Julie Ann Photography • MINNEAPOLIS PHOTOGRAPHER

Minneapolis Documentary Style Family Photography

DOCUMENTARY FAMILY PHOTO Sessions | REal Moments & Everyday Magic

These aren’t perfect, posed portraits — they’re the moments your kids will remember: the kitchen dance parties, the backyard barefoot races, bedtime books and pancake mornings. The tiny, chaotic, beautiful parts of your life… captured before they slip away.
No outfits to coordinate. No bribes. No stress. Just you and your family — being yourselves.

The Moments That Matter Most Are the Ones You’re Already Living.

One day, you’ll miss the chaos. The mess. The little hands reaching for yours. These are the memories you’ll want to hold onto — and now you can.

PUBLISHED STAMP _ EAST MEDICINE LAKE PARK FAMILY PHOTOS
Minneapolis Family Photo Session Mom & Me

• Featured Session | Stay-at-home mom life •

Mommy and Me in-home session twin cities photographer
Toddler doing a puzzle in-home session
Stay at home mom photo session
snuggles with mom at a wayzata home lifestyle session
Family dog in-home session
lifestyle in-home session toddler giggles
the wheels on the bus go round and round
sweet toddler expression

Let me capture those fleeting childhood moments while you sit back and soak it all in AND join in on the fun. Julie Ann Photography is there to document your chosen moment, like letting the kids live their best lives in a mud puddle, or coming to your home to catch those snuggly moments, playing in the backyard or hanging out on the front porch, those fresh newborn moments, games played together, and stories read.

Documentary family sessions are a great way to let the kids explore and have a blast on their own terms. They will lead the way through your session.

Chanhassen family snuggling in bed real family moments
black and white image of dad and baby playing at home together
Core Memory Photo Sessions
Black AND white sibling squish hug
Reading Christmas Books2
Tiny toes at story time
Reading Christmas Books

• Featured Everyday Magic Session •

sneaky kid trying to hide from the camera
Silly boy having fun at home
Cutest toddler boys ever
Family dog
Doing puzzles with mom
Brothers are best friends
Twin boys playing cars 2
Twin boys playing cars 1
Just a boy enjoying his puzzles2
Chaos coordinator minneapolis photographer
in-home one year session
Just a boy enjoying his puzzles
in-home family session
stay-at-home mom documentary photo session
Stay at home mom cozy couch snuggles

• Featured Backyard Documentary Sessions •

three kids playing in a backyard mud puddle
toddler girl with mud in her eyebrows and a mud beard
young boy covered in mud
little girl with a muddy face
three kids jumping in a giant mud puddle
Dad throwing son in the air
Cute little grinning boy
Mom snuggling with son

Read more about how to prepare for your session with this GUIDE

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Documentary Family Session
{Available for newborn, babies, children & families}
• 1 hour session at your home
• Includes 20+ digital images
• $350

Everyday Magic Session
• 1-2 hour session at your home
• Includes all 40+ digital images
• $600
• Families typically choose this session to document a specific activity (making breakfast together, decorating cookies, jumping in puddles, etc. as well as including some time to just explore and enjoy time together at home. The special activity often takes up about half of our time together while those quiet moments around your home [snuggles, stories, playing with toys, etc.] take up the second half
• option to purchase prints, products and albums
•Prepay for Album upgrade & get $200 off of the album price


(studio sessions still temporarily available — conversion to full in-home (or outdoor) sessions will be completed by late fall 2026)

Please fill out the booking request form and I will reach out within 24 hours.

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