Hi, I’m Kristen.

I’ve spent many years behind a camera, photographing thousands of people through all kinds of seasons: families, weddings, celebrations, milestones and everything in between. I’ve never really considered myself one particular kind of photographer. For me, it has always been about the person in front of my lens and capturing the moments they’ll someday be grateful were never forgotten.

I think that started with my grandmother.

Long before we all carried cameras around in our pockets, my grandmother always had hers nearby. She wasn’t a photographer by trade. She was simply someone who understood the importance of documenting life.

There was always another roll of film. Another picture to take. Another ordinary moment she thought was worth remembering.

At the time, I don’t think I understood what she was giving us. Today, I do.

Because decades later, those photographs are priceless. They’re pieces of our lives we can actually hold onto. And somewhere along the way, she instilled that same need in me to notice the details, to document the people I love, and to understand that today’s ordinary moments eventually become the ones we’d give anything to experience again.

I don’t just want to show you what a moment looked like. I want my photographs to remind you what it felt like.

Because, in the end, that’s what photography is to me. Preserving the people, the love, and the moments we would give anything to hold onto just a little longer.