THE LOVE WE LIVE IN
In-home family photography that preserves this season of life
Real love doesn’t need to be staged. This experience is for the families who don’t want magazine-perfect photos — they want the moments that actually matter. The quiet ones. The messy ones. The ones that will be missed the most one day.
These sessions happen in the place your life is unfolding right now — your home — so what we capture feels honest, meaningful, and deeply personal.
What this experience includes
Each The Love We Live In session is designed to feel relaxed, intentional, and unhurried.
🤍1.5-hour in-home family session
🤍Gentle guidance with plenty of space for natural moments
🤍Optional simple activities (baking, reading, cuddling, play)
🤍Online gallery of 50 hand-edited, high-resolution images
🤍Full printing rights to all digital images
Your images, preserved — not forgotten
Along with your digital gallery, this experience includes a custom-designed 8×8 linen-covered, 20-page album — created to live on your coffee table, not your hard drive.
This album is meant to be touched, shared, and returned to — a lasting reminder of what this season felt like, long after it’s passed.
INVESTMENT
The Love We Live In – $1485
Albums and digital images included.
If your heart is telling you this season matters, trust it — and reach out.
Ready to start the conversation? Let's make it happen!
Wilmington NC Family Photography
You think you’ll remember how small they were.
You won’t. Not exactly.
The newborn stage feels endless while you’re inside it. And impossibly short once it passes.
The way they curl into you.
The weight of them sleeping on your chest.
The tiny details that change almost overnight.
Hello Little Love was created for this beginning — not for perfection, but for preservation.
If you are expecting or already holding your baby, now is the time to plan.
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Scroll your camera roll.
How many photos are there of your children?
Now count how many you’re in.
Most mothers are the documenters.
You remember the milestones. You capture the birthdays. You freeze the ordinary afternoons because you know they matter.
But somewhere along the way, you disappear from the frame.
It doesn’t feel urgent.
Until years later.
When your children are taller. Louder. Older.
And you try to find proof that you were there beside them in this season.
Family photos are not about perfect outfits or perfect behavior.
They are about presence.
About making sure your children can look back one day and see you in the story.
If this resonates, I wrote something for you on my blog today.
https://erikariggerphotography.com/when-youre-always-the-one-behind-the-camera/
And if you are currently pregnant, Hello Little Love Newborn Session is open for priority booking this week, including a fine art heirloom print and $100 print credit.
Because every season deserves to be preserved.
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One day your child may ask what you looked like when they were growing inside you.
You will tell them about the kicks.
About how you couldn’t sleep comfortably.
About the way your partner rested their hand on your belly without thinking.
But what will you show them?
Pregnancy feels long while you’re inside it. And impossibly short once it’s over.
If you have been quietly wondering whether maternity photography is worth it, I wrote something for you.
https://erikariggerphotography.com/is-maternity-photography-worth-it-wilmington-nc/
Hello Little Love is open for priority booking this week, including a fine art heirloom print and a $100 print credit.
This version of you will not exist again.
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I wrote about why I photograph families at home instead of staging them somewhere “pretty.”
It’s about preserving the season you’re living in now, the moments your kids will one day miss, and why these images matter long after the session ends.
Link in comments😃
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“Quick, beautiful photos — in 15 minutes?”
Wilmington families, couples, and mamas-to-be:
I’m offering 4 Flash Mini Sessions next week Jan 23 & 24 only.
📸 15-minute session
💛 20 edited images
📍 $150
📥 Online gallery
⏳ Only 4 spots available
Perfect if you’ve been meaning to update your photos — but don’t want a full session.
✨ DM me for booking link!
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here’s the truth: social media and I are not always on the same page. Posts get missed, timelines get weird, and sometimes even I can’t find my own announcements.
So for 2026, I’m shifting the important stuff (booking updates, openings, specials, and client perks) to email.
If you want to actually stay in the loop (without relying on the algorithm), comment “Email List” and I’ll make sure you’re added.
PS.
I send 1–2 emails a month, max. And not to brag, but they’re genuinely fun to read: part update, part storytelling, part controlled chaos.
