KANSAS CITY AREA
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER

HI, I'M MORGAN

Photographer, Writer, Creative

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Meet your photographer

Heirloom-quality photographs

emotion / connection / authenticity

Timeless imagery that looks the way life feels

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Photos that reflect your family

As your photographer, I strive to take photos that reflect the reality that is uniquely yours. Your family photos are precious not because of perfectly coordinated outfits or perfectly 'well behaved' children. They're precious because they serve as tangible reminders of what life is like right now.

Let go of expectations

I do it, too. I come to my own family's photo sessions with an idea in my head of what I want them to be, or what they 'should' be. But when children are involved, even the most well thought out plans can change in an instant. That is ok. Take a deep breath and let the session be what it will be. I promise we will capture really beautiful, timeless images together.

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I want to work with you

I want to work with you. It's a deeply held belief of mine that all families deserve to have professional family photos taken. I understand that cost can be a significant barrier, and I want to help remove that barrier. I offer payment plans and sliding scales to help ensure that I can serve any family who wants to work with me. Let's figure out a solution together.

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INVESTMENT

Photography Services

Family Documentary Photo Session

$1,200

A half day of coverage of a day in the life. — your life.

Extended Family Photo Session

800

Grab the grandmas, papas, aunties, uncles, cousins, and let's capture some beautiful chaos!

Signature Photo Session

$650

The OG photo session. Maternity, families, couples, professionals. This is the one hour session for you.

First Year Milestones Photo Sessions Package

2750

A package deal! 5 session for each of the major milestones of your baby's first year of life.

Graduation Photo Session

1000

Calling all high school and college graduates — this one's for you (and your mama)!

Mini Photo Session

$350

The quick and easy one — offered seasonally.

LET'S CONNECT

on Instagram

I share the real-life stuff — the big feelings, the little feelings, my life as a mother to twin toddlers, life before and after Trikafta (cystic fibrosis) — weaving in some humor, and sharing about the many joys and lessons learned through gardening.

I love connecting with people through Instagram — join me in that space.

A few snaps from our cool & rainy Easter Day at home. 🐣 Great-grandma & great-grandpa came for a visit.

Grandma always has her camera on her, so I had to document that. 🖤

Alder shows grandpa his “construction site” by the Jeep in the carport. Winslow keeps her baby doll in her jacket to keep her warm while daddy pushes her on the tire swing.

The songbirds are loving this rain, and I have high hopes for the seeds I’ve planted in the garden.

Hope your weekend has been as cozy as ours has been.

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Portraits on the Prairie 🌾 Now Booking

Come summertime, the Milkweed and Yarrow are in full bloom. The Gray Headed Coneflowers dance like little ballerinas in the wind, and you simply cannot top the sunsets in rural northeastern Kansas under the open sky.

One day only! Join me for Portraits on the Prairie on Sunday, June 22, 2025 on our 5 acre native prairie restoration just southeast of Lawrence, KS. Book your preferred time slot at morganbarrett.co/portraits or via the link in my bio.

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The way your babies gravitate toward me as I get on their level and click my shutter, freezing—in millions of pixels—the things that interest them, is something I do not take for granted.

I’m not the most get-on-the-floor-and-play kind of adult, even with my own kids. I would much rather observe the play than be part of the play.

I’ve wrestled with what that says about me as a mom. Am I not playful? Am I detached? Am I selfish?

But photography offers me this beautiful hybrid role — one where I can *be* on the floor, having genuine interest in what the littles are doing, but still being the observer.

I apply this in my own home sometimes when I’m having trouble being present, or when one of my kids asks me to play and the dread lands like a rock in my belly: I get out my camera.

With the camera between us (and not my phone camera… I think this is important) I can genuinely engage in their play (connecting without actually playing) — asking them questions about what they’re doing, while doing something that feeds my soul, too (documenting).

It also offers me the opportunity to get in a flow state; which, yes, is hugely beneficial to me, but I think it’s also really beneficial to you: I believe that photographing your family in this way results in the most honest images possible.

Why?

Because I’m calm, engaged, focused. Without the pressure to “perform” as your photographer, I am freed up to do something much more valuable. Notice.

I will notice the way your child does that thing with his tongue when he’s concentrating on building a tower out of Magnatiles.

I will notice the way his face lights up when you walk into the room.

I will notice the way he carefully hangs the moon back up on the wall after he’s taken it down to show me.

I’ll notice.

And then I’ll send you your gallery.

And you’ll notice, too. 🌙

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“I frequently tell Jeff, ‘I wish we could just freeze time to really take it all in,’ and you did just that. I love the details you picked up on that we see everyday and don’t realize are timestamps of this time in our lives.”

Words from Amy after she looked through her gallery. 🥹 (At 1 AM while feeding the baby — so goes life with a newborn!)

“Timestamps of this time in our lives.” That’s it. That’s the point. 🤍

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Amid the mess is life. And that deserves to be documented. 🤍

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Can I just do this for the rest of my life? Be invited into your homes to document the best of who we are as humans??? Gahhhhh

Especially in times like these *gestures around at everything*, I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have the privilege to witness to the way you love each other and your babies in the place you call your own.

Courtney & Ben — your love is beautiful & so complementary. Your joy at being Jack’s parents is palpable. It was my absolute honor to document this phase of life for your family. 💖💖💖 Thank you!!!

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