10/23/2026
"I very easily could not be here talking to you right now."
She said it matter-of-factly. No dramatics. Just clarity.
Charla is 50. The year and a half before this birthday was one of the hardest stretches of her life: a divorce, a move back home that didn't feel like home, a new job, caregiving for her mother, and a breaking point that landed her in the hospital on Christmas Eve.
She came home. She did the work. She flew to Oregon to celebrate her birthday with her best friend from eighth grade-- the one who told literally every stranger they met that it was her birthday!
Then she came to the studio, alone, on purpose. "I think I'm gonna do this myself, for myself, by myself."
The camera has almost never been on Charla. She's always been the one making sure everyone else was in the frame.
The portraits are hers. She EARNED it.
Now booking October sessions for our first ever "In Her Era" Exhibition. Link in bio. đź–¤
Charla, thank you for letting us tell your story. đź–¤