Erin & Scout | Photo by Jamie Scholberg — *Erin & Scout | Photo by* *Jamie Scholberg*

Hi! I’m Erin. I’m a native Floridian, located in Jacksonville. I recently married my high school sweetheart, Jack, and we are enjoying experiencing life together! Read our story and see our wedding pics here. I also have a sweet hound mix, named Scout, and we love to spend time swimming at the beach or hiking in the woods. When I’m off call, I love to travel and go to the local springs.

I grew up fascinated with documentary photography and photojournalism, and after graduating college, I began to document the mission work my team was doing in Central America. I actually photographed my first birth in 2008 in a tiny, remote hospital in Nicaragua, before I even knew that birth photography was a “thing”!

In 2014, I was introduced to the concept of birth photography and storytelling family photography through a workshop I attended. While my dad inspired my love for the craft when I was just fourteen, I tried a lot of different types of photography before finding the kind of work that would fill my heart. Within the first five minutes of the workshop, I knew this was exactly what I wanted to pursue. There were lots of tears! It was a life-changing moment for me, so I dug in and learned all I could. The workshop instructor, Kirsten Lewis, later became my mentor and it was the best investment in my craft that I could have made. My heart has always been drawn toward photographs that make me feel something deep inside, so my goal is to create those types of pictures for my clients. I want those I work with to know how amazing they are in birth, and their family life, and for them to feel supported and seen.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

— Howard Thurman