09/02/2026
Just another reminder of why I enacted my Minor Privacy Policy over a year ago.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling involving the private possession of AI-generated CSAM depicting fictional children and constitutional protections within the home.
For me, it is another reminder of exactly why I made this decision in the first place.
AI is advancing faster than the laws meant to protect our children, and I refuse to wait for those laws to catch up before doing what I can on my end.
For over a year now, I have enforced a policy that I will not publicly share identifiable images of my clients' children. Their faces remain private.
And something I think is important to share is this:
It has not hurt my bookings.
If anything, I've had parents tell me how much they appreciate the policy. I've found that families feel respected knowing that I'm thinking about their children's privacy beyond simply taking beautiful photographs of them.
Parents still receive their full galleries and can share their own children's images however they choose. I simply made the decision that, as a business, I would no longer make that choice for them by putting identifiable images of their children on my public platforms.
I cannot control what technology becomes capable of.
I cannot control what laws are passed or how courts interpret them.
But I can control what I contribute to the internet.
I've always wanted to make an honest attempt at living and running my business on the right side of history. If there is even a chance that a publicly available image of a child can be taken, manipulated, or used in ways they never consented to, that's enough for me.
The safety, privacy, and respect of the children entrusted to me will always come before marketing my business.
That was true when I enacted this policy over a year ago, and with everything we're seeing AI become capable of, I stand behind that decision more than ever.
