Get To Know Me
Hi! I’m Jade!
Photographer. Wife. Mom. K-State fan. National park enthusiast. And somehow I've been doing this for 15 years, which honestly feels a little impossible.
I started photographing people long before I had a husband, kids, or any idea just how much life can change in 15 years. Somewhere along the way, this became about a lot more than making pretty pictures.
I've photographed seniors before they stepped into adulthood, couples before they said “I do,” growing bellies, brand-new babies, wild toddlers, anniversaries, and families who keep coming back as their lives change.
And I think that's a big part of why I photograph people the way I do.
I don't expect you to know how to pose or what to do with your hands. I don't expect your kids to behave perfectly. And I definitely don't expect your wedding day to go exactly according to plan.
Bring me the real version. I'll take it from there.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT PICTURES.
Seriously. That's my job.
Most of the people I photograph aren't models. They don't walk in knowing where to put their hands, how to stand, or what to do when a camera is pointed at them. Kids don't always cooperate. Wedding timelines run late. Babies cry. Sometimes the weather has other plans.
None of that scares me.
After 15 years behind the camera, I've learned how to give you direction without making everything feel posed, how to find the good light when conditions aren't perfect, and when to stop directing altogether because something real is happening in front of me.
My goal isn't perfection.
It's for you to look at your photos and think, “Yep. That's us.”
“I loved working with Jade! Fantastic at what she does, professional and talented! She captured exactly what I was going for and the pictures were a perfect depiction of how our special day looked and felt!”
- autumn
I GET WHY THESE PHOTOS MATTER.
Becoming a wife and mom changed the way I see photographs.
I know what it's like to look at your kids and wonder how they're already this big. To realize the tiny things you swore you'd never forget are somehow getting harder to remember. And to notice that you're usually the one taking the picture instead of being in it.
That's why I care about more than creating something pretty.
I want you in the photos, too. I want the way your toddler reaches for you, the way your almost-grown senior laughs, the way your person looks at you when you aren't paying attention. The things that feel completely ordinary right now but won't always be.
Because 15 years behind the camera has taught me something my own family keeps reminding me of:
Life changes really, really fast. Take the picture.
