ABOUT

A true Leslie Knope of the family photography world, I over-prepare for your session! I send all of my clients a questionnaire before their session so that I can tailor my approach to their family. It’s so important to me to go into a family photo session knowing what sorts of images are most important to that family, knowing what their story is and what they love about their family. With all of that information in my back pocket, I can show your family as you truly are, and more effectively create images that show the real heart and beauty of your family.

I’m a Type A planner, and Enneagram 1

MORE ABOUT MY APPROACH

I believe that planning ahead means space for calm on your session day. 

In college, I applied to a graduate writing program on a whim. I liked reading, I liked writing, why not? But when I packed up and moved from Corvallis (go BEAVS!) to California to attend UC Davis, I never could have imagined that the single most valuable thing I’d do there was learn how to see.

My favorite writing professor taught us that the best thing you can do as an artist is to actively notice the things around you, all the time. Which moments shimmer with beauty, their details rife with possibility for a story?

So much of what I do these days uses those same skills: when I’m with a family during a session, I’m paying attention to which moments shimmer and call for more attention. That’s where the magic is.

My alternate career choice?
Writer.

I’ve been photographing families professionally for over ten years now, but to really tell you about why I like photography, I have to start at why I like writing.