Year in the Life: Telling the Story of Your Family’s Year

You know kids grow up and life changes in the blink of an eye, but it’s hard to see—much less savor— these changes when you’re in the middle of it all.

This is where I come in. I want to document your family life for an entire year so that you’ll be able to look back on this chapter in your family’s story. An entire year’s worth of photos will allow you to see how much everyone has grown and changed; there’s nothing better than working together on a long-term documentary project to tell the complete story of your family as it is right now.

Year in the Life Project Options & Pricing

  • One 2-hour session every other month for a year. (6 total)

    Includes a private online gallery of edited high-resolution photos after each session. A slideshow set to music will be created with your favorite photos at the end of the year.

    8,000 NT per session (best value)

    First and last session must be paid ahead of time to book.

  • Four 2-hour sessions spread out over one year. (4 total)

    Includes a private online gallery of edited high-resolution photos after each session. A slideshow set to music will be created with your favorite photos at the end of the year.

    9,000 NT per session

    First and last session must be paid ahead of time to book.

Why a Year in the Life and not a single session?

Single sessions are a great way to tell your family’s story and don’t require as big of a commitment. However, there are reasons why you might decide that a Year in the Life project is the kind of storytelling that works best for your family:

  • You’re about to have a baby and it’s important to you to document your child’s first year.

  • You’re only in Taiwan for a year and you want to make sure the story of your family’s time here is on record.

  • You like the idea of documenting an entire year of your family’s life so you can look back at how your kids grew and changed during that time, plus you can capture moments from different times of the day and different times of the year.

  • You get a family historian (that’s me!) on retainer, but you don’t have to pay for it all at once.

  • The Year in the Life sessions are cheaper than single sessions! ;)

Slideshow of a Year in the Life with Eliza, Mike, Emily, and Ducky.

A little girl can be seen through the clear part of a twisty slide on a playground in Taipei, Taiwan.
A mother kisses her daughter as she yells with delight on their bed in Taipei, Taiwan.
A mother, little boy, and baby girl hug one another goodnight at bedtime in Taipei, Taiwan.
A little girl plays at a park in Taipei, Taiwan with her brother on a zipline behind her.
A mom walks with her daughter down an aisle in Carrefour in Taipei, Taiwan.
A mother hugs her daughter tightly, their faces are covered in cake from a birthday party cake fight. Photographed by Taipei family photograpger Cahleen Hudson.
A mother and daughter dance in a living room in Taipei, Taiwan.
A toddler boy is cranky and crying as his father follows behind while he riseds a push bike in a living room in Taipei, Taiwan.
A baby is shown flowers at the Jinguo Holiday Flower Market in Taipei, Taiwan.
A woman helping a young girl with a bicycle on a city street, with the girl wearing a helmet. The woman is pulling the girl's shirt from behind as she rides the bike. Two scooters are parked against a brick wall in the background.
A grandfather helps a little boy up the steps to a slide at a park in Taipei, Taiwan.
A little girl whizzes by on a zipline on a playground in Taipei, Taiwan. Photographed by family photographer Cahleen Hudson.
A father yawns as he reads his young son a book before bed. Captured during a documentary family photography session in Taipei by Cahleen Hudson.
A mother watches her young daughter put on makeup and has a laughing smile on her face. Photographed by family photographer Cahleen Hudson in Taipei, Taiwan.
A young girl in a pink dress and sneakers holding hands with a man in casual clothes walking through an outdoor corridor with white walls and green fencing.
A boy in stripped pajamas plays around before bed on a stripped bedspread. Photographed in Taiwan by family photographer Cahleen Hudson.
A couple is about to kiss with a brightly lit store display behind them in Taipei, Taiwan.