Simoneaux Family – South Puget Sound Lifestyle Family Photographer​

Simoneaux Family – South Puget Sound Lifestyle Family Photographer When clients ask what a “Lifestyle Family Session” is, I tell them that it’s a mix of posed and candid photos but my ultimate goal is to capture your family’s love and connection. That’s the super simplified version. What I really aim to do is create […]

Carrie & Julie — Pacific Northwest LGBTQ+ Elopement Photographer

Carrie & Julie — Pacific Northwest LGBTQ+ Elopement Photographer In midsummer of 2022, Kayleigh and I traveled to Port Angeles, Washington where Julie and Carrie embarked on a journey of love and commitment in a breathtaking elopement ceremony at sunset. The women whispered their vows under a coastal conifers and read from their shared orange […]

VonScherr Family – Tacoma LGBTQ+ Family Photographer​

All the heart eyes! I met Chandra and Madeliene at Wild Hearts Farms, one of my favorite photography venues in Tacoma. It was early evening and the sun was at the most perfect spot. Typically I like to shoot sessions later in the evening, but baby Waverly had an early bedtime. It worked out just […]

Holiday Tree Farm Mini-Sessions – Day 1 – Tacoma Family Photographer

What a year, WHAT A YEAR! Can you believe 2020 is almost over (finally!)? This season was so crazy with masking up, wiping down, keeping apart. I can’t believe we successfully completed five days of socially distanced mini-sessions in October and November! That’s over 60 families for minis ALONE. I can’t thank you enough for […]

Sara + Daniel – PNW Wedding Photographer

Today marks Sara and Daniel’s one-year wedding anniversary! We had such a great time at their intimate, beachside wedding last year. I’ve been photographing weddings for over 16 years (and I’ll be celebrating my own 9th wedding anniversary next month!), but it still always amazes me how much goes into planning even the smallest details […]

Motherhood — Tacoma Lifestyle Family Photographer

Happy mother’s day to the moms of one and to moms of many, to moms who have lost children, to children who have lost their moms, to those with strained relationships, and to those who want to be a mom. Happy mother’s day to grandmas and aunties and extra and bonus moms, mama bears, fur moms, mamas, mimis, gigis, and nanas. You are strong, you are special, you are loved.

Brady Wendlandt – Tacoma Senior Portrait Photographer

Most seniors get their senior photos taken for their moms, which I totally appreciate. Senior sessions document who they are right now as they head into their last year of school. It may not be important for the senior, but it definitely is for their parents. They’re not kids anymore! They’re officially adults. *cue tears*