do with them.
Albums, custom framing, wall galleries or digital images — you don’t need to know what you want before you see the photographs. I’ll help you figure it out.
At the end of your Collective year, your favorite purchased photographs become a custom 10×10 linen album — my gift to you as a Collective member.
One year. Four sessions. The whole story, finally in your hands.
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I keep track of your Collective year and reach out when it’s time to start planning what comes next.
You’ll also receive priority scheduling and early access to select LSP events throughout your membership.
Photographs and additional artwork are purchased separately after each session.
Maternity · Newborn · Six Months · First Birthday
PERSONAL WARDROBE STYLING FOR EVERY SESSION
Including access to the LSP studio wardrobe for in-studio sessions.
PROFESSIONAL HAIR + MAKEUP FOR MOM
Included with your newborn session.
FIRST BIRTHDAY SMASH CAKE
Because that is one less thing you need to remember to order.
PRIORITY SCHEDULING + MILESTONE REMINDERS
I keep track of what’s coming next and reach out when it’s time to plan.
YOUR CUSTOM 10×10 LINEN FIRST YEAR ALBUM
Created at the end of your Collective year using your favorite purchased photographs.
Your baby is going to change more in this one year than almost any other year of their life.
And somehow, you’re supposed to remember when to schedule maternity photos, book newborn photos while you’re still pregnant, notice when those chubby little legs can finally sit up on their own, and plan a first birthday session before you’re emotionally prepared to admit they’re turning one.
You don’t have to.
Once you join the First Year Collective, I keep track of what comes next. I’ll reach out, help you plan each session, style your family and make sure this year doesn’t disappear into 14,000 photos on your phone.
At the end of it, we’ll take the photographs you chose and loved along the way and turn them into one album that tells the story of the whole year.
You grow the baby. I’ll make sure you remember the year.
Membership includes:
investment
" I hesitated at first about investing in a full membership, but joining the Collective was the single best gift I gave myself during my pregnancy. Time moves at lightning speed once the baby arrives, and knowing Rory already had every single milestone tracked and scheduled gave me so much peace of mind. I didn’t have to think, plan, or stress—I just showed up and got to celebrate my baby girl."
— Caroline M., Mama to Madeleine"
" I hesitated at first about investing in a full membership, but joining the Collective was the single best gift I gave myself during my pregnancy. Time moves at lightning speed once the baby arrives, and knowing Rory already had every single milestone tracked and scheduled gave me so much peace of mind. I didn’t have to think, plan, or stress—I just showed up and got to celebrate my baby girl."
— Caroline M., Mama to Madeleine"
" I hesitated at first about investing in a full membership, but joining the Collective was the single best gift I gave myself during my pregnancy. Time moves at lightning speed once the baby arrives, and knowing Rory already had every single milestone tracked and scheduled gave me so much peace of mind. I didn’t have to think, plan, or stress—I just showed up and got to celebrate my baby girl."
— Caroline M., Mama to Madeleine"
I’ve photographed enough families to know that getting beautiful photographs usually isn’t the hard part.
Getting everyone to the photographs is.
Remembering to book them. Figuring out when they should happen. Planning what everyone will wear. Getting yourself ready while also getting everyone else ready. And then somehow finding the time to actually do something with the photographs afterward.
That’s why I created the First Year Collective.
Your baby will never change faster than they do during this first year — and I don’t think documenting it should become another project you have to manage.
So I manage it.
I keep track of what’s next. I help with the clothes. I tell you when it’s time. I photograph your family exactly as they are. And at the end of the year, I make sure those photographs become something you actually get to live with.
You have enough to remember. The photographs are handled.