After spending several years assisting wedding photographers on the weekends and scouring the web for couples willing to give a novice wedding photographer a shot, in 2017 I finally took the leap and quit my studio photography job to pursue wedding photography full time.

My experience in commercial photography is part of what makes me good at what I do now. I learned how to be perceptive, how to give people direction in a way that brings out the best in them, and how to frame people and scenes in an aesthetically pleasing way.

I started shooting weddings in 2011 as a side job in college. I secretly loved every minute of it but I was set on being a  fashion photographer. After graduating with my BFA in photography from Cal Poly SLO, I moved to LA to work full time as an e-commerce photographer. After years of being surrounded by the world of fast fashion and flawless photos, I found myself increasingly jaded and uninspired with the inauthenticity of the industry. 

Wedding photography proved to be the perfect antidote- it's the ideal mix of photojournalism realness, fine art creativity and raw emotional moments.

a Santa Barbara wedding photographer for couples who want to celebrate the hell out of the moment.

I'm Kaitie.

Your wedding isn’t a photo shoot and it shouldn’t feel like one, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have truly beautiful and intentional images.

My goal is to create a space for you two to be yourselves without any expectations, pressure or nerves. Because when you don’t feel the nerves, you get to connect with each other. 

The first thing you should know about me?

You are the reason I do this.

And you can see that connection in your photos.