HEY, I’M ASHLEY

I’m a photographer and visual artist, and my creative journey began in 2005 as a painter, long before I ever picked up a camera.

After earning my B.S. in Journalism & Mass Communication with a concentration in Broadcast Production from North Carolina A&T State University, I spent seven years working behind the scenes in television production at NBC 17.

Then, somewhere along the way, I picked up a camera.

I began photographing things I wanted to paint, posted one of those images on social media, and soon, people began asking me to photograph them, too. The requests kept coming, and before I knew it, photography had become a business, and I didn’t have much time left to paint.

I opened my first studio in February 2014. More than a decade later, that little beginning has grown into a beautiful, larger studio designed with the comfort and luxury of my clients in mind.

From weddings and families to entrepreneurs, executives, Duke University staff, graduates, birthdays, and life’s many milestones, I’m grateful for every opportunity to create beautiful images for the people who trust me with their memories.

Many years later, I found my way back to painting during the world shut down in 2020.
You could say I slipped and fell into photography...and I’m mighty glad I did.

A woman with shoulder-length hair, adorned with pink highlights, smiling while sitting on a cream-colored sofa in a bright room. She wears a black blazer, black pants, gold jewelry, and a white smartwatch. A white orchid in a pot is on a side table behind her near a window.
Let's Create Something Beautiful

The Journey So Far

Line drawing of a hand holding a paintbrush.

2005

Started Painting

Outline drawing of a graduation cap with tassel

2004: Journalism of Mass Communication

North Carolina A&T State University

Simple illustration of a vintage television with antennas

7 YEARS

Television Production

A camera on a tripod set up in front of a photo backdrop and studio lights.

2014

Opened My Photography Studio

Outline of a camera icon with a large circular lens in the center.

Started Photography

2011

A woman in a beige suit and pink blouse holding a camera, standing next to colorful paintings of women's faces and figures in an art gallery.

MY SPECIAL SAUCE?

I know how to make people comfortable.

Six women standing in a line against a plain white wall, smiling and interacting with each other, dressed in casual and semi-formal outfits.
A brown circular badge with a white checkmark in the center
A brown circular badge with a white checkmark in the center.
A circular icon with a brown background and a white checkmark in the center.

I'll help plan it.

I’ll tell you where to stand.

I'll fix your hair.

I’m your creative director.

A circular brown icon with a large white checkmark in the center.
Woman wearing a graduation cap and gown, with a red and black outfit, posing with hands behind her head in a studio setting.
A checkmark inside a circle with a checkmark icon.
A check mark inside a brown circular background.
A brown circular icon with a white checkmark in the center

I’ll keep an eye out for details.

I'll make you laugh.

I'll hype you up.

Group of five women in elegant dresses, with two women sitting and three standing, holding bouquets of flowers, posing in front of a brick archway for a formal or wedding photo.
A smiling elderly woman with silver hair resting on her crossed arms, wearing a pearl necklace and earrings, in a glamorous pose.
A woman with medium skin tone, wavy hair with highlights, wearing a black blazer and gold jewelry, smiling at the camera, sitting on a white sofa in a bright room with white walls and a window, with an orchid plant on a side table.
A woman with medium skin tone, wavy hair with highlights, wearing a black blazer and gold jewelry, smiling at the camera, sitting on a white sofa in a bright room with white walls and a window, with an orchid plant on a side table.

WHY I DO THIS ?

My favorite moment happens before I ever press the shutter button.

  • It’s the moment someone begins to relax.

  • The shoulders come down.

  • The real smile appears.

  • They stop worrying about the camera, suddenly, there they are.

Beautiful photographs are always the goal, but the experience and the finish product is what makes them yours.

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