About me and Pricing Information

Hello there! My name is Kim Ahern.  I am a photography and art addict.

 I first became interested in photography as a little girl, watching my dad meticulously document his six children’s lives with his favorite Nikon cameras in both print and slide film.  I can still see him sitting on the sofa by the lamp writing every f-stop, shutter speed and film type on the back of absolutely every photograph he made.

I was armed with his favorite Nikon camera and 50mm f1.4 AI lens when I took my first photography class in 1984(!). I fell in love. I could have spent hours in the dark room with the metallic smell of developer and fixer, dodging and burning to my heart’s content.  I had found my calling.

The first home my husband and I purchased together was picked solely on the fact that it had a perfect location for a darkroom-the rest of the house didn't make any sense, in hindsight.  However, I never did build my darkroom.

I was a late convert to the digital age of photography, as my love of the look of film had a hold on me.   I did, however, purchase my first digital SLR camera in early 2008 while I was pregnant with our fourth.  Although I was skeptical about digital photography, I was able to document the first days of our daughter’s life.  This is our Lily at eleven days old.

I became a digital convert!

Since that time I have studied Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom, from a graphic design perspective, in college.  I am now completely in love with what we can do in the digital art form from a photographic standpoint.  The possibilities are endless. 

I absolutely love to catch the fleeting moments of those precious times as our families grow and change.  We can never get those times back, but we can capture what we can with photography.

If you like my style of photography, please contact me and I’ll be happy to send you more information about what to expect the day of your shoot.  I shoot both natural light and strobe, in my home studio, and on location.

Sitting Fees

$300 for individuals or couples
$325 for cake smash, including portraits of the child
$350 for single families up to 5 
$400 for newborns in my studio (2-3 hours)
$450 for newborns with parents and siblings in studio
$450 for newborns on location (lifestyle shoot with family)
$500 for large multi-family (grandparents, children, & grandchildren)
Weddings please request a quote.


Sittings  other than newborn are 1 hour minimum at any location in the Phoenix metropolitan area.  You will get 15-20 fully edited portraits in both hi-resolution,  and watermarked web sized for Facebook or other web application.

I do at some times of the year offer 30 minute mini sessions taken at my home or in my studio with 1-2 edited photos.  Please contact for pricing.

I would love the opportunity to take your pictures. 

Contact by phone at (480) 221-6939 or by email at kimahern.photo@gmail.com