Shadow & Light Portraits

09/08/2026

Feel like being creative? Check the list for remaining bucket list ideas 🖤👏🏻

✨ Bucket List Sessions Are Back! ✨

I've had a list of creative concepts living in my head for months, and for a limited time, I'm finally bringing them to life.
These aren't traditional portrait sessions, they're cinematic, story-driven images inspired by movies, novels, and the feeling of stepping into another world.

Current Concepts:

🍎 Enchanted Orchard ( booked)
🌊 Lady of the Lake (booked)
📚 Midnight Reader (booked)
🌿 The Botanist
💌 The Last Letter
🌙 Moonflower
🌲 Hidden Path
✨ The Last Light

✨ More concepts may be added while this promotion is available!

✨ Special Creative Rate: $150 ✨

What's Included:
• One-hour creative session
• 10 edited digital images
• A one-of-a-kind cinematic concept
• Styling guidance before your session

Because these are collaborative creative sessions, you'll provide a wardrobe that fits your chosen concept (I'll help you style it!) and help source a few simple props when needed. I'll provide the specialty props I already own, like my vintage green velvet chair.

Each concept is available only once at the discounted price. Once it's booked, it goes back to normal pricing.
If you've always wanted portraits that feel like a story, this is your chance.

Which story will you step into? Send me a message to claim your concept before it's gone.

09/07/2026

There’s something so hauntingly beautiful about a Southern Gothic story. 🕯️

This Victorian-inspired ghost session brought all the moody, old-world feeling I love, soft, haunting, and just a little unsettling. The kind of images that make you pause and wonder what story she’s part of.

Just a little peek into this one… and I’m already obsessed with how it came together.

09/06/2026

🖤 CREATIVE COUPLE MODEL CALL 🖤

I’m looking for one couple to collaborate with me on an upcoming creative portrait session in Abilene,TX

This is NOT your typical pretty couples session. This will be a darker, alternative, artistic concept created more like an editorial than a traditional couples shoot. Think moody, unconventional, intimate, and a little strange.

I’m keeping the exact concept under wraps for now because I want the finished images to have that “wait… what?” feeling. 👀

I’m looking for:
• One couple who is comfortable being directed and trying creative poses
• Comfortable with close, intimate posing
• Into alternative, artistic, darker aesthetics
• Open to something unconventional and outside the box
• Available for approximately 1–2 hours
• Willing to provide their own wardrobe based on styling direction I provide
• Comfortable with images being used for my portfolio, website and social media

And couples do NOT have to be male + female.
Any couple who feels like they fit the aesthetic is welcome to apply.

✨ In exchange:
You’ll receive a selection of professionally edited, high-resolution images from the session.

This is a creative collaboration/model call, not a paid couples session.

You don’t have to be professional models. I’m looking for a couple who can trust my direction, are comfortable being photographed closely, and aren’t afraid to create something very alternative and artistic with me.

Interested? Comment “COUPLE” or send me a message with a photo of you two.

09/05/2026

Some sessions are about documenting a moment.

And then there are the sessions where we get to **make something.** 🖤

The strange ideas. The dramatic outfits. The wild concepts. The little stories that only exist for a moment and somehow become some of my favorite images to create.

These are the sessions where you can show up with a half-formed idea, a Pinterest board, a crazy outfit, or simply a *“I have no idea what I want, but I want it to be cool! And we build it from there.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to do the fun shoot, the weird shoot, the cinematic shoot, the **you-wouldn’t-get-these-photos-anywhere-else** shoot…

This is it. ✨

**Creative sessions are currently booking, with limited weekend availability once the time change hits.** If you’ve been wanting to create something different, now is the time to get on the calendar.

📸 **Now booking creative + storytelling sessions**
🖤 Limited weekend dates available
✨ Bring me the idea. Let’s make it real.

Message me to start planning yours.

08/29/2026

✨ SENIOR CLASS OF 2027 — NOW BOOKING ✨

Abilene seniors now is the perfect time to get your senior portraits on the calendar!

I’m now booking Class of 2027 seniors for October & November, with limited weekend spots available.

Think you, your style, your personality, your favorite places, and photos that feel like you instead of everyone else. ✨

📅 October + November
📍 Abilene, TX
🎓 Class of 2027
⚡ **Weekends only + limited availability**

If you’ve been waiting to book, this is your sign! Send me a message to grab one of the remaining spots. 🖤

08/29/2026

A little more from this night on two wheels. 🖤🏍️

Now booking Story Sessions for those who want something a little different from the usual portrait session.

If you’ve been dreaming up an idea, let’s make it happen. Message me to start planning yours.

08/24/2026

This session was such a dream, and now it’s featured on the cover of The Writing Fae 🥹🖤

We have our cover reveal for issue No. 7! is our cover winner and we thank her for the amazing photography. Fall is around the corner. Preorders go live on August 28th (copies at $21!) or your can purchase a digital subscription, Link is in the bio!

08/24/2026

Somewhere between the open road, the evening light, and the two of them.

A little sneak peek from this couples session, the kind of night that feels like a story worth remembering.

More from this one soon.

08/19/2026

🖤 HAIRSTYLIST TRADE — LOOKING FOR MY HAIR GIRL 🖤

I’m looking for a hairstylist who LOVES doing dark, alternative hair with icy blonde! Think deep brunette/near-black with bold, bright icy blonde pieces. 🖤❄️

I currently have grown-out dark brown + blonde pieces, so I’m looking to transform it into something much more intentional and dimensional while keeping that dark alt/goth vibe with high-contrast blonde.

✨ In exchange, I’m offering photography sessions of the same value as your hair services, so we can trade services!

If you’re a hairstylist in the Abilene area and this is totally your style, drop your work below or send me a message! 🖤

08/17/2026

Nominations for CommunityVotes Abilene are officially OPEN, and I would absolutely love your support!

If you’ve worked with Shadow & Light Portraits, had a senior session with me, or simply love what I create, would you take a minute to nominate me for Photographer?

This little business means so much to me, and being nominated by the people who have actually experienced my work would mean even more.

NOMINATE HERE → https://abilene.communityvotes.com/2026/08/services/photographers

Thank you for every booking, referral, share, tag, review, and kind word. I truly couldn’t do this without you. 🖤