Sabrina K Photography

Moms on Bikes! These are some tough mothers.....
If you didn't know, now you do: I volunteer with local youth mountain biking teams as well as the Arizona NICA program , and helping empower females on bikes is really a rad part of that endeavor. Usually we are working with female youth athletes with the GRiT (Girls Riding Together) program, but this winter, our state league brought in some amazing female coaches to work with our moms. .mcmilly
As many moms know, it's great to support your kids in their sports by being their taxi service, providing healthy meals, making sure the water bottles are full and no one forgets anything, but taking it to another level....moms can also support their youth athletes by BEING ON BIKES themselves. Riding bikes is not only a great way to get outside and move your body, it builds confidence and does all sorts of great stuff for your brain. Trust me on that one, my friend told me this morning all about a bike-brain study while we were on our bike ride together. (back me up, Cindy!)
My favorite part of riding bikes? COMMUNITY! There's nothing like some "girl time" on bikes.
It might be a zillion degrees outside, but we can still get out and ride!
So here is a bit of a peek into the AZ NICA Moms on Bikes workshop from earlier this year. Not traditional portraits, but some of my favorites!

First of all, I love this family so, so much.
Second, Mom did an incredible job with styling this session. She made it look effortless and like it was totally no big deal. But she rocked it. These dresses are out of this world.
Third, I absolutely, positively LOVE getting to do family sessions and senior sessions together. This one was one for the record books. We did so many outfit changes that my head was spinning, but all lists were checked off and I can't be happier for everything we were able to capture, squeezing out every bit of sunshine we could get!
So....takeaways.... family + senior sessions for the win!

Now that we are in the summer and the pace of life has slowed down (maybe) just a little bit, I'm catching up on posting everything from the past year. It's my birthday resolution (because New Year's Resolutions just don't always stick--I'm trying to reboot midyear) to get my photography page organized and updated! I realized Will's post earlier in the year had some formatting issues, so he's getting a new post! Will highlights some of my main guy-session top tips:
1. Bring your car. A classic Jaguar makes it oh so fun. Or dirt bike, mountain bike, OHV, horse. You know...the thing you are into
2. Wearing a t-shirt and jeans is 100% okay. You're comfortable and you look good when you're comfortable.
3. If you wear a suit, you won't regret it.
I loved this session so much, and it was a great way to kick off my senior season for 2026. I can't wait to catch everyone up on these amazing seniors!