A woman standing in a desert landscape with green shrubs and a rocky mountain in the background under a partly cloudy sky near the Superstition Mountains in Arizona

I’m Jessica!

I was an art kid growing up. I went to college for architecture, but found it was the love of creating art for art’s sake that led me to photography. I love painting, drawing cartoons, shooting film, nature, travel, thrifting. We spent a lot of summers in the UP growing up and just taking road trips for fun. Now you’ll find me skipping flying and driving out west or to Arkansas just because.
Born and raised in West Michigan, I love Lake Michigan but the winter is SO long. I lived in Puerto Rico, Arizona, and Arkansas with some short stints in other places mixed in, and now there are just so many places that I feel at home.

Some of my favorite things

  • Potatoes in any and every form

  • My orange cat Carl. There’s a tattoo of him in a cowboy hat mixed into my sleeve and he’s the coolest

  • Vintage t-shirts & denim

  • Summer bonfires and sunsets

  • Peach whiskey or Prosecco

  • Out west

  • Shooting film

  • Summer days at the beach

  • Breakfast for dinner

  • Mountain bikes

  • Traveling

  • Farmhouse front porches

  • Thunderstorms

A woman standing near a campfire in a desert landscape during sunset, holding a drink.

I love storytelling portraits and approaching things with a photojournalistic viewpoint. I am a noticer. A storyteller. I strive to anticipate moments, connection, belly laughs. I romanticize life, and I truly believe that to be so important.

If you think we’d be a good fit and would like to create something together, please send me an email or click the contact tab below so we can set up a time to meet or chat via phone!

say hi!
 

Upcoming Travel

Tulsa, OK

Nov 9-12

PHX Arizona

November 15-22

Puerto Rico

January 12-28

NWArkansas

March tbd