If you want photos that feel real and intimate while still having that editorial edge, you’re in the right place. I live for the unposed moments, framed with intention.

Hey, I’m Ashley — your photographer.

About

Dream up your day

I’m an elopement and wedding photographer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, documenting intimate love stories with an editorial edge—and helping you feel comfortable while we do it.

Intimate love stories with an editorial edge

I didn’t set out with a five-year plan to photograph weddings. I just kept noticing how fast everything passes.

One day I found an old photo—nothing fancy, not even perfectly sharp—and it stopped me. It brought back a whole feeling I didn’t know I’d forgotten. The sound of a laugh. The way someone stood. The exact kind of warmth you can’t recreate.

That’s when I realized what photographs are really for. Not to prove it happened. To let you return to it.

So now I photograph elopements and weddings for people who want the honest version—the real laughter, the nerves, the quiet, the chaos—framed with intention and held like a keepsake.

If you want the day to feel like you while it’s happening, and the photos to bring you right back to it later, that’s exactly what we’ll make.

I’m here for the in-between moments.

The backstory

photos that bring you back

A keepsake you’ll return to

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so nothing feels like a production

A pace that feels easy

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the messy, beautiful parts included

Real emotion, refined composition

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with your people, in your day

Space to breathe and be present

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so you can forget the camera

Direction that feels natural

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You don’t need to perform. I’ll guide you gently when it helps, and step back when it doesn’t—so the day can move naturally and the moments can stay real. Here's what you can expect when creating together:

You don’t need to know how to “be photogenic.”

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Intimate days. Good light. The kind of energy that feels grounded and excited at the same time. The people-you-love part of it all. If you’re planning something that’s more about meaning than show, we’ll get along.

The stories I live for, always.

Fleetwood Mac or a photography podcast on the drive

I’m probably listening to

Chai latte with oat milk and extra cinnamon

Favorite hot drink

“Okay so this might sound a little crazy, but we’ve got this idea…”

Best emails start with

I’m wandering a bookstore or a thrift shop like it’s research

If I’m not editing

Always here for

Good light and a little extra time at golden hour

A slow morning, long walks with the pup, and a farmers market stop

Most weekends

The person behind the camera.

A few notes about

This is an inclusive space. All love stories are welcome here—across race, gender identity, sexuality, body type, ability, religion, and background. You don’t have to fit a mold to be photographed beautifully. Come as you are. I’ve got you.

A space to show up as you are.

What we believe in

— M + T

The gallery hit us in the chest. It’s raw and tender and real, and we’ve never felt more like ourselves in photos.

— A + J

The photos didn’t just look like us, they felt like us. We’ll never get over how perfectly our love was captured.

— K + D

We got to move, laugh, and be exactly ourselves the whole day. We’ve never loved photos of ourselves more.

Love notes

Elopements, Weddings, Couples

Dream up your day

Let’s capture your love in the most real way, messy and beautiful.