January 27, 2021

Blog Index

The shoemaker’s children have no shoes, the mechanic’s car is leaking oil, and the photographer never takes photos….of their own family! Hanna and I have both experienced the truth of these statements. When you spend so many hours behind the camera, sometimes the last thing you feel like doing is hauling around expensive equipment and […]

Heidi’s 2021 Family Favorites

Portraits

In 2021 we have 10 kids between us that range from three to eighteen. We are on year 11 of Relic. Life is crazy. Work is crazy. Any given day Heidi is locking herself in the bathroom to take notes on your session, keeping a cool, professional demeanor while her 3 year old is chucking […]

2021

Portraits

Home is Where the Heart is

Portraits

It is probably fair to say that 95% of our photography takes place outside. We live in Alaska, after all. She is the most beautiful backdrop; she is brilliant and wondrous and awe-inspiring. But even so, there is something pretty magical that happens when we step back from her every once in awhile and draw […]

Dear Sister

Portraits

Your daughter just crawled up on my lap and laid her head on the beat of my heart. ‘Auntie Hanna, do you have a baby sister like me,’ she asks? ‘Your mommy is my baby sister,’ I tell her. ‘I was your age when she was born.’ Her big blue eyes spark and she looks […]

You have a bad rep. We have heard a million times that you are the problem with family photos: the stick-in-the-mud, the photo grinch who has to be bribed or forced against his will to don a starched shirt and bright smile. “I had to beg him for this session…” “He will be the most […]

dear alaska dad

Portraits

So if you mix some scatterbrained tendencies together, measure in a little socially awkward, add a scoop of hot mess and bake them all into small business owners, you will definitely get us every time. It’s a tried and true recipe. Anyone that knows us for real knows that we are a quirky duo. We […]

#Photographerfails

Personal

Bad to the Bone

Portraits

We live in Alaska. So most often we shoot outside, in the middle of the most spectacular backdrop available. Every now and then we get an itch to try something a little different, especially when were are working with children, it’s the middle of March, 5 degrees out and we are oveeeerrr winter. So last […]

I-Do-Over Sessions

Weddings

Every year we get inquiries from couples who want a second chance at wedding photos. Sometimes they had disappointment or regret that they didn’t choose to get a wedding photographer, or the one they wanted wasn’t available. Sometimes it was finances. Some had photographers that literally just didn’t show up. (Wuuuut) Some didn’t realize the […]

We offer lots of types of photography! Here is a list of some of our regularly booked sessions! Don’t see what you are looking for? Give us a call, we are full of ideas! CHILDREN // There are about 940 Saturdays between birth and college. Anyone who is a parent knows how quickly the time […]

Relic Portrait Sessions

Portraits

Welcome to our website! We are so glad you're here. We love love, in all it's shapes, sizes and forms. It's important for us to create work that truly represents the stories that we are telling, but in the biggest, most stunning way possible. We can't wait to meet you and your loved ones, tell your story and make art that is honest, raw, and gut-wrenchingly beautiful.