Portrait Photographer for Snohomish and King County

Welcome to my blog!

I LOVE taking photos! I have to pinch myself everyday that I get to do this for a living. I am passionate about creating a unique experience for each of my clients.

When a client hires me they are getting more than someone taking their picture. Through my lens I love to draw out the personality of each person I am shooting and create a space for them to be themselves while adding a bit of whimsy and fun thrown in.

The thing I love most is when a client and I work together to create a theme around a photo shoot so the photo session is fun and the photos tell a story.

My favorite subject to shoot is girls...from 1-99. I know how hard it is to be a woman in a society that says you have to have a certain look to be beautiful (like wear a size 2). I desire to showcase the beauty that God has created in each of us and reflect that beauty in my photographs. Don't get me wrong, I am a girly-girl so I love to be glamorous and stylish but there is a difference between what the world tells us we "must" look like to be considered beautiful and finding the beauty in each of us while using fashion and make up to enhance who we really are.

Young Love {Couple Portrait Photographer} Seattle, Washington

Sunday, February 12, 2012 Posted in Couples Photography

I did this session last summer for this darling couple. It wasn’t an engagement session at the time but a week later they became engaged so it ended up being used as their engagement session and I couldn’t have been happier! I have known these two since they were in high school and man does time fly. This year they both will be finishing their college education and then they will become husband and wife this coming summer!

These images really capture the love they have for one another and how their sweet personalities! Enjoy:)

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Kelsey {Monroe High School Class of 2012} Senior Portrait Photography (King and Snohomish County)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Posted in Seniors, Teen Girls

Kelsey was such a joy to shoot. Her personality is so bubbly and I think we really captured that side of her during her summer session. Looking back on these summer sessions makes me long for the days of summer! I want to run through the park barefoot with sunflowers in my bicycle basket! Only a couple months to go and we will back in that season! I can’t wait!

In the meantime, the class of 2012 only has half the year left before they graduate! Kelsey, I hope you are making a lot of fun memories during your senior year because before you know it you will be walking down the aisle during commencement! Enjoy these next few months….they go by way too fast!

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Snow Princess-Portrait Photography{Snohomish County and King County}

Friday, February 3, 2012 Posted in Fashion, Stylized Shoots, Teen Girls, Vintage Photography

I have been dying all winter to do a stylized snow session. With the mountains only and hour away I thought maybe I would get some willing participants to journey into the snow with me for this reason, but a couple weeks ago Mother Nature decided to dump that beautiful white stuff in my own backyard, creating the perfect backdrop for my dream session. Thankfully I didn’t have to look far for a model. With my 16 year old daughter home from the school closures I talked her into dressing up for this fun outing. Last year I found this beautiful mink coat (don’t call Peta, it’s vintage so I think of it as recycling) at The Carousel in Spokane and I have been waiting for the perfect setting to use it and this was it! My daughter had the beautiful purple dress from homecoming and we added a few accessories from my stash and out we went. We only had to go down the block to find the most gorgeous trees covered in snow and I knew it would be the perfect setting for my snow princess. After doing the session I wished I could do more. Sadly the snow melted away. I loved it so much I am thinking of moving to Alaska….kidding! It was really such a blast though and I can’t wait for the next snow storm!

The photos above were my vision and I love how my daughter played model with me but I had to post the photos below because really that is more her personality. Of course our new puppies made a great prop to use in the snow also!

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Joyworks Fashion Shoot {Snohomish Washington} Fashion Photography

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Posted in Fashion

Back in the summer I had the most awesome opportunity to photograph a fashion session for one of my most favorite stores ever, Joyworks in Snohomish Washington. I had worked with the store previously shooting for some of their events but this was my first attempt to shoot a stylized fashion shoot with models and props. We had so much fun working with the models (my sweet daughter included) and our awesome hair and make up artist. We did the whole session in my neighborhood finding interesting spots just blocks from my home and using my garden in the backyard. Even one of my cats got to model for a photo! At one point during the shoot we were along a walking path and a couple people came by riding their horses. Since at that moment our model just happened to be wearing cowboy boots we asked them if we could borrow their horse for a couple of shots. It never hurts to ask right? Well they said yes….and we ended up with the perfect image to go with the clothes we were shooting! It couldn’t have worked out more perfect! Thanks to everyone involved and I can’t wait to do many more fun fashion shoots!

Session Styled by Jana Johnson Label, Make up and hair by Ksenia Popova and assistance by Arezoo Jangi and Emily Ryder. Special thanks to our models Ally Beck, Anne Soonae, Bianca Stoica and Kyla Liptack.

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Ally {Archbishop Murphy Class of 2012} Senior Portrait Photography (Everett Washington)

Thursday, January 19, 2012 Posted in Seniors, Teen Girls

After all this snow we’ve been having lately I thought it would be nice to post some summer sessions. Ally’s session was all about the beach! She was the perfect beach girl with her beautiful long blond hair and sweet summer tan! Ally is also a soccer player so we were able to incorporate some fun shots showing her skills with the ball! After we left her grandparents beach cabin we headed into Snohomish to catch her country girl side. We made it there just in time for a beautiful sunset and gorgeous hot air balloons dotting the sky!