Three years ago, my close friend Ashley gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, named Emily.
And she did what many new moms do: she bought a camera to capture her daughter growing up.
The photos were OK at first... but when Emily learned to walk (and run!), her photos started to become soft and blurry.
Emily was growing up fast. And Ashley was missing the chance to capture once-in-a-lifetime milestones every week.
Frustrated, and with few options, she booked a local studio to take 'proper' family photos.
Hundreds of dollars later... the photos they got back were sterile and lacking personality.
And what's worse, she knew her in-laws (who hadn't seen their granddaughter in over a year) would feel the same.
But everything changed one evening when she was browsing Facebook for a new photographer.
She happened upon Iwona Podlasińska, a world-renowned child photographer who was giving a workshop nearby.
Ashley had some basic experience with a camera and decided to give it a go... and... WOW!
The photos she was able to capture blew me away...