It was such a wonderful year for Chanda Williams Photography, and I am very grateful for every family whose life I got to take a peek into…This year really solidified my desire to work on long term projects with families. I adore the long-term relationships I've built with clients as we work together to tell their family story. When there is a trust a rapport already established, I'm able to slip into the moment and get beautiful and honest photos of family life

There’s a unique charm in the everyday moments that often go unnoticed—the little interactions, the subtle glances, the unspoken bonds. As a documentary family photographer, my mission is to tag along with families and capture these genuine, unscripted moments that truly define their essence.

As a documentary family photographer, my approach is to capture real and honest moments without any forced poses or artificial setups. I want each image to evoke emotion and tell a story. This session allowed us to do just that - portray the beautiful bond between this family in an authentic and artful way.

Life with a 6 month old is busy—not with big events, but with a constant hum of activity, and it’s these little moments that get me excited. Between waking up, eating, a trip to the park and then getting ready for nap time, so much happens that is really beautiful. Candid family photography, rather than staged or posed photos, pull out these tiny moments that make up life and show the beauty in our everyday.

I recently got to hang out with and photograph the Igleheart family in their backyard. We played in the fort, made and ate s'mores, used the garden hose to clean off the toy car and then the rest of the family, and dug in the dirt. After all that it was time for an epic bubble bath, which naturally involved chaos, sweetness and tickles.

My style of family photography is mostly documentary family photography, meaning completely unposed, authentic, fly on the wall photographs of real connections, personalities and everyday life. I say mostly because I think family portraits are important to take occasionally, and I try to give a few good ones to every family I work with.

I was so honored to photograph Penny's 1st birthday party last week. It was my first Korean Dol, and it was lovely. Of course when I was first contacted to photograph the event I jumped on Wikipedia, which explained:

Dol (doljanchi, or tol) is probably one of the best-known of the Korean birthday celebrations. Dol is celebrated for the first birthday of a child. When Korea had little medicinal knowledge, many newborns would die from childhood diseases or because of Korea’s seasonal temperature differences. When a child lived to be a year old during that period, it was a very joyous occasion.

I recently photographed this awesome family at a park in Collier Hills. I have been their family photographer for a few years now, and it's been great watching their family grow! Their newest family member is a few of months old, and oh so patient with his sweet big sisters!

I photographed this super cool family on a Sunday afternoon in Piedmont Park recently. It was a cloudy, wintry day--which was great because it made for some moody family photographs that I love!

Most of the leaves have fallen in Atlanta, the cold has arrived, and the busy fall family photo season is coming to an end. It was a fun one, for sure, with too many awesome families to do a blog post on every single one. But the Thoele family's session was one of my favorites. A great example of documentary family photography, as I didn’t direct or pose them, but instead I simply hung out with them as they went for a walk around the neighborhood, and I made pictures out of their personalities and connections.