Meet me + Mine
I'm Kristi — and I live in Northern Utah with the love of my life and our three wild kids. When I'm not behind a camera, you'll find me at the gym lifting things, hiking trails that are just easy enough to convince my kids to come along, having game nights that go way too late, and protecting our weekly date night like it's sacred. Because it is.
I believe in showing up fully — for the people I love, for the work I do, and for the moments that deserve to be remembered. That's not just a tagline I use for my business - its a motto for how I try to live.
My Origin Story
It started with a very impulsive Black Friday purchase in 2008. I bought my first digital camera and promptly left myself with nothing for Christmas gifts. So I did what any creative person would do: I turned my siblings into my subjects and gave my parents portraits instead. Those photos went up on their wall. People asked who took them. And just like that, something sparked.
I went on to study with the New York Institute of Photography, launched my business in Logan, Utah in 2009, and haven't really stopped since. Over the last 15+ years I've photographed weddings and families across the US and Europe, earned awards, been published, shot destination sessions, and built something I'm genuinely proud of.
In 2018 I started mentoring other photographers and hosting workshops — because building something great feels even better when you bring people with you. I took that further by studying Digital Marketing with the University of Utah, earning several professional certificates. That combination of creative craft and strategic thinking is what makes my work different — and it's what I bring to every single shoot.
The most meaningful photo ive ever taken
My dad had been battling stage 4 cancer for four years. We knew his time was coming. So of course we did family photos.
He is absolutely beaming in every single image from that shoot — surrounded by the people he loved most, lit up from the inside. But when it came time to photograph him with my mom, he couldn't hold it together. He never said a word. He didn't have to. The moment said everything.
It was one of the greatest honors of my life to photograph that impactful moment.
Those photos are a treasure now — proof of a love that was real, a life that was full, and a man who knew exactly what mattered. That is why this work matters so deeply to me. Not the posing or the lighting or the technical craft — though I care about all of that too. But the thing underneath it. The moment that lands without a single word.
That's what I want to capture for you.
I practice what I preach
I get my own family photos taken every single year. Not because I have to. Because I know what they're worth.
My favorites are never the stiff ones. They're the ones where someone is mid-laugh, or my kid is making a face, or we're all piled on top of each other and it looks exactly like us. Those are the ones I print. Those are the ones I'll hold onto.
I ask you to trust me with your real moments — so I make sure I'm doing the same thing myself. This is what I actually believe. And these are my people proving it.
