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JOURNAL

AN ARCHIVE OF love stories

Being invited into the the lives of extraordinary people is an incredible privilege. The stories I adorn through my imagery capture the true essence of the human spirit and the art of being in love.

I had the great privilege of photographing Krisanna Elizabeth Co.’s beautiful custom stationery.  The amount of time, thought, and creativity that she puts into her work is nothing short of extraordinary!  This project was styled by Kaleb of Kaleb Norman James.   

My recent TEST SHOOT sparked a really great conversation in my wedding community.    POC, skin tones, and overexposing.    As a “light and airy” film photographer, my signature style is a brighter, low contrast image.   I achieve this look by overexposing the film a stop to achieve that ethereal look.  However, I am […]

It’s always such a huge honor when an artist asks me to photograph their brand.   Oftentimes, as photographers, we don’t take the time to be in front of the camera.  However, this is so important as our clients really want to know more about the artist behind the camera! Tetiana is a Seattle based […]

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I was SO excited to work with Abby Rae Photography in helping build her business and learn FILM!  Abby hired me for the full mentorship offering, and we spent eight hours together over video chat discussing everything from pricing, branding, film photography, breaking into a luxury market, and so on.  These images are from our […]

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I have had the great privilege of photographing Mekala, of  Tie That Binds, paper goods for three years now!  Mekala is an incredibly talented stationer, based in Portland, OR.  Mekala hired the incredibly talented Kaleb Norman James, to do all of the styling.  Kaleb used florals, props and surfaces by Locust Collection to lay out […]

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