Friends, this online home for AKP has been in the works for so long! We've logged 12+ years of photographing families, children, high school seniors, moms and dads, newborns, businesses and dancers in the PNW and finally I have a place to share info about these sessions, showcase some gorgeous AKP faces and share some education on how to prepare for sessions, how to book a session, what to expect before, during and after a session, and much more. Thank you for visiting our new online home and THANK YOU to all former and current AKP families for being on this journey with me!
I've been blessed to be able to meet families at a gorgeous PNW tree farm every November and make beautiful photos together. I'm so thankful that even with the craziness 2020 has brought to the world, we're able to continue this tradition. We'll be in the fresh air of the great outdoors and minimal props will be used between families this year in order to keep things as Covid-19 respectful as possible.
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We're headed back to the tree farm this November and I couldn't be more excited about it! Holiday mini sessions are some of my very favorites and I look forward to them all year long. Dress in your holiday best and grab the perfect images for your annual holiday cards or just throw on your cozy flannel button-ups and get some updated family photos amidst the trees. These photos are so very Pacific Northwest with the trees, the sun rays shining through the foggy hills, gravel roads and yellow grasses underfoot. Families bundle up and get cozy amidst the trees and I get to photograph it all!
I take a lot of photos. I always have. How can I not? Life has so many beautiful moments to cherish. Taking photographs of those moments allows us to relive them in a way that no other art form or memory can. I've always been a historian, a preserver of memories. And yet as a child, I never considered being a photographer. I explored journalism, graphic design, marketing and public relations before I found my real passion in making photographs.
I spent my childhood dancing, reading, making music, and drawing. Mostly dancing, but my heart was deep in any creative art form. My love of dancing and singing took me to Washington State University where I joined a performance group, met my husband and worked in student publications as an editor.
My deeper exploration with photography began when I got a new lens for my little Nikon D50, after I had my first child in 2008. I taught myself, practiced with my amateur equipment and learned from others I admired as much as from my own missteps and successes.
I've lived in the beautiful Pacific Northwest my entire life and have recently begun to nurture a love of hiking with my family. We also love to go to Disney parks and of course, I love photographing all of our adventures together.
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9