You have the vision. What kind of creative support do you actually need?
A camera, a concept, a conversation… they can all help. Let’s find the right beginning.
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Stories. Perspectives. Things worth knowing.
PORTRAITURE · FROM THE STUDIO
You do not have to feel ready to have your portrait taken
You do not need to know how to pose. We begin with you.
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Stories from the studio.
By Shadaye Cruz-Nortey.
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THE 2026 ARCHIVE
Stories & perspectives
Photography · Film · Creative direction
13 stories
What you are investing in when you hire a creative
The camera is visible. A lot of the work that makes the photograph possible happens around it.
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When a creative retainer makes more sense than another one-off shoot
If ‘we need content’ keeps returning to your to-do list, the missing piece might be a rhythm.
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How to brief an event photographer beyond ‘capture the vibe’
I want the atmosphere too. A little context helps me find the people and moments that make it.
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Family photographs can hold everyone as they are
There is room for the moving child, the windblown hair and the moment you did not plan.
Read the storyYour next release deserves a visual world, not just a cover image
A song can hold a whole atmosphere. The images around it should know what world they belong to.
Read the storyA destination wedding should still feel like your own world
Saya and Elijah’s photographs remind me that a destination is the setting. The people are the story.
Read the storyYour brand shoot needs more than a new profile photo
Before we pick the backdrop, let’s talk about where these photographs actually need to work.
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A wedding photo and film timeline that leaves room to live your day
Yes, we want the photographs. We also want you to actually experience the wedding.
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You do not have to feel ready to have your portrait taken
You do not need to know how to pose. We begin with you.
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A red veil, an oak tree, and a wedding in Bolinas
What Mariska and Izzy’s photographs can teach us about letting your own visual language lead the day.
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When the community is the story: photographing RCNV
A conversation about event photographs that hold the room, the people, and the reason everyone came together.
Read the field notesA small object, a whole visual world: Linda Stinger’s jewelry
What a collection of gemstone jewelry can teach us about preparing a clear, considered product photography brief.
Read the field notesA STORY OF YOUR OWN
Tell me what you have in mind.
Begin a conversationIn their words
“She also has a very unique editing style, which definitely makes the photos very different and dreamy.”
Jasmine Le · Photography & videography client · Google review