Hi, I’m Kate!
I fell in love with photography when I was about 15 years old on a family trip to Yosemite National Park in California. We did the Ansel Adams photo hike, I borrowed my mom’s old Canon Rebel, and I was HOOKED. I got a camera of my own and took it with me everywhere. I studied photography in high school and college. I even spent an incredible summer in Italy studying fashion photography and falling more in love with this art. Naturally over time, this business started slowly as a little side gig until one day I took the plunge to do this full time. Best decision EVER! Over a decade later, my passion for photography has only grown deeper. I feel SO blessed to call this my job.
Those who know me will tell you I could carry on a conversation with a brick wall, and I don't ever meet a stranger. I truly love making new friends! My day hasn’t started until I’ve had my coffee, black with a little sugar. I’m NOT a morning person, I’ve tried. However, I never regret waking up for sunrise when I need to! Red wine over white wine, but I honestly just love all the wine. Popcorn is my favorite snack, especially white cheddar SmartPop and kettle corn. I am totally obsessed with cats. Especially our cat, Damon Salvatore. (…TVD anyone?) He’s chunky and sweet, and I love him so much. If you follow us on Instagram, you’ve probably seen him!
This is Calder!
He is my best friend in the whole wide world and my biggest supporter. He is my other half in life and in our business. I would not be able to do this job without his constant encouragement and wonderful ideas. He is a wonderful photographer with such a unique eye, and I am constantly inspired by his creativity! Some fun facts about us… We both grew up in Jackson, MS. We met on the tennis team in high school when I was 16 and he was 15. When he joined the team I told my best friend “he’s pretty cute, I would totally date him!” When I got my drivers license I started driving him home from tennis practice every day, and the rest is history. We got married on March 17, 2018 (Saint Patrick’s Day) and lived in Nashville for a few years before moving to Colorado Springs in December 2020. Visiting every U.S. National Park is at the top of our bucket list. We’re always down for road trips, game nights, brewery hopping, camping, hiking, and just getting outside to explore. We picked skiing back up when we moved to Colorado, and it has quickly become an obsession! We’re always planning our next adventure. We dream of having our own camper one day so we can travel all over this beautiful country, but I think we will always have a home base. Never say never, though. Our bucket list is a long one…
Jack Johnson said it best, “We’re better together!”
Seriously though, we each bring totally unique aspects to the table in our business, and we truly are better together. I hope we’ve given you some insight about us, our life together, and our passion for this job! There are so many reason we are passionate about photography, but our favorite part is documenting human connection and real, fleeting moments. Photography is about more than just poses and fabricated situations to us. It’s about humanity, relationships, and experiencing life. We truly believe that photographs can preserve our most meaningful memories. In the end, what else do we have other than our story? There is power in photography. This is your story. It deserves to be told. It deserves to be remembered. Our hope is for you to look back on your photos and FEEL your story all over again. You’ll only value them more as the years go by. We hope to show you a new perspective of photography by documenting the raw, real moments in your life. So don’t worry about being perfect or posing just right. Let’s have a dang good time together, make real memories, and we’ll snap some photos along the way. We want to be your friends. We want to tell YOUR story. Reach out and say hi! We would love to meet you!
xoxo,
Kate & Calder
Let’s do this thing.
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