To prepare, I started doing family sessions and small shoots, and something clicked. I fell in love with the process — the connection, the storytelling, the way people light up when they feel seen. It didn’t replace my love for landscapes — it expanded it.

What started as documenting wild places became documenting love inside those places.

Over time, I’ve intentionally built my craft and my business around that intersection: real connection, honest moments, and environments that feel bigger than all of us. Today, my work is rooted in the same thing that pulled me outside years ago — a deep love for mountains, movement, and the stories people carry with them into those spaces.

I didn’t start photography with weddings in mind — I started with mountains.

Around 2016, I was always outside, snapping landscape photos on my phone during hikes and quiet walks, documenting the places that made me feel something. When the pandemic hit Alaska, I suddenly had unexpected free time — and every excuse to disappear into the mountains. I hiked, explored, and photographed everything I could. It grounded me, and I loved sharing those moments with friends and family.

Somewhere in the middle of it all, a friend asked me to photograph her engagement… and then her wedding — even though I had never photographed people before. I made it clear she was taking a leap of faith. But I said yes.