For photographers

Learn to Photograph Kids with Confidence

Courses, guides, and a kid-first newsletter for family and child photographers — from a photographer who’s also a teacher.

The course

What if the secret to better family photos wasn’t better posing, but a better understanding of children?

I’m building Understanding Kids, an online course for family and child photographers who want:

✓Less stress during sessions
✓More authentic connection
✓Happier families (because of happier kids!)
✓Confidence with every kind of kid
✓Photos that truly reflect who kids are
✓Calmer toddlers, teens & spirited kids

Three sections, ten modules, a workbook, and lifetime access — built by a teacher, so you actually learn and apply it. The founding group opens November 12 with just 10 spots at the lowest price it’ll ever be.

See the full class → Join the waitlist

Hi, I’m Anela

A photographer who speaks kid.

I’m a Seattle family and school photographer and before that, a teacher and curriculum writer. I’ve spent my whole life learning how children tick, and I bring all of it to every session.

This course, the book, and the guides below are how I share that with other photographers, so the kids we photograph feel understood, and the photos finally look like who they really are.

a book to read to kids about their family photo session

Help every child feel ready for their family photo session.

Give families a gentle little book that lets kids explore their photo day before it happens, so they show up excited, ready, and free to be exactly who they are.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BOOK!