Welcome to my passion project.
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i did not grow up planning to be a photographer.
i was not the girl in the high school photography class.
i have never been the one constantly documenting, clicking, posting.
But, I was the girl who brought her book with her everywhere. Who romanticized the raindrops on the car windows like a music video. I grew up outside in the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle, weekend getaways as the affordable staple in my childhood. I have always been too stubborn to follow any path other than my own. That path led me to this passion project of mine, telling the little stories that make us who we are, through a camera.
I’m my most creative self when the weather is ‘bad’ and with smaller groups of people, and you can probably see it in my work.
I’m drawn to moody colors and smaller, more intimate weddings and elopements and portrait sessions where we’re free to be our most authentic selves.
If my work resonates with you, I think you’ve found a safe place here. Your story deserves to be told, no matter how traditional your love may be.
Photography for Introverts
I photograph because of you. For the people who don’t feel comfortable in front of a camera, but have a wealth of love to share just underneath the surface. I’ve found that most photographers are the bubbly and out-going kind, and I have a different approach for people like us. My photography is catered to introverts in these ways:
Getting to know ‘you’ first and foremost in a quiet way, your personality, habits, and hobbies that are important to you
An emphasis on the candid and natural moments. I give you your space to be yourself first, posed photography isn’t necessary.
My camera shutter is silent. Nothing is worse to me than your moments being underscored by the constant click of a camera shutter and jarring you out of your peace.
Fly on the wall energy. I don’t need to be your hype-girl or screaming from the rooftops for you. Instead, I’m your quietly artistic soul mate that’s making a Spotify playlist inspired by you as soon you book with me.
Leave no trace is practiced every day to help preserve the areas that are so magical to us. This includes coursework and education in addition to daily habits.
Find me on Wandering Weddings, a community centered on elopements that provides the resources and inspiration to plan the perfect wedding experience.
nothing would be the same without you.
This is the start of my photography journey, attached at the hip by nearly day one. We knew this was it within the first few months of knowing each other. After five years together, Blake and I eloped on Mt. Rainier in 2017 with just a few close family & friends. On a dreary, romantic October morning, we had the mountain to ourselves while we said our vows.
Without that experience, I don’t think I would have found photography otherwise. We still spend almost every second together, and we knew, we knew, that would be the case.
We’re lucky enough to be the parents of two cats: Finch (the clumsy, people-obsessed one with Disney princess eyes) and Felix (the shyest, coziest, most perfect boy), and our Australian Shepherd Ophelia (Ophie). She has our entire hearts, that I’m at a loss for words.
Our favorite thing is honestly doing nothing together. Near Tacoma Washington, you can find us grocery shopping for tonight’s next home-cooked meal, sneaking in an over-priced coffee, and watching movies with the cats.
A weekend getaway is usually somewhere on the agenda. The Oregon Coast is a special place for us and never too far away, but we love to travel anywhere by ourselves together, with Ophie along for the ride no matter where it is.
If you feel a connection to my work, we’re bound to be friends.
I’m ready to take that next adventure with you.