A little background:
From childhood, I’ve incessantly created—from the cakes my grandmother patiently let me handcraft and decorate, to the shakily-sewn turquoise skirt I insisted on wearing weekly in middle school—but always found myself returning to the power of photographs. I loved flipping through family photo albums, struck by the stories displayed in each frame, lovingly captured, printed, and captioned in my mom’s cursive handwriting.
As I got older, this wonder manifested into recruiting my friends for elaborate photo shoots in our backyards around our small southern town, outfitted by our parents’ attics and armed with my starter Canon. These photos were my outlet for everything from joy to heartbreak as I watched myself grow up through my lens.
My camera took me through journalism school at UNC Chapel Hill, where I fell in love with using my passion to illuminate and illustrate others’ experiences and the beautiful, quiet moments in-between. This love affair transported me to Maine, where I worked alongside some of my personal artistic heroes at a photography workshop series; to the sunny hills of Los Angeles where I managed the studio of a National Geographic photographer; and now, back to my home state of North Carolina, where I’m nurturing my passion for photographing people and their all-types-of-love stories.
Everyone deserves beautiful, timeless records of their lives, moments, and stories and I would be honored to photograph yours. If you feel a connection to me or my work, reach out and let’s be friends.
For now,
I’m based in Durham, North Carolina (and always down to travel), with my husband, Travis, and our goofy spaniel, Edith. I love baking as therapy (real therapy, too), dinner parties, trying every new restaurant and wine bar I can find, pop culture podcasts and finding the good light.
photo by Shannon Kelly Olivia/Lady Boner Media