This feels like the right way to start.

I am deeply passionate about creating people’s favorite photos.

Not just good photos.
Not just pretty ones.


The kind you come back to again and again. The ones you’d grab first if you could only save a few. The ones that become part of your life.

Every time I deliver a gallery, I hope it becomes your new favorite.

And then the next one, somehow, becomes even more meaningful.

That’s always been the goal for me — Because for me, photo galleries are my greatest treasures.

I was the girl bringing a camera to everything. for years Borrowing someone else’s. Uploading photos the same night because I didn’t want the moment to fade.

I never needed to be taught to document — it felt instinctive, like a responsibility I gladly carried.

And that instinct has never left me.

Now, years later, I still photograph with that same urgency and care. I am skilled at posing, yes — but I’m always watching for the in between. The way siblings lean into each other. The glance that happens when no one thinks anyone is watching. The expressions you don’t realize you’ll miss until they’re gone.

I photograph generously because I don’t believe one image can hold an entire season. I want you to have options. Variety. Proof. I want you to them and think, oh… that was us.

If you’ve ever worried about forgetting — you’re not strange for that. I feel it too. And maybe that’s why this work feels so personal to me.

This website, this studio, this work — it’s all built around the idea that these seasons deserve to be remembered well.

If you’re here because you care deeply about photos…
If you’ve ever thought, I want to remember this exactly as it is
If you believe your next gallery might become your favorite one yet…

You’re in the right place.

And I’m really glad you’re here.

Don’t blink,

Esther Ziegler

Esther Ziegler

I’m Esther Ziegler, an award-winning photographer with over a decade of professional experience. I’ve been working full-time in photography since 2010 and operating my business formally since 2012.

I photographed more than 300 weddings earlier in my career before shifting my focus in 2019 to serving growing families. Today, I specialize in maternity, newborn, and childhood photography.

I run a full-service studio in southwest Missouri and work with families throughout the Springfield area.

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