Hi there!
I’m Jaci.
I want to create and capture moments that move couples in an honest, intimate, and natural way.
I am based in the small ski town of Whitefish, right outside of Glacier National Park in Northwest Montana. I photograph elopements, intimate weddings, and couples in every stage of their relationship. It’s so important for me to connect and build relationships with my couples so I’m able to create a space that they can be completely themselves in front of the camera.
Life as it is —
Photo by: Kaley from Kansas
who am i —
These are the people that drive my passion and desire to create. I’ve got 3 moderately sized humans now, a gangly smart-ass 9-year-old and cute as shit twin 8-year old’s (they’re boy + girl, because I know you’re wondering). We live in my hometown of Whitefish, Montana, a boujie little ski town outside of Glacier National Park and I’m raising my babies in the house my great grandparents built over 100 years ago and has been home to 5 generations of my family. It’s pretty damn special. We live right in the historic downtown district, so most days you can see our little fam scootering, kayaking the Whitefish River, or walking through downtown Whitefish.
The greatest part of photographing weddings across the Pacific Northwest is that most often you’ll find my family road tripping along. We’ve had the opportunity to spend the last 5 years exploring tidepools along the rugged Washington + Oregon Coasts, camping in the rain on the Olympic Peninsula, driving through giant trees in the Redwoods, caving in the volcanic rock of the Idaho high desert, and counting the hundreds of waterfalls and wildflowers in the mountains of Montana. I am grateful.
On any given day you can find me with Bailey’s in my coffee and a glass of wine with Netflix after the kids go to bed. I use more sarcasm and profanities than what is socially acceptable for a mom of small children and I sing to absolutely whatever music is playing. I dance exactly like you would expect a 30-something year old white girl mom of 3 to dance which makes my basically the life of the party at a wedding reception. All in all, I’m a pretty mother fuckin good time.
what to expect from me
how i work —
I am not just a vendor. I’m not someone you hire, that shows up for the job then goes on my merry way. We will be friends. I will be invested in you and in your relationship. I will hug you (like so SO awkwardly), then I’ll get all up in your personal shit and tell you way too many of my own life stories. We will drink and hang out, I’ll shoot and get uncomfortably inside your safety space. Aaaaand at some point I will probably trip and fall #clumsyasshit . It’ll be the fucking best and I will love you forever and ever.
Things to note:
When I shoot I am wholeheartedly focused on connection and emotion. While I will definitely get a couple big smiley faced photos to hang on grandma’s fridge, if you’re looking for an entire gallery of “smile at the camera” photos then I’m not your woman.
If you’re worried you’re the “what do I do with my hands???” person, don’t worry, I gotch you boo!! I’ll give you all the direction you’ll need to completely forget about “posing” and just have fun.
You guys, relationships are HARD! So mother-effing hard! The greatest reason I am inherently drawn to shoot couples is because I truly believe that the foundation of marriage and relationships in your life are SO important. To me, creating an experience for the two of you to connect and grow closer to each other is just as essential and crucial to the images we create. I never want a couple to come to me with heels dug in to endure a “photo shoot.” I encourage you to think of your session as a date, a chance to forget all of life’s drama for a bit and focus on each other and what brought you together in the first place.
these images are your legacy; your story to be told to the ones you love over years to come.
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I want to capture moments that move you as much in 60 years from now as they do today.
Client raves
Mackenzie +Logan
“We had one of the best, most comfortable photo shoots with Jaci. I love the candid photos and having music and space to just laugh and play, giving us the most sincere pictures! They are my favorite pictures, they are the type of pictures that capture true feelings! Jaci was so amazing, fun, and didn’t try to stage a picture, She just captured what she saw! The turn around time was so appreciated and I swear my heart stopped when I looked through them! Thanks so much to Jaci for being so Talented and giving us a beautiful moment in time, forever captured in a photo!!”
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