CHAYDIN -- But you can call me chay

I'm a little quirky, deeply creative, and my brain notices everything — the light shifting, the way you reach for each other's hand, the laugh that starts in someone's chest before it reaches their face. It's just how I'm wired.

I'm endlessly fascinated by how people love each other — how you soften, how you look at the person who feels like home. I live for those in-between moments. The real ones that can't be posed.

Golden hour is my love language — give me that soft, honey light and I am completely in my element. Unapologetically telling you "just one more", when in fact.. its not one more (IYKYK)

wife & mama first, photographer, lover of Golden hour, & storytelling

FUN FACTS ABOUT ME

do not have a go-to coffee order — committing to one drink for the rest of my life? absolutely not. i’m a seasonal-flavour, iced-coffee-in-winter kind of girl.

01/07

i’ve been with my husband for 10 years, and we’ve built the sweetest little life with our two babes and two dogs.

02/07

i’m a medical/disability mom, and my oldest son has a rare genetic condition — he’s taught me more about strength, joy, and perspective than any textbook ever could.

03/07

speaking of textbooks… i have degrees in nursing and kinesiology, and i still pick up shifts as a registered nurse during my slower seasons

04/07

i am unashamedly obsessed with colour, beautiful light, and anything that feels warm + cinematic

05/07

i’m a reality tv girlie through and through — survivor is my superbowl

06/07

when i’m not behind my camera, you’ll probably find me snuggling my babies and my husband, going to church, taking my dogs for a walk, reading a good book, or having an unapologetic rot day in my sweats with my reality tv.

07/07