I create an experience with you and your sweeties that gets everyone excited for an adventure together.
Let's capture and embrace you as you are today.
Services
My approach
"What do you do?" Good question!
I'm drawn to photography because I get to save your special moments and seasons of life. No matter how fuzzy our memories get, our photos will always take us back, what a treasure that is!
MY SERVICES
I take a storytelling approach to your session. I encourage my families, brands and individuals to come as they are while upping it a few notches with light coordinating and styling.
I LOVE all the messy moments, pauses, tears, smiles, and unknowns that can come with photo sessions. We won't be sitting still and I'll only expect the real personalities to shine through :) This applies to families, kiddos, portraits and brands, everyone will have my full attention and support.
I will help with the location and what to wear. I don't want you buying anything new if it's not necessary and we'll work together to review your options. If buying fun new clothes is the plan, that's amazing! Your session comes with a style guide that goes into more detail, so for now just know that whether you're a business owner, a parent planning family photos, or an individual looking for portraits, I will ensure your photos are authentic to you.
Does your family love pancakes on Sunday mornings, riding bikes down a dirt road, getting ice cream on Friday evenings, playing guitar on the back porch, running free among the wild flowers, or flying kites at the park? I want your life reflected back on you, so when we plan your session I'm asking questions to help guide you toward a location and style that will feel like you today and 10 years from now. I want your photo albums and framed photos to not just be a photo, I want you to look at those photos and really truly feel them. My goal with each session is to deliver images that tell your unique story.
I will be your friend & sherpa from beginning to end
The beautifully mundane, the sweet details, and all the moments big and small. I will be by your side helping narrate your story with my lens and my love for all the corners of your world.
what to expect
"I hesitated getting family photos because they usually feel cheesy to me. Absolutely not the case with Christy. No awkward forced poses here. She was so relaxed and natural that her demeanor let us feel free to be ourselves. And being a mother herself she was great at engaging our toddler. We have some amazing shots from our maternity, family, and newborn photo sessions. I will forever cherish these photos from such a tender time."
"Christy knows how to take beautiful family photos that feel organic and timeless."
WHITEHOUSE FAMILY
MATERNITY FAMILY SESSION
"I can’t even capture myself decently in a selfie. It’s been pointed out to me that I get awkward, I change, I look less myself when I know I’m being photographed. But Christy put me at ease. I didn’t want a “classic” headshot for my Realtor headshot. I love so many shots from my session with her. She captured everything I had hoped for and more."
"I don’t enjoy being in front of a camera."
Meagan
PORTRAIT SESSION
Kye family
"She photographed our family on an unexpectedly rainy, PNW autumn day and through foliage, mud, and kiddo meltdowns put us at ease and kept us positive with her calm, kind energy. She was professional and communicative throughout the whole process, with a quick turnover. And what photos! Christy's artistic eye really shone through in the nuanced expressions and moments she captured. Beautiful, silly, a bit moody, often unexpected, with a few truly cinematic photos thrown in for good measure, they perfectly encapsulated the dynamics of our family in a unique way that we will forever treasure."
"Christy is a talented, intuitive photographer that we cannot recommend highly enough."
FAMILY SESSION
In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “It’s not about what you look at. It’s what you see.” I believe in photographing those little things you might not even notice that truly capture you and your sweeties. The in-between moments, glances, crinkle-eye smiles, goosebumps. There’s nothing more beautiful and fascinating to me than the pure joy, excitement, and comfort of two people wildly in love.
