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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

Dorothea Lange

Meet Ellen

Photographer + Creator

You can never relive a moment but you can photograph it to treasure forever. That’s the power behind photography and I love every minute spent doing it. I adore the time I spend with families, newborns, and couples as I work to help you catch moments to be cherished forever.

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Recent Posts
14 Tips for Planning and Enjoying Your Wedding
14 Tips for Planning and Enjoying Your Wedding

While making plans for one of the biggest days of your life is super exciting, it can also be quite overwhelming. There are so many details to plan and you’re the one making all the decisions! Yikes!!!

After completely planning and falling in love with my own wedding, I wrote down a few tips and ideas that were extremely helpful in the process. Hopefully a few of these will prove beneficial to you as well!

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THE Most Important Piece of Advice For Future Brides
THE Most Important Piece of Advice For Future Brides

There are so many tips, tricks, and pieces of advice thrown at you as you plan for your big day. But there is one piece of advice that I think is the most important to keep in mind throughout the entire process.

Are you ready for it? Here it is…

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To Center or Not? (Spot the Difference)
To Center or Not? (Spot the Difference)

To center the subject or not? Good question! Whether you literally center the subject in the frame or just point to them with their surroundings, it depends on the circumstance. But keeping the subject the metaphorical center of the photo is something I keep in mind every time I edit. Here’s how I do it. See if you can spot the difference!

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Kind Words

 

“Our family was so blessed to have Ellen to capture a little piece of our current season of life! We love how our long overdue family photos turned out!! She encouraged us all to be silly and to have fun, creating precious and treasured candid shots. Ellen clearly is passionate about her gift of photography as can be seen in the photos she captures, and the excellence with which she conducts each session.”

— Ed and Lauren

 

“We were thrilled with our photos! Ellen did a beautiful job, and she was a pleasure to work with. She was quick to respond to all questions, had great ideas and flexibility in choosing a location, and made the photo session fun and easy. These are the best family photos we've ever had taken.”

— Deanna

“Ellen was SO great to work with! She was kind and sweet and gave us great guidance. We will 100% work with her again in the future. She was great with our young son! Our photos are GORGEOUS. We love them all!”

— Mallory

 

“Ellen did a wonderful job with the pictures of our newborn son/our family of 5! She captured so many precious pictures that we will forever treasure. Ellen also made the process go very smoothly and was able to get our 3 kids under 3 to cooperate. We 100% recommend using her for your family session pictures, and we will definitely use her again in the future! Thank you so much Ellen!”

— Becca