January 27, 2021

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We just got another call from a beautiful woman who cancelled her session. She didn’t make it to her goal weight. She just couldn’t face the camera. This is the the track that repeats year after year, the broken record we have memorized. Just a friendly reminder to all the hot mess mama’s out there: We […]

Learn to Love

Portraits

About once per year we get to entertain our secret love of all things vintage. This venue might not be the iconic Alaskan scenery typically found in our images, but what it lacks in mountains or meadows it makes up in colorful nostalgia. The history of our great state is on full display in the […]

Alaska Nostalgia Sessions

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Planning Your Session: COLOR

Portraits

CHOOSING YOUR COLOR // THE REALLY FUN part of planning your session is choosing your outfits and color scheme, but it can be daunting too! Clients often ask us what color to wear, and are concerned that they might not be great at piecing it together. You might feel the pressure because the truth is, […]

A Little Beach in Mexico

Weddings

SOME BEACH IN MEXICO // 2017 The crickets are chirping when we finally leave and we walk back to the hotel under a blanket full of stars. The sound of laughter echoes behind us and we stop for a few minutes, sink into the sand, crack open two cold Corona’s and let gratitude wash over […]

HANNA // We were born and raised in Alaska and mostly grew up in the sticks of Willow. We loved growing up in the woods. Back then, the internet wasn’t even a thing, but if it were, it wouldn’t have mattered. In those days our parents chose to raise us without TV and we lived […]

Hanna + Heidi – Meet your photographers

Personal

There is no magic in magic. It’s all in the details. – Walt Disney There are a lot of expected shots when it comes to wedding photography: the family shots, couples photos, first look, first dance, first everything. The star-studded photos always dazzle, and while those things are awesome and needed, there is a different […]

The Language of Detail

Weddings

In The Garden – A Walk With My Daughter

Portraits

Tonight when we walked the garden I asked her if anyone had been unkind to her about the color of her skin. At first she shook her head no, but then after a moment she told me a group of girls recently had laughed at her and said that when she was old enough to […]

Why We Print

Portraits

Our Grandma had mountains of photos. Some hung in the hall on rickety frames. Others filled albums lined up neatly on the bookshelf. I wonder how many childhood hours we spent pouring through the imagery, identifying our own merry faces, digging our heels into roots, reading the tall tales of our lives in pictures? It’s […]

Anyone who is familiar with our work knows that we love color. Our work is full of it. And yet, we are always drawn to black and white. We come back to it again and again, like we are coming home. Black and white is an old friend, nostalgia. In fact, much of the work […]

Black + White – the soul

Portraits

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