hello, hello and nice to meet you.

i’m shelby.

i am a storyteller, an observer, a documenter, an artist and a mama to two children who are now bigger/funnier than me. i grew up in seattle, under the shadow of the space needle, but have now called these portland streets home for what feels like a lifetime.

i’m a lover of hard cover books and train rides; a fan of paris and new york and wide, open spaces along the oregon coast; you can find me holding hot cups of black tea, having prince dance parties in my kitchen and trying to keep my houseplants alive (it’s not going great, btw); i love a springtime walk through the blossoms and socks that don’t match and extra spicy street tacos

AND/ALSO,

more than anything in the world, i love taking photographs: capturing little blinks of magic, finding the mystery, beauty, connection or perfect light of a fleeting moment in time. i’ve photographed weddings and families and newborns and seniors for over a decade now and it still lights a fire in me that burns hot neon-pink.

i would love to tell your story.