July, 24th, 2024
It was love at first sight for Taryn Delanie Smith and her husband, Alec Castillo. The former Miss New York pageant star met Castillo, a personal trainer, when she walked into his Seattle gym at age 19.
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I often have couples who need their engagement or family photos taken in the winter but don’t love the landscape here in the PNW in the winter months. I get it, and I have a solution! Why not consider having photos taken at your home or in a cozy lifestyle studio? I love the way […]



I had the pleasure of kicking off the holiday season (on a rainy November day) with Maddie in the studio. It is such a treat to work with her year round to update her social media and print work with fresh, seasonal content! Maddie just returned from representing the state of Washington at the Miss […]

