Meet Sam

I’m based on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. I’m married to my high school sweetheart and am a mom of two kids (and a senior dog) 

As true PNW-ers, we love doing anything outside. We live just a short walk to the beach and fully take advantage of that! Other interests include: CrossFit, trying not to kill my houseplant collection, curating the perfect Spotify playlist, listening to thrillers on Audible, drinking good beer on the patio of a local brewery on a sunny summer afternoon. Stuff like that.
I am insanely lucky to get to do what I do. Turning a passion into a career is a crazy beautiful thing. I have been in business since February 12, 2012 when I put all my eggs into this basket after dropping out of college. I realized business classes weren’t teaching me how to run a small business and I’d rather just go the trial by fire route. I then dedicated myself to learning as much as possible about photography and the wedding industry - both the art and the business - going to workshops and focusing on three years of hands-on photography education before going full time in 2015. Not a single day has gone by since then that I haven’t felt so incredibly honored that people would let me into their space to capture some of the most exciting, special and intimate moments of their lives. After almost a decade of primarily focusing on weddings, I have began to shift into the boudoir and portrait space. I love photographing women and helping to give them an empowering, self-love experience through photography. Becoming a mom has made me realize the importance of capturing periods of time that go by way faster than you would ever expect them to. Freezing time feels like my superpower (shit, that's cheesy) and I want to share it with as many people as I can.

xo, Sam