A woman holding a young girl in a colorful dress with unicorn print, smiling at the camera in a home setting with a bookshelf and potted plant in the background.

HI, I’M Katie

I LOVE TELLING STORIES THROUGH MY IMAGES!

Welcome! I’m thrilled you’re here! I can hardly believe I get to do this for a living. My goal for each session is to capture your true, authentic self. I have a deep passion for documenting growing families. While I'll ask for a few posed shots, my primary focus is on capturing the connections and love between you. I’ll keep shooting through all the in-between moments as you interact and move around. It’s in these candid, lifestyle shots that I often find the magic.

I do not, for one second take what I do for granted. Photographs and prints mean the world to me. I come from a family of 8 kids and a farm full of animals. I now have 12 nieces and nephews - nothing makes me happier than photographing them with all of my siblings when I go back to Ireland 2/3 times a year. The joy that a photograph can bring is pretty priceless to me. I have photographs of all shapes and sizes hung around my new gorgeous home. I want you to have fun when we meet. I want you to tear up when you get your full gallery. I want you to cover your walls in our pictures.

I am so thrilled every bloody time I get a new email request for a session. I tell my little 5 year old that I get to make people laugh for a living and she thinks it’s so cool. Frankie, my second is 2, we have started calling him Godzilla as he rips through the house keeping us all on our toes. He is hilarious and has yet to sit still for a photo. My husband Ciarán is a contractor and also hates getting his photo taken so believe me when I tell you that I am a pro at making your people feel at ease in front of the camera ;) We love eating, swimming, painting and traveling.

The HANRAHAN MOLONEY clan

A family of four outdoors with tall grass and trees in the background. The man is holding a young girl on his shoulders, and a woman is holding a baby girl. They are all smiling and looking at the camera.

MY GORGEOUS, GROWING family

A young girl in pink clothing sitting on the floor taking a photo of an older girl with a camera, both indoors near a full-length mirror.

TEACHING Haulie THE ROPES

Here is my gorgeous, growing family. Ciarán, Haulie (Mícheál) 4.5, and Frankie 1.5 years old. We had a long road to have these babies so every moment and every milestone are just that little more special.

I have always seen the importance of capturing memories (+printing them) coming from a huge family, but now that Haulie and Frankie have come along, I am a little more infatuated with what I do. I think everything should be documented- even the meltdowns!

A BIT MORE about ME

A woman showing her camera to a young boy on outdoor stairs

THIS is what I LOVE more than anything- this guy was a little nervous at first about the whole thing so he shot a few pictures of his Mom and Dad and we were best pals

  • I am originally from County Kildare, Ireland but moved to the states about 15 years ago.

  • I have an AA in photography, another in marketing and a BA in communications.

  • My photography style is natural, candid, raw + fun. I love telling a story through my images.

  • I specialize in lifestyle, family, and newborn photography.

  • I love nothing more than making kids laugh for the camera, It makes me beyond happy to be able to get shy little ones to act goofy with me and come out of their shells. I will let them hold the camera and even take a couple of shots before we start to warm up.

  • Urban, street shoots are my newest obsession - as you will see from my Instagram. I love bright, bold colors in my images but there is also nothing more magical than a family shoot in the woods amongst the trees.

A group of eight children and one dog gathered around a small Christmas tree, posing for a photo.

ALL THE HANRAHAN CREW circa 1987

(me: front and center in the blue, Niamh, 2nd from the left, my model on a daily basis next to my amazing brother James, and sisters; Fiona, Siobhan, Una, Nicola, Aoife and Lassie, my first pup.

GO RAIBH MAITH AGAT AS CUAIRT A THABHAIRT

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Thank you so so much for making it this far. I get extremely excited every single time one of these forms makes it to my inbox.

I am madly in love with documenting families, weddings, parties, and all the in betweens.