Seattle Family Photographer
creating storytelling photography & films for humans connecting to the Earth & to each other
poetic. embodied. soulful.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We’re spiritual beings having a human experience.”
pIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
welcome
More than anything we are longing to reconnect.
This isn’t just a photo session, it’s an invitation to peel back and strip away what doesn’t matter and get to the essence of what does.
You won’t receive a collection of poses, because it’s the moments that do matter. The raw, messy, quiet, chaotic, beautiful, embodied, soulful, real moments that make up the fabric of your human experience.
I’m here to help you remember. To remind you that you are on this blue and green planet that we share to live, to connect, to learn, to love, to feel. To show you that not only does your experience matter, your experience is art.
YOUR FAMILY IS
poetry
YOUR HIGHEST SELF IS CALLING
TO YOU TO
rewild
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.” ~Mary Oliver
moment-driven family sessions
Ours is the invisible work, that which is transient in nature. Wiping messy mouths, changing dirty nappies, listening to our children's seemingly unending stories, sharing their secrets, chasing away their monsters, kissing their hot tears. Holding space while everything constantly changes while staying exactly the same. The invisible work that wears us out while leaving us questioning what we accomplished all day. Transformative work that can't be measured by regular time, instead passing in fits and starts and by how suddenly our baby's hand dimples melt away. We are space holders, hand holders, tiny body holders. We begin by carrying them in our wombs. Our toddlers sit on our hips. And, as teenagers and adults, we hold their heads on our shoulders. The weight of their little bodies tethering us to our own humanity.
Moment-driven Family Photography is a chance to transmute what feels invisible into something tangible. To declare to the world that a moment happened, and yes! we were there, too! To honor an everyday life as a life worth living and no less worthy because it doesn’t feel curated for Instagram or Pinterest.
To feel deeply into motherhood. To find the magic in holding our children, playing barefoot in the grass, eating together, laughing, and yes, even crying. To become fully embodied. To know that our work matters and to document it so that it, too, can take up residence with the shiny moments as works of art.
I AM ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR
CONNECTION
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tHESE AREN’T jUST IMAGES, THEY ARE YOUR
MOMENTS
snippets of your experience that build your big, beautiful, precious LIFE
KIND WORDS
“Jackleen’s photography is beyond stunning. Her eye and aesthetics are such a gift behind the lens. She is so skilled at curating and capturing beauty. Her warmth and love radiates from her heart as she seems to make camera shy folk, like me, feel at ease. I highly recommend Jackleen’s work if you are looking for tasteful and aesthetically pleasing family photos that you will cherish forever.”
AMBER (FAMILY SESSION)