Welcome friend, i am Morgan,
the one behind the lens.

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Blonde woman in orange floral dress holds toddler in a lush garden with colorful flowers.
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Hello friends!


I am a mama, a professor, an inefficient interior designer, an amateur painter, and a lifestyle photographer based in sunny San Diego, CA. I studied visual communications in college many moons ago, but set aside my artistic ambitions to collect more degrees than anyone really needs and get a job in academia. When I got pregnant with my first child I picked up a camera again in anticipation of a new muse. What I found was not only a muse in my own family but a new lens through which I could see the whole world. Suddenly I noticed light, laughter, and love everywhere and felt compelled to capture it.  


I realized that being a professor for over a decade and now being a mom to two young children has given me a new kind of superpower. Ok, not a superpower per se, but I am now unafraid to make a complete fool out of myself in front of near strangers if it means I can make a toddler smile, a teenager laugh, or convince a grown adult to walk like a baby giraffe (oh, you read that right, it’s a real client favorite!). 


So won’t you come along with me? We will chase the light, reveal real emotions, and make art out of all the in-between improvised moments in our chaotic lives.

 

Fun Facts

 

22+

Years I've been teaching college students. I started as a graduate student at 21 years old and am now an Associate Professor of Marketing.

6+

I own 6 cameras and counting - I might have a problem. 2 mirrorless SLRs, 1 digital SLR, 2 film cameras, and 1 point and shoot digital camera.

7+

That's the number of days a week I would eat pizza if my cholesterol wasn't so annoyingly high. It's hands down my favorite food.

2

I am the proud mama of two perfect children. And by perfect, I mean perfectly feral. They keep me on my feet and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Two girls play in a backyard, one doing a cartwheel while the other poses, in black and white.
Shannon

 

Morgan blew me away with her warmth, eye, creativity, willingness to be silly and get the most incredible lighting and shots.

 

Blonde woman in pink sweater and jeans sitting in open camper van doorway smiling at camera.

 

Let’s get to know each other

 

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