Jalana Gomez Photography

06/17/2026

The West gave them the view. Life gave them each other. 🤎
📍Oakley, Kansas

06/10/2026

Tomorrow I leave for what feels like a photographer’s dream trip—headed to 📍Oakley, Kansas, and then on to Colorado📍
Before I go, I just want to say thank you.
Thank you to every person who has booked a session, shared my work, encouraged me, trusted me with your memories, or spoken a kind word about my photography. Whether you told me how much I've grown, how much you love your images, or that you believe I have a bright future ahead of me, please know that I carry those words with me. They mean more than you'll ever know.
But above all, I want to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
None of this would be possible without Him. Every opportunity, every door opened, every lesson learned, every person placed in my path has been by His grace. He has been with me through every step of this journey. He has carried me through moments of doubt, celebrated with me in moments of success, and surrounded me with the people I needed exactly when I needed them.
In 2025, I took a leap of faith and started this photography business. Since then, I have worked harder than I ever thought possible. If I've ever photographed you, I hope you know that I gave it everything I had. Not just to take a pretty picture, but to tell your story and preserve moments that matter.
This trip isn't about being better than anyone else. It never has been.
It's about becoming better than the person I was yesterday.
Some of the things we'll be photographing in Kansas and Colorado are unlike anything I get to photograph here at home. We'll be pushed outside our comfort zones, challenged to adapt quickly, and tested as photographers in ways that can only make us grow. And that's exactly why I'm going.
I also want to thank Hannah Heatherly Chambers RoadRunner Media for agreeing to go on this adventure with me before we'd even really had the chance to hang out. I still don’t even know her middle name lol Hannah is incredibly talented, and she's just getting started. I truly believe she's going to do amazing things. Photography doesn't have to be about competition. Sometimes it's about linking arms with someone who shares the same passion, encouraging one another, learning together, and becoming the best versions of yourselves along the way.
As I head out tomorrow, I have one favor to ask.
Please say a prayer for safe travels, open eyes, a teachable spirit, and that I soak up every lesson God has waiting for me on this journey.
Thank you for being part of this dream. Thank you for believing in me. And thank you, Jesus, for allowing a small-town girl with a camera to live a life she once only imagined. ❤️📷✝️

06/10/2026

Sometimes the bleachers aren’t the best seat 😉

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Photo collection by Jalana Gomez Photography

06/09/2026

Every scuff on the bench, every dirt stain, every late night and early morning led here… Senior year. ⚾️🎓
Whitney Ragsdale Jones

06/08/2026

I’ll be working anywhere and everywhere… 🤣  go to get an oil change and I just pull out the full set up.

06/07/2026

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06/07/2026

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Branding Day Sullivan Creek Ranch. 🐮
The clouds were already stacked over the hills when we pulled into Sullivan Creek Ranch. Dark, heavy, and threatening rain long before the first calf was brought to the fire.
The humidity hung thick in the air. Sweat gathered beneath hats and ran down backs as horses carried riders from one end of the pen to the other. Ropes whistled overhead. Cowboys hollered. Calves bawled for their mothers after being sorted. Nearby, the branding fire crackled as smoke drifted across the pasture carrying the unmistakable scent of singed hair.
But branding day has never been just about cattle.
It's about neighbors showing up. Friends becoming family. It's about stories told between generations and knowledge passed from weathered hands to younger ones eager to learn. In a world where most people don’t know where their beef comes from but from a package on a grocery store shelf.
This is a reminder.
A reminder that traditions don't survive by accident.
They survive because people choose to gather, teach, help, and carry them forward.
And somehow, despite the storm hanging over the ranch all day, the rain waited just long enough.
📍 Sullivan Creek Ranch

I would like to sincerely thank Greg and Emily for letting me be part of their family tradition. 🤍