Meet Emily: Moody Frames, Sunny Disposition

I’ve been photographing for as long as I can remember. Basically born with a camera in my hand, I've come to learn I can find the beauty in anything.

I’m drawn to cool people, funky little details, beautiful light, busy rooms, quiet moments, good faces, weird faces, and anything that feels like there's a little story behind it.

My favourite images are the ones that make you linger a little longer. The kind you revisit and notice something new each time, like the nostalgia of an I Spy book, but with more mood, more skin, more eyeliner, and better lighting.

I photograph people in a way that feels natural, bold, and true to them. Sometimes that's portraits, branding, music, events, lifestyle, creative projects or boudoir. Sometimes it's a little bit of everything. Sometimes it's just me, my camera + tripod frolicking around somewhere trying to bring a self-portrait to life.

To me, photography is about paying attention. To the energy in the room, the to tiny moments some may not notice. To the way someone softens when they're comfortable, or comes alive when they feel seen.

Boudoir fits into that too. Not as this separate, overly serious thing, but as another way of making art with people. It can be soft, bold, playful, weird, emotional, hot, funny, powerful, or all of the above. Mostly, it's as simple as showing up for yourself and letting that be enough.

At the heart of it, my work is an ode to beauty, art, music, bodies, stories and the human form. A little dark, a little divine, and made best with thoughtful, curious people.