About Your Photographer

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Welcome! I’m excited to share my heart with you.

Are you seeking a way to immortalize your love? A way to document your story? And are you wanting to do so in a real, fiery and connective way?

Welcome home, Love - my whole purpose is to do just that for you.

 

I’m Jade, a South African born, Southern Oregon rooted entrepreneur whose passion it is to work with you to capture your love, and turn your moments into memories.

So, how do I do it? Factually, I take pictures. But the most transparent answer I have for you, when you ask what I do, is that I turn moments into memories. I host boudoir sessions with enough fire to raise women to the stars. I capture weddings and elopements with tears in my eyes and passion in my blood. I hold space for my clients, embrace their humanity, express their vulnerability and celebrate their potential. I empower my couples to realize their photo-dreams from the place of their own truths.

This is my driving force: to show you the beauty of your love & show you that in any light, you are enough. Sharing and revealing the worth and power of others is the air in my lungs and the bones in body: I know what it is to struggle with being worthy. What it is to constantly wonder if I am enough…whether I am capable of beauty and connectivity. But an amazing thing happens when I pick up my camera and create: I am. And when I help others see their boundless love and beauty, their quiet strength, and their vulnerability in spite of fear? It is in these moments that I truly live, & I find my very own power and grace. Join me, Love - let’s turn your moments into memories

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Want to know the rest?

Here are the bare-bones.

  • If you’re not down with inclusivity and the LGBTQ community, I’m not the one for you. #IBelieveInLove

  • I have the soul of a traveler: I have visited 8 countries, two additional regions & 23 states.

  • Houseplants are the only decor you’ll ever need.

  • Probably watching Rick & Morty, or listening to Florence & The Machine, or snacking.

  • Scorpio - let’s get into and transmute those shadows!

  • Slytherin for life (just wait until I introduce you to my SNAPE plant).

  • Not-so-guilty pleasures? Scotch, novels, the occasional cigar…& Nickleback.

  • Tarot & tea, crystals & astrology are my self-care.

  • Friends say my style is most accurately described as a witch who beat up a hipster & stole her clothes to wear.

  • 99.999% an introvert, but my clients and my business are the best reasons to shatter those barriers.

Elopement Bucket List

Getting married somewhere jaw-dropping? Taking me = discounts.

A few of my dream destinations:

  • Italy

  • Greece

  • Canada

  • Chile

  • Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Hawaii

  • ANY national park in the USA & Canada

Accolades

2010 - completed a Fine Arts photography degree in Cape Town, South Africa. 2018 - Completed a Bachelors degree of my own design at Southern Oregon University: Fine Arts & Literature Interdisciplinary Studies. With over ten years of shooting, and being a business owner since 2014, I have been gifted countless opportunities to hone my he[art] and creative eye to do exactly what you came to find. Each year I book anywhere from 20 - 30 weddings and elopements, and can confidently help you navigate the traditional ceremony of your dreams, or help you hike your alter out into the wild. When you choose me for your big day, or your engagement, boudoir or couples session, I’m officially on your team. And love? we’re gonna slay.