Lana Hardesty Photography

05/25/2026

Cloud studies and the poetics of light.

05/20/2026

05/18/2026

Dream within a dream

Taken with my son’s Concord 110 during our time on the road from Arizona to Utah, Spring Break 2026.

05/18/2026

Don’t know what to get Dad for Father’s Day?
Give him a gift he’ll cherish forever — meaningful moments captured in time 📸

Now booking Father’s Day mini sessions:
• 1 hour session
• 20 edited photos

Perfect for dads, grandpas, and the whole family.
DM for more details and availability.

04/23/2026

Fresh 48 in-home sessions on 35mm
Maxxum 9/trix400

04/13/2026

Before the bee sting (the art of not smiling).

03/27/2026

All that could be saved from the Inn at Truckee.

Snowbed Series (Broken Tele 6)
Truckee, California, February 2026

03/23/2026

The spaces we return to. Not just coordinates on a map, but quiet witnesses to who we’ve been—and who we’re becoming. Places that hold memory in their contours: the bend of a river, the warmth of granite under late sun, the familiar rhythm of water moving past. Where bodies drift between play and stillness, and the line between immersion and memory begins to blur. Water as archive, as mirror, as something that holds and releases in equal measure.

Studies in place attachment for .

South Fork American River, Summer 2025

Images from the ongoing project, River Cats—from the series Wading Pool and Waterlogged.

03/17/2026

I still have a few more Mother’s Day Mini Session spots available this month 💐

In-home or in nature – these sessions are perfect for capturing candid moments of motherhood. Less posing, more presence. The way they press into you. The way your hand instinctively finds theirs. The beautiful, ordinary rhythm of it all. If you’d like to mark this season of motherhood — I’d love to photograph it.

Message me for availability, pricing, or more details.