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hey, i'm hailey!

a wife to one, mom to three, and a photographer of weddings and all the important life stages that precede + follow. I’m based out of Folsom, California and feel grateful every day to have mountains and beaches and vineyards within reach.

I’ve had a camera in hand since I was about 10 years old, photographing my sister, my pets, inanimate objects around the house. I took 4 years of photography courses and then booked my first wedding when I was 19. I knew nothing about posing, I shot in JPEG, and I delivered the images on a CD. Rest assured, I’ve come a long way since then. 12 years of experience and hundreds of weddings later, I now shoot with the goal of emotive, cohesive, and timeless images.

i love: san francisco. almondmilk vanilla lattes. seinfeld. people who also love seinfeld. drawing with my kids. true crime podcasts. sundays with nothing to do. fiction. the feeling when the plane lifts off. like-minded people. also, differently-minded people. my grandpa's old pentax. humans and their stories. what about you?

I see photography as an opportunity to make the world a more accepting and beautiful place, and I shoot with this in mind.

In other words, whoever you are, whomever you love:

differences in color, culture, and spirituality should be honored;

LGBTQ+ people have a right to exist freely, loudly, and equally;

we don't know what we don't know;

and human rights need not be earned.

One more thing: I believe that photography can be an incredible tool for advocacy, and I bring that concept to my work. My photographs are wholly intertwined with my values, some of which are: 

differences in color, culture, and spirituality should be honored;
LGBTQ+ people have a right to exist freely, loudly, and equally;
we don't know what we don't know;
and human rights need not be earned.

I'd be honored to photograph you.

I'd be honored to photograph you.