I picked up a camera for the first time when I was in the 6th grade. My friend's mom was a librarian and had access to a camera she could rent out for us. What started as a rainy day in Wells, ME taking portraits with my bestie for our myspace pages turned into senior portraits, solo travel for photography workshops around the world and my first wedding in 2014. 

My favorite portrait when I started out was one of my grandpa, Gordon Donaldson, on the steps of the camp on Sebago Lake. In the last year of his life he and I sent photos in the mail to one another and he bought me a gift card to Maine's Photo Market. I took it as a sign he believed in my art and that I should stick with it. 

I grew up in Gorham, Maine, a town I'll forever be loyal to as it has been to me. I now reside in Bridgton, Maine with my husband and our miniature long-haired dachshund, Brody. We left Maine for not quite 3 years before realizing New England needs to always be our home. :)

The pandemic has truly helped us all realize the value of gathering and having our photographs taken. I'm forever grateful for those clients who have entrusted me to capture their day. It brings me so much joy to do what I do and call it a gift.