During our high risk pregnancy, Phillip and I spent a lot of time meditating on a fishing visual. Some of our favorite memories include fly fishing (... Phil does the fishing, I do the watching and relaxing and photographing). Wading in waist high water became an oft-referenced image between the two of us during our time in the NICU. Some of our doctors even adopted our fishing analogies in conversation.

“We’re navigating uncharted waters here.”

“Few have fished this spot before us. We’re among the first to try.”

“It’s time to take the next step accross this river- slow and deliberate. We’re wading through, making the crossing together.”

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Ultimately, my work is about marking time with my clients. Stepping into their worlds, becoming a student of the rough waters they’ve navigated. Making photos that feel like the safety of reaching the other side. Making photos that feel like holding each other tight while fighting the current.

It is a privilege to do this work. The work of spinning history, heart and connection into images with soul.

I’m Erin.

I am a photographer based in Nashville, Tennessee. My husband, Phillip, and I spent our first ten years together out east in Knoxville. East Tennessee was where we fell in love, laid the foundation of our marriage, refined our concept of “home.” Our next chapter, the birth of our son, ultimately brought us to Nashville. Wade was born on 2-2-22 with a Bladder Outlet Obstruction diagnosis and therefore endstage renal disease. I was able to donate a kidney to Wade in August of 2023, marking the end of his year of at-home daily dialysis treatments. Life in Nashville is currently focused on the next steps in our medical life and dreaming about Wade’s future. If you’re ever in the mood to grab a drink and discuss transplant medicine, at-home dialysis or empowering a medically complex child- I’m your girl.

I cut my teeth in wedding photography, and have transitioned my emphasis to portraiture. Through the years, I’ve learned that my artistic voice is that of an observer, a question-asker, a detail-rememberer. My process is hyper-focused on history and heritage. My early career was about fostering these traits, which now mix with the lived experience of my own family. Our journey into familyhood shuffled our priorities in a chaotic, holy, beautiful way. It gave me a renewed commitment to my vocation- photographing your connections with those you love.