hello! i’m anna

lover of love, romance and fantasy novels, coffee and coffeeshops, cozy evenings, colorful sunsets, creating, romanticizing life, and making the most of the mundane.

i started taking photos when i was 13 years old—it was a bored summer and there were few art mediums I hadn’t tried my hand at yet (I love to create—in any form). but, I grabbed my dad’s family camera and a bored summer turned into a summer full of forcing friends to stand in front of sunsets and flip their hair around for photos (lol).

fast forward to a few years ago. I was still taking photos, though rarely, and focused largely on portrait work. I thought that was the only avenue for me (it was all i knew), but I felt no personal purpose in editorial images and studio sessions of models. I loved to create, and it was fun, but i just didn’t feel like i was where i was meant to be. so, i nearly gave up on photo to study psychology and pursue a career as a therapist (as a girl who is a deep feeler, mental health has been something i’ve grappled with my whole life and is something i am very passionate about and may still pursue in the future.) throughout this time i was also facing the consequences of being that aforementioned deep feeler in a world that is often not so kind to us, and my heart had been shattered in more ways than one. i was busy picking up my pieces.

but, a friend invited me to join her for a day photographing couples at mt. rainier. i dusted off my camera, nervously joined the rest of the group, and spent the whole day photographing people in love on top of a mountain. as the sun was going down and the final shoot was coming to an end, i remember thinking to myself “this is it. this is right. this is what i’m meant to be doing.” it was one of those rare moments where i had not a trace of self doubt, but rather a sense of peace that i was finally exactly where i was supposed to be, even if it only lasted for the duration of the photoshoot. THIS was my purpose. this feeling remains each time i get to capture a couple.

it all just made so much sense. this job fulfills every single part of my soul. from my love for long drives (my solace in the hardest of times) to my inherent need to create, my desire to manifest my daydreams and favorite romance novels into reality, and to (most significantly) my love of humans and connection. this work could not feel more aligned with me, and i leave each photoshoot with my heart more full than the last.

i have always been a girl who wore her heart on her sleeve (even though it resulted in countless nights of tears and heartache), but i never wanted to let that soft part of myself harden for the hope that it would be worth it one day. this work heals me. this work gives me hope. this work makes being the sensitive deep feeler i am worth it, because it is what allows me to create the art i do and see the things i see in you and your love.

i’ve always said i believe love is the closest thing we can get to magic on this earth. it is a privilege to get to witness your love and document it for all the magic it is. thank you for trusting me with your softest parts.

lets make some magic <3