Hello

I grew up farming and ranching on the Hi-Line in northern Montana, where life moved with the seasons and daily life was early mornings and those beautiful big skies. 

My interest in photography stemmed back far into my childhood, where the first Christmas gift I remember recieving was a pink camera, that following fair and for many to follow the Phillips County Fair seen plenty of Grace Doucette's photography. As I was old enough to start 4-H, leatherwork became another favorite of mine and one I was extremely excited to start back up in adulthood.

After high school, I left the Hi-Line in 2017 to study mechanical engineering. Life got busy - I worked in mining, then construction, and eventually found my way back to mining, which still pays the bills today. But no matter what random adventures life brings my way, I’ve always come back to the ranch with a camera in hand. I bought my first "big girl camera" off Facebook Marketplace in college and spent every trip home photographing cows and quiet mornings. A few years (and one stolen camera) later, I picked up another, and things grew from there. From cows to brandings, and eventually to people.

My sister’s engagement was the turning point. Photographing her and her fiancé showed me how much I loved capturing people in love, and capturing my family moving and working cattle showed me how fun it is to take those pictures of people doing what they love. Since then, my focus has been on western lifestyle and couple photography, telling those stories of the life I know best.

These days, I split my time between working three weeks on at a remote mine in Alaska and three weeks off back home in Montana, where I run Fence Post Photos, craft custom leather goods, and when beef prices dip, sell custom-cut fat black angus beef. It’s a balance of both hard work and creative work.

 

Always busy, never bored, and forever grateful. God Bless.

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