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Lightkeeper Sacred Storytelling, Prairie Grove (2026)

14/04/2026

Update: I am still currently closed.

I never intended to need this much time off or to step back this much but as some of you know over the past year, I’ve experienced significant personal issues.

I am currently working closely with my doctor, and we are leaning toward a prior medical condition, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which has led to MCAS, POTS, migraines, severe fatigue, and chronic pain to name a few symptoms.

Despite all of this, I have not stopped working. I have been showing up every single day to complete and deliver galleries. I am very sick and I do need a little patience right now. I experience migraines almost every 3–5 days that are disorienting and nauseating, and the chronic pain in my lower back limits how long I can work at a time. Sadly, this is just a couple of my symptoms. This has made it extremely difficult to keep up, and plan delivery dates the way I used to.

Last year alone, I completed 144 sessions and 13 weddings.
Although it has been extremely hard to not be able to keep up with my previous capacity, I am still proud of how long my body was able to keep up. I have not given up, and I am still working at my highest capacity and most exciting is having some sort of answer to all my illnesses but also to be able to treat it a little better as well.

If I'm being honest What has made this season especially difficult is the increasing level of pressure and urgency in messages, despite my efforts to stay transparent. I completely understand that everyone is excited to receive their photos, and you deserve them. At the same time, the volume of messages has made it EXTREMELY hard for me to focus on completing the work. Unfortunately Stress has a significant impact on all my symptoms.

I take full accountability for delays, and I am actively working to finish all remaining weddings and sessions. I am doing everything I can to make things right and fair for everyone. All client credits remain valid, and any client who has experienced a delay will be invited to a complimentary fall family session as a gesture of appreciation and apology.

I am exhausted.

To my clients waiting on photos: I deeply appreciate you. I never anticipated being this ill or these last few galleries to take this long to deliver. My goal is the same as yours—to get your photos into your hands as quickly as possible. I am uploading all remaining photos, and I finally feel like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

At this time, my phone will continue to be on Do Not Disturb so I can focus fully on completing galleries as quickly as possible. I am truly sorry for any inconvenience.

I currently have around 10 galleries (some large, some small) left that are in their final stages.
My business is currently closed, but for my loyal returning clients, once I am back on my feet, I will be offering 1–2 sessions per month for past clients only and I only have one opening for a fall or winter wedding.

Thank you to those who have supported me.
It has meant more than you know.
Please keep us in your prayers as we are in this transition during this beautiful journey called life.

-Chynna

07/03/2026

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

I’m taking a short, intentional pause right now. My focus is fully on getting every current client’s gallery out—especially weddings—as quickly as possible. This is my top priority.

Lately, the constant flood of messages, emails, and inquiries has become too much. Every ping has chipped at my nervous system, leaving me anxious and overstimulated. For someone who has spent a lifetime in survival mode, it started to feel like being pulled in a thousand directions at once… and my brain just began to shut down.

I couldn’t process things the way I normally do, and small things that wouldn’t normally bother me became triggers. That’s why this pause is necessary. It’s not about stepping away from you—it’s about creating the space I need so I can show up fully, calmly, and intentionally for every single person I serve.

During this time I will unfortunately not be reachable for anything other than sessions already on the books until all galleries are delivered and my new systems are in place.

If you would like to inquire about a future session, please feel free to email me. Email in bio. As soon as I am caught up on my workflow, I will begin responding to inquiries and opening my books again.

If you haven’t received your gallery by March 20th, please reach out after that date. I will send a reminder email on March 20th as well.

After March 20th, I will begin looking through older galleries for clients who have reached out about retrieval. I guarantee gallery storage for six months, and after that there is a $50 retrieval fee if I am able to locate the files.

I strongly recommend saving your photos in at least two places. Even the most reliable storage can fail. I had a very popular brand of hard drive stop working a couple years back. From what I understand it should have been an easy fix, but the company never returned it to me. That was incredibly sad because there were many personal photos on it as well.

Thankfully it was an old drive and all client work had already been delivered long before that—but it was still a powerful reminder and lesson about protecting memories.

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This season has been heavy.

There were moments where my nervous system completely shut down. But I feel like yesterday I had my biggest breakthrough. I finally reached what I believe was the core trauma wound I’ve been working through and for the first time I truly felt it release.

I often wondered why God gave me the followers on social media that he did, but I knew it would be one day to tell part of my testimony. I think there is power in telling our truth.

I’ve spent this entire year working on my mental health, and I want to be honest about something: it was a very long journey in correlation with the amount of trauma I had and there were some very weak moments along the way.

Please if you or someone you love is suffering from PTSD don’t ever take trauma lightly.

Please check on your friends.

I have known too many beautiful souls lost to su***de, and it is something we all need to take seriously. This is the first time I’ve openly talked about it, but as I opened each trauma wound during this healing journey, the demons I battled were very convincing at times.

This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever publicly shared.

If you are ever in a weak moment, please remember this number and call it.

988

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My perfectionism—one of the parts of the armor I built as a child—finally failed me. And it shook me completely.

Tasks that I normally handled easily suddenly felt impossible. Small triggers spiraled me into anxiety. My body reflected it all: cortisol pulsing, my face swollen, my energy drained.

I’ve lived through trauma and survival mode my entire life, but this last year showed me something deeper:

We can only go so long ignoring the shadows.

Perfectionism was one of my shields. It probably helped make me successful in my business… but eventually it also kept me from living fully.

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And yet, right in the middle of the pain, something began to heal.

Getting through this season—through people being upset, through facing my fear of failure—actually helped heal parts of me that had been terrified of those very things.

I realized something powerful:

Even in my imperfection, I am

still worthy.
still growing.
still loved.

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I believe women, especially, multiply what we are given. So I ask my beautiful community to send positive energy my way so I can reciprocate.

Thank you to everyone who has checked in on me and Brandon. He is doing much better and no seizures. 🙏

Maybe it’s that… or a combination of healing and maybe it’s seasonal depression finally lifting… but isn’t it amazing to simply be alive?

I challenge you all to turn off your devices a little more.
Live the way we used to before phones took over.

Let your toes touch the grass.

Work from a place of peace instead of chaos.

Because this life is far too short to live in constant stress.

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I’ll be back soon.

More alive.
More present.
More intentional.
More me.

🌸📸✨

21/02/2026

Spamming your timeline with pretty humans all day today 🔥
Me and my daughter were talking about weddings yesterday and I taught her about the something borrowed rules. Did you follow the traditional rules? Or if you’re not married yet, do you plan on it?

20/02/2026

Update 💕

02/02/2026

✨ New name. New purpose. ✨

Lightkeeper Sacred Storytelling.

It’s a name I’ve carried quietly for a while — a reminder to always return to where the light comes from, especially after walking through a valley.

I’ve been in one of those valleys.
The kind that asks you to listen —
to your body, your nervous system, your spirit.
Not only listen but to Be Still.

Somewhere along the way,
What used to feel normal no longer fits.

I’m not finished healing.
I am in the midst of healing my cptsd and it’s been a wild ride.
But I’m no longer lost in the dark either.
I am clawing my way up the mountain side.

I’m learning that I’m not just the one creating the art.
I am the art too.
And art deserves care, patience, and reverence.

This space will hold that —
the stories, the process, and the galleries.

In the midst of sharing the art I create for others, I’ll also begin sharing pieces of my own story.

I’ve come to realize I’m finally ready to speak about what it was like growing up with a mother who struggled with addiction — and who eventually passed from an overdose while I was a teenager. I share this not to reopen wounds, but to honor the truth of where I come from and how deeply it has shaped me.
My first post in this series will be talking about all her beauty first.

This will become an art series — one created slowly, intentionally, and with care.

Please be patient with me as I create from a sacred space. My stories may not come daily, but they will come honestly. I’m allowing myself the time it takes to tell them well.

Thank you for being here.

Lightkeeper is where I create from now.
From healing.
From truth.
From the quiet courage it takes to come back to the light —
and keep it lit.

🤍

For anyone waiting for a response from me thank you so much for your patience.
I’ve been pretty ill but several messages and galleries are going out tonight.

27/01/2026

I’ve been quieter lately.
Not gone. Just tending.

I shared an update recently after a very long night. Life has a way of asking everything of us all at once, and sometimes love looks like staying awake, staying present, and staying steady even when you’re tired to the bone.

After that post, I noticed some people quietly step away. And honestly—I’m okay with that. Even grateful.

What I’m choosing from here on out is real.
Honest.
Open.

As I prepare to transition to a new business page—Lightkeeper—which is still being built and shaped and I plan to launch Feb 1st, I want my storytelling to reflect life as it truly is. Less about perfection. More about presence. The beauty in ordinary, unfiltered moments—the kind that aren’t staged, but lived. Often times even go unnoticed.

On top of health care my grandma fell she’s OK, but I realized how much I actually have assumed in the caregiving role. Add kids, winter storms, tending a wood stove, and making sure our farm animals were safe and prepared… and life got very full, very fast. If I’ve been quieter this past month, it wasn’t because I disappeared. I was simply caring for what was right in front of me with love and grace.

Some may have unfollowed because I’m a Christian woman and they expected something more polished, more contained, maybe even quieter. But even Scripture holds moments where strong words were used—not to curse people, but to convey how deeply something mattered.

And if I’m honest, I don’t have a softer word for cancer.
I hate it.
I hate what it takes.
I hate how it interrupts.

And I also love the strength, resilience, and life that continues to rise in spite of it.

This next chapter will be real.
It will be human.
It will be faithful—without being filtered.

If you’re still here, thank you.
If you’re new, welcome.
Either way, I’m glad you found your way.
I’m just getting started.

— Chynna

25/01/2026

This counts as my pretty picture for the day.

18/01/2026

Important update✅

This letter from my child stopped me in my tracks. It was during my busy Christmas rush, my husband was sick. I was starting to get sick, and I realized that mine was from stress weakening my immune system. This is the letter it took for me to finally reach my clarity moment.

Many years ago my husband bought me a camera and my children were my Muise. Now I don’t even have time to edit their photos if I even have time to take them. I have worked nonstop for years even on vacation. I realize that this constant rush and stress sustaining this current business model has affected my children as well and is no longer sustainable walking into this new season.

I spent most of 2025 in survival mode, just trying to make it to the other side. My only goal was to reach 2026—and I did. 😅 I walked through a valley, and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t run from it. I sat with it. And in that valley, I learned my limits.

A couple days ago for the first time in years, I rewrote my five-year plan. I can’t even remember when I first started doing that—probably close to a decade ago—but reading my old goals was eye-opening. So much has changed. I highly encourage everyone to have a five-year, ten-year, and even fifteen-year plan. They will change as our priorities and alignments change—and that’s okay.

I truly believe that what we set our minds to, we can accomplish. Years ago, I wrote that I would become a successful business owner—and I did. But I didn’t fully account for the cost. I didn’t realize how much time it would take from my family to build and maintain something at that level. Everything felt easy at first. And I still believe that if you don’t give up on what you love, you can make it happen—but it’s crucial to consider the full picture.

Now that 2026 is here, I feel like I can finally take a full breath again. I have more clarity about where I want to go—not just in business, but in life. A lot of that clarity has come from being still, slowing down, and honestly looking at what still aligns with my life—and what doesn’t.

🍃This is my great reset.🍃

Because of this shift, I’ve made some decisions. One being to close my studio space and transition fully into a more flexible, intentional way of working.

Over the past year, I began treating my ADHD, and with that awareness came a deep realignment. I believe my ADHD was rooted in trauma, and I’ve been doing the work to heal that. Trauma often feels like an endless loop—repeating patterns without knowing why or how to stop. The only way I’ve learned to step out of that loop is by learning to take my thoughts captive to the Lord.

Now, when a traumatic memory surfaces, I observe it for what it is—a thought, a memory. If it still overwhelms me, I know it’s something I need to sit with and feel, not push away. Healing can’t be postponed forever, and this healing has taken time. Some of what we carry isn’t our fault, and some of it is—but sooner or later, we all need to face ourselves. We can ignore it and let it repeat, or we can realign.

I’m currently learning to treat my time as sacred. Right now, my children and my husband need more of me, and I’m choosing to honor that. That choice affects how I work, how often I book, and how I show up—and for the first time, I’m truly at peace with that. I’m still eager to get everyone their art, but I can no longer allow my life to be rushed through. Every aspect of my life has been suffering from that constant rush.

As part of this realignment, I’m also learning to create healthier boundaries around communication.

For a long time, my phone has been open to everything all the time, and I can feel how unsustainable that’s been for both me and my family. Moving forward, I’ll be keeping my phone number business and adding a separate personal line. I know we live in a world that moves fast, but I’m choosing to slow down intentionally. I believe separating my personal and business lines will help me focus better during work hours and be more present with my children when I’m off the clock. This isn’t about pulling away—it’s about honoring my time so I can be fully present in all the places that matter.

Because of all this, I’ve decided now is the best time to completely rebrand myself as I step into my next chapter:

✨Lightkeeper: Sacred Storytelling✨

I will be making the official switch February 1st so keep an eye out. All my other business pages and personal pages will be removed and I will be starting fresh, so make sure to follow me here to be updated with my new page. One big reason for removing my old pages is I truly want to give my children and my clients children the privacy they deserve. Many times children are posted online without their consent and I want to change this from here on out.

A few important things to know as I transition:
• If you’re waiting on a gallery, many are completed and I’m uploading and delivering them as quickly and carefully as possible. A few are delayed, and I truly appreciate your patience—it will be worth it. We’ve had sickness run through our house, appointments, small surgeries, and on some of my good days, migraines have made things slower. Thank you for understanding.
• All credits will still be honored. I’m still Chynna B Photography and Video as I transition, but with a lot more intention.
• I will continue booking, but in a much more limited capacity. My passion is for every sacred moment, and I’m venturing more into video and even creating my own music for these stories. I’ll still offer outdoor sessions, in-home sessions, and studio spaces, but I’ll be taking a small break until I find the studios I love and add them to my website.
• Indoor studio sessions must be booked before February 10.
• I’ll be offering one final set of bo***ir minis in the studio, and I promise—this is a session you don’t want to miss. More info on that to come.
• I’ll be packing, organizing, and bringing most studio items back to storage, and I’ll also be doing a large destash. You’re welcome to follow along on this post for updates as items become available. I’ll be posting items here when they’re ready. Please no messages about what I have for sale.
• If another photographer is interested in renting this space with props included, please reach out—I’d love for it to be a win-win if possible.

This isn’t me leaving without a trace.
This is me tying things up with integrity so I can move forward honestly—creating work that feels true, sustainable, and aligned with my values.

Thank you to every client who trusted me, every family who allowed me into their lives, and every person who has shown grace during a very human season.

I’m still here and I can’t wait to start creating some of the most meaningful art that I have. 🤍

17/01/2026

Today, my self-care looks like this:
rubber and iron,
paper and prayer.

A mat unrolled on the floor.
A 20-pound weight reminding me I am still strong.
A planner holding the future loosely.
A journal catching words meant only for God.

For a long time, I believed love meant depletion.
That faith looked like endurance.
That if God gave me strength, I should never need rest.

But an empty cup always tells the truth.

God gives us strength — yes.
But He also gives us wisdom.
And He tells us to love others as we love ourselves.
Not instead of ourselves.
Not after we’re empty.
As.

The last few weeks have been heavy.
Illness found me.
Before that, it found my husband.
Appointments stacked. Energy thinned.
And yet — grace never left.

Now, we are finally coming up for air.
And with that breath comes change.
A lot of it.

Some of it planned.
Some of it necessary.
Some of it God-led, even when it feels unfamiliar.

So today, I choose to tend to what was neglected.
Not in selfishness,
but in obedience.
Not quitting,
but preparing.

Because you don’t walk into new seasons exhausted.
You rest first.
You strengthen first.
You listen first.

If you’ve been pouring and pouring,
calling it faith,
calling it love,
calling it strength —
this is your reminder:
you were never meant to disappear in the process.

Rest is not rebellion.
Stillness is not weakness.
Self-care is not a lack of faith.

There is work waiting.
There are galleries going out soon.
There are really beautiful, exciting things ahead I can’t wait to share.

But first —
I am learning to love myself well,
so I can love others fully,
and step into what’s coming whole.

What does self-care look like for you right now?
Whatever it is — don’t forsake it.
You matter in this season too. 🤍

12/01/2026

As a photographer, I remove imperfections—but almost always only the temporary ones.
A blemish that will fade.
A bruise that time will soften.

If something is permanent, I try to leave it.
Because it belongs.
Because it tells the truth.
Because beauty often lives there.

Lately, God has been teaching me that life works the same way.

In the quiet moments—when the noise finally softened—I felt Him say, “BE STILL”.
Not as a punishment.
Not as a pause of failure.
But as an invitation.

And if I’m honest, stillness was never something I thought to try.
I’ve always believed in showing up, pushing harder, and carrying more.
Stillness felt unfamiliar.
Almost impossible.

This season left its marks on us.
There were times sickness moved through our home and stayed longer than expected, slowing our days and emptying our reserves. Beneath that, deeper work was happening—learning how trauma lives in the body, understanding PTSD, discovering PMDD, and finally listening instead of pushing.

Healing requires stillness.
And stillness requires trust.

Alongside all of this, cancer has been a full-time job for two.
It is loving someone through uncertainty.
Through exhaustion.
Through days that quietly ask more of you than you thought you had.
And in that place, God didn’t ask me to do more—He asked me to lay things down.

So I’m being obedient.

If you experienced any delays with me over the last year, I want you to know this: your memories matter deeply to me. They always have. I find pure joy experiencing those sacred moments with you. But I don’t think I can count the number of nights I stayed up way too long, how many mornings I woke up feeling stressed because I was behind, and constantly feeling like I was letting people down and it created an extreme exhaustion that I never want to feel again. One where I diminished myself completely. This season has simply been heavier than I expected, and I’ve been learning how to hold responsibility with grace instead of force.

Because of this, I am stepping back—not away from photography, but away from the pace I once carried in 2025. Im excited to accept a new pace for 2026.

I’m stepping in a new season of loving myself and I think for the very first time.

Photography is still part of who I am.
Seeing the sacred.
Honoring moments.
Telling stories with care.
That calling hasn’t left.

But God has asked me to create from a quieter place.
From rest instead of rush.
From wholeness instead of depletion.
From joy instead of chaos.

This isn’t failure.
It’s obedience.
It’s trust.
It’s choosing alignment over exhaustion.

I’m learning that strength doesn’t always look like pushing through. Sometimes it looks like stopping when God says stop, and believing that what remains will be enough.

And if you are healing—from PTSD, from chronic illness, stress, or from things no one else can see—I want you to know how proud I am of you. Choosing stillness in a world that glorifies speed is an act of courage.

This is not an ending.
It’s a holy pause.
A recalibration.
A return to what is true. 💕

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