01/23/2026
Four years ago, my dear friend Katie and I discovered one another’s deep love for creativity, lore, nature, and whimsy through a camera lens. This was our second shoot ever together and one of my earliest days of shooting a subject out of pure imagination and joy.
It’s something special—the early days when you are discovering your craft, your style, your ideas, and your identity as an artist. Katie has been there since the beginning with me; discussing ideas/concepts/and sharing each other’s gifts back and forth. We have had incredible success together, and shoots that went so poorly we still cackle at the memories.
Katie has always been my muse. Through camera upgrades, concepts I didn’t know how to produce on my own, and my creative journey as a whole. She has *literally* bent backwards, been naked, been in dirt, smoked many joints, climbed rocks, and one time poured baby oil on her whole body in the freezing cold for me 😂
We nerd out every time we are together, quote Twilight incessantly, and laugh so hard I forget how challenging being an adult can be sometimes.
I have loved this journey with you dear friend; it has been the anchor of so much joy.
