Behind The Camera

My love for photography began when I was still in elementary school. I carried around a cheap film camera and scouted inside my home and around my neighborhood for beautiful spots to pose my pets, my dolls, and my childhood friends. My favorite spot was a blue marble textured wallpaper under our bar in the kitchen. This became my go-to spot for my first “studio”.

After I graduated high school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life so I took some college courses, and tried out some jobs in offices and call centers. During this time photography was still a hobby. I would often drag my then boyfriend (now husband) to parks to photograph wildlife during the day and to parking garages at night to capture the city skyline.

Like so many photographers, it was the birth of my first child in 2006 that turned my hobby into something more. That’s when I purchased my first professional camera – I wanted to document every minute of my baby’s first year. I was obsessed with remembering each little detail and would take dozens of photographs every single day.

Eventually friends and family started asking me to capture their own children, and Tiffany Walensky Photography was launched in December 2008.

14 years later, I am still just as passionate about photography as I was then. Although I’m no longer dragging my husband to parking garages, he does sometimes come along to outdoor sessions to help out. I am a mostly self-taught photographer and I have attended in-person photography workshops with some of the most talented photographers in the industry, including Rachel Vanoven, Laura Brett, Kansas Pitts, Claudia Aguilar (Captured by Claudia), and Barb Uil of JinkyArt Australia.

Maternity and newborn photography is where my heart is. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a woman glowing with pregnancy, and getting to show her how breathtaking she is! And spending my day capturing a baby that is just days or weeks old is one of the greatest joys in this world. I am honored and so lucky to get to do something that I love – I never take it for granted.

Behind The Camera

My love for photography began when I was still in elementary school. I carried around a cheap film camera and scouted inside my home and around my neighborhood for beautiful spots to pose my pets, my dolls, and my childhood friends. My favorite spot was a blue marble textured wallpaper under our bar in the kitchen. This became my go-to spot for my first “studio”.

After I graduated high school, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life so I took some college courses, and tried out some jobs in offices and call centers. During this time photography was still a hobby. I would often drag my then boyfriend (now husband) to parks to photograph wildlife during the day and to parking garages at night to capture the city skyline.

Like so many photographers, it was the birth of my first child in 2006 that turned my hobby into something more. That’s when I purchased my first professional camera – I wanted to document every minute of my baby’s first year. I was obsessed with remembering each little detail and would take dozens of photographs every single day.

Eventually friends and family started asking me to capture their own children, and Tiffany Walensky Photography was launched in December 2008. 14 years later, I am still just as passionate about photography as I was then. Although I’m no longer dragging my husband to parking garages, he does sometimes come along to outdoor sessions to help out. I am a mostly self-taught photographer and I have attended in-person photography workshops with some of the most talented photographers in the industry, including Rachel Vanoven, Laura Brett, Kansas Pitts, Claudia Aguilar (Captured by Claudia), and Barb Uil of JinkyArt Australia.

Maternity and newborn photography is where my heart is. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a woman glowing with pregnancy, and getting to show her how breathtaking she is! And spending my day capturing a baby that is just days or weeks old is one of the greatest joys in this world. I am honored and so lucky to get to do something that I love – I never take it for granted.

Random Facts

  • My bachelor’s degree is in Elementary Education – if I wasn’t a photographer I’d still be working with children.
  • I love animals. Currently we just have cats, but throughout my life I’ve had all of the following pets: dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, fish, sugar gliders, turtles, rabbits, an iguana, and even a pet duck that used to swim in my pool with me when I was a kid.
  • My husband and I met when I was 20 – in a karaoke bar. I love to sing, but sadly I don’t have a great singing voice.
  • I am a night owl. I hate getting up early and prefer to sleep late.
  • I am obsessed with Bath & Body Works foaming hand soap. I have enough stocked up to last at least a couple years but can’t stop buying it.
  • My addiction is Starbucks vanilla Frappuccinos – the glass bottled kind.
  • The mountains are my happy place – and one day I’d love to live closer to them.
  • I’ve never traveled outside the U.S. My dream is visit Europe, specifically France.
  • I love sunsets, rainbows, llamas, peacocks, books, organized closets, cold winter days, Taylor Swift, and the color purple.