10/07/2026
“Haley, you’ve been shooting film but you haven’t posted it.”
I KNOW, I KNOW! 😂
Honestly, it felt scary. It felt overwhelming. But at the same time, it felt so freeing—and it completely reignited something in me.
Photography is art. Art is subjective. When I first started photography, I really leaned into that.
Somewhere along the way, I lost a little bit of that.
I became so focused on creating the *perfect* picture—the perfect light, the perfect pose, the perfect settings, the perfect everything. I put so much pressure on myself to get everything “right” that I forgot what made me fall in love with photography in the first place.
Creating.
Feeling.
Telling a story.
Seeing beauty in the little things.
Film brought that back to me.
There’s something about not being able to immediately see the image, not being able to change every little thing and knowing there’s going to be imperfections that make each image so unique while having to trust yourself and your skill that has completely changed the way I photograph lately.
It has made me slow down. It has made me look at my sessions differently. It has made me stop chasing perfection and start chasing the feeling.
And honestly? I’ve fallen in love with photography all over again.
So yes, you’ll probably be seeing a lot more film around here. 🤍
Not because I’m leaving digital behind, but because film reminded me that photography was never supposed to be about creating the *perfect* picture.
It’s about creating a still image that makes you feel the emotions all over again decades down the road.
I am constantly growing, learning and evolving so I can better serve my clients by telling their life story through pictures that always bring them back to a specific moment and feeling. 🤍
