Seattle Portrait Photographer
Oh HEY, I’m Dawndra
In the forest and along the trails of the Pacific Northwest, I tell visual love stories of couples, families, and woman using photography and storytelling to show deep connections and create personal art.
I believe that all people are a work of art. Each person is so unique and everyone deserves to have beautiful meaningful portraits made.
THE OUTDOORS IS BOTH MY SANCTUARY AND MY STUDIO.
Every morning you can find me (I’m not kidding-every single morning!) walking around on a forest trail with my trusty pug, Ezme, my little rescue dog.
In my spare time, you might pass me on the highway on my motorcycle on Mt. Rainier, Vashon, or Whidbey Island, some of my favorite places to ride.
My love for adventure and storytelling combined with my passion for photography leads me to where I am today. With you.
What makes my heart beat?
Coffee. Crows. A good artsy creepy film or a good animal or planet earth documentary. Nerding out on health podcasts while I edit. Reading about the healing properties of mushrooms. Yoga. Tea. Hikes. Dogs. My latest obsession, herbalism!
Some random facts that you absolutely do not need to know about me… I walk with a fanny pack full of peanuts to feed the crows. I have multiple bird tattoos. One day I want to have chickens and donkeys, maybe a pig or a cow. I’ve had a dog most all of my life. Once, I found a sick owl and tried to save it. I am a bit of a music snob. I like anything from metal, blues, old country, and a little dash of hip hop. I watched the show “The Witcher” on Netflix twice. “Game of Thrones”- absolutely.
When I was really small I thought the world was actually black and white back when my grandmother was young, and then it became color later….
Seattle PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
Seattle PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER
As a small business owner, the importance of giving back means a lot to me.
Thanks to you, I donate part of my profit to animal sanctuaries. In my spare time, I love donating my talent by photographing them.
I grew up here in beautiful Washington State. I moved to Ellensburg for two years of college, and then finished at the Evergreen State College in Olympia where I got my bachelor of arts with a focus in photography. It was all film back then.
After I graduated I moved to Colorado to work and snowboard, mostly snowboard. After moving around the country for a few years, I landed back in Seattle. I started this business roughly 10 years ago.
I don’t have many photos of my mother or me as a kid, and I lost my own mother years ago. Somehow telling families stories and giving them something beautiful that I can never have is very healing for me.
Looking at how far Emily has come in these images above tells it all for me.
It is my why.
To tell your story in an artful (and sometimes funny) way.
PhOtoGraphy iS tHe sToRy i fAil To pUt iNtO wOrds.
I WAS BORN TO DO THIS
I’ll never forget that first time I created an image on film. I was 19 years old- in the darkroom during college. Watching it slowly come alive was like magic. It was an image of our St. Bernard dog.
I knew right then and there I had found my passion.
Soon after that, I discovered the joy of sharing images with others, and that is the greatest gift. I found my purpose.
More AbouT DawNdrA
Favorite coffee - Mushroom Coffee with Oat milk
Dog or Cat person? yes, both. I have a 15 year old cat named Agent Cooper
Favorite Documentary - Fantastic Fungi, My Octopus Teacher, What the Health
Favorite Holiday - Halloween
Favorite Music - too much to type!
What’s my sign? Scorpio
Pugs Name? Ezme
A book I love - “Woman Who Run with the Wolves”
Best photoshoot locations so far- Iceland! Artists Point for Washington. Sedona!
“There are two people in every photograph. The photographer and the viewer”- Ansel adams
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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
― Lucille Ball
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