Love, made tangible
For the little things that end up meaning everything.
Through portraits and thoughtfully handmade laser woodkeepsakes, I help you hold onto the people and seasons you love — with tenderness, intention, and a whole lot of heart.
Kept is for the photographs, little scribbles, notes and pieces of a life that carry more meaning than they seem to at first glance.
The missing teeth. The freckles. The scribbled names. The wild laughs. The first drawings. The ultrasound. The recipe in someone’s handwriting. The moments you know you’ll want back before they’ve even finished happening.
Made with heart. Kept for a lifetime.
One day, these little things will be the big things.
Kept is about the things we love enough to notice — the pieces of a life and family that make you stop, exhale, and feel it all again.
Through photographs and thoughtfully made keepsakes, I preserve the moments, marks and stories that feel most like yours.
The first family drawing. The way they scribbled their name. An ultrasound. A love note. Grandma’s handwritten recipe. The little pieces of a life that somehow hold everything.
Kept turns the art, handwriting, recipes and stories that make a family yours into thoughtfully made pieces you can hold onto for years.
Not just objects. Not just decoration.
A way to keep close what time keeps changing.
Personality Portraits
Little portraits. Big personality.
Portraits are offered in a few different ways throughout the year — from quick Signature Petite Portraits and seasonal Pop-Ups with local community partners, to relaxed Studio or Lifestyle Sessions, Tone-on-Tone Portraits, and Early Education Portraits.
Whatever the format, the heart of it stays the same: an experience that leaves you feeling seen and cared for, and photographs that bring you back to how this season felt.
Meet the memory keeper
Hi, I'm Shae!
Photographer, maker, memory keeper and the heart behind Kept.
For more than 12 years, I’ve been turning love and memory into something you can keep — through handmade keepsakes, wedding films and photography. Really, I think I’ve been doing this my whole life.
I’m also a multi-business owner, worldschooling single mama, artist, Chihuahua lover, and a very big lover of love.
Fun Facts
2000+
3,000+ kids photographed since 2021 — and now I’m intentionally bringing the work back to something smaller, more personal and full of heart.
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Very small Chihuahua with an extremely large sense of importance.
Benny is my 4th Chi!
27+
New ideas before noon. Owning two businesses has not, in fact, cured me of starting a new idea halfway through the first.
ADHD? Perhaps. Superpower? Indeed.
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Days a year I’d rather be near the ocean. I collect beach days the way some people collect things.
Moments framed in time
Let's document your story