My photographs are quiet. They are lit mostly by windows, they are retouched lightly, and the person in them looks like themselves on a good day. If you want dramatic, dark, high-contrast boudoir with heavy skin smoothing, I am not the right photographer, so I am telling you that up front.
The biggest mistake people make when booking is choosing on price or proximity and then discovering the style was never what they wanted.
What is the overall look?
Soft, real, and a little bit still.
The light is soft because it mostly comes from large windows, or from strobes set up to behave like large windows. Soft light is kind to skin and it does not create hard shadows under the eyes or across the stomach.
The colour is natural. Skin looks like skin, and the room looks the colour it was on the day.
The mood is calm. There is a lot of looking out the window, looking down, and the half-second after a laugh.
If you have seen a photograph of someone that made you feel like you knew them, that is close to what I do.
Why window light?
Because it is the light people already look good in.
Everyone has a spot at home where they like how they look in the mirror. It is almost always near a window. Window light wraps around the face, softens edges, and falls off gently. Strobes can do the same thing when set up carefully, and I use them when the sun is not cooperating, but the reference point is always the window.
The studio was chosen for its light. The main set is a built-in window seat under a large window that looks onto oak trees. That one seat probably accounts for a third of everything I shoot.
What does the studio look like?
Three main sets.
The window seat, with a green cushion and linen pillows.
A bedroom set with a tufted headboard, a full-length oval mirror, and a mustard bench at the foot of the bed.
A gold velvet antique chaise against a painted palm mural, under a beaded chandelier. That is the one set with some drama in it, and it still photographs soft.
The sets are deliberately warm and a little old. They look like a room in a house. People relax faster in a room that looks like a room.
How much retouching do you do?
Lightly. I remove things that are temporary and leave your face and body as they are.
That means a blemish goes. A bruise from the day before goes. A stray hair across the eye goes. A tan line stays unless you ask. Skin texture stays, because skin without texture looks like plastic and everyone can tell.
If you want to look smaller, I can do that with light, angle, and posing during the session, and it will look real because it is real.
I do all retouching myself. Nobody outside the studio sees your files.
Do you shoot the dark and moody style?
Not as a default, and not well enough to sell it to you.
I can do a darker version of my own look, with the light from one side and the rest of the room falling away. Ask, and I will show you examples.
The very dark, contrasty style lit with a single hard light can look striking, and several Austin studios do it well. If you show me a Pinterest board full of it, I will point you to one of them.
Will I look like the people in your portfolio?
You will look like you, photographed the same way.
Everyone in the portfolio is a client who booked a session. The thing they have in common is the light, the pacing, and the fact that I let them be still. If you like how they look, you will probably like how you look.
How do I know if this is the style for me?
Look at the portfolio for two minutes and notice how you feel.
If you think "those look calm, I could do that," this is for you.
If you think "those are nice but I want something bolder," say so when you get in touch. I will tell you honestly whether I can do it or whether you should look elsewhere.
Once you have a feel for the style, the packages page shows what each collection includes and costs, and the FAQ page covers the practical questions.
Written September 2026.