I'm Layne, a brunch-obsessed high school senior portrait photographer, world traveler, and local business lover. I believe in big dreams, digging the cookie dough out of the ice cream (to eat it by itself!), drinking out of pretty coffee mugs, and documenting life as it happens.

Though my business focuses primarily on senior girls, you might occasionally see me snuggling one of my friends' newborn babies, capturing a beautiful wedding day, or embracing the chaos during a family session.

Grab your favorite snack, snuggle up in a cozy spot, and take a peek at my adventures!

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North Dakota Badlands Engagement Session | Arthur + Rachel

Happy Thursday, friends! I’m so, so excited to share Arthur and Rachel’s badlands engagement session on the blog! Before I share the details of their shoot, I have to say that I have definitely been ignoring my blog lately. Even though I love sharing my sessions here, it’s always one of the first things I […]

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Couples, Weddings

My best friend since preschool is getting married. And since he’s been my best friend since preschool, you can only imagine the semi-embarrassing stories I could tell, but I’ll refrain. 😉 Nick, I just want to say that 20+ years of friendship is extremely rare, and I am always so grateful for our commitment to […]

Couples, Weddings

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Nick + Kayla | Fargo Engagement Session

Derek + Jessica | Teddy Roosevelt National Park Engagement Session

It’s still engagement session season! The weather has derailed so many photoshoots for me recently and the early snow made me worried that we wouldn’t have any good weather left to reschedule, but, luckily, the white stuff didn’t last long and even though it’s still chilly and the leaves are falling fast, I’ve been able to get […]

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Couples, Weddings

I admit it: I’ve been slacking! Between shoots, editing and (what was supposed to be) vacation, I haven’t had much time to blog. BUT, here I am, back at it with one of my favorite couples + favorite photoshoots ever! I’ll say it again, louder, for the people in the back: I feel old! I do […]

Couples, Weddings

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Evan + Sadie | North Dakota Engagement Session

Eric + Kat | Maple Lake Engagement Session

I have officially entered a season of life where I feel “old”! I knew this day would come and it doesn’t seem possible that all of my friends are getting married. Shouldn’t we still be in high school?! Kat and I met seven years ago at Governor’s School and it doesn’t seem possible that she’s […]

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Couples

My love for North Dakota is no secret. I talk about the dreamy light, open prairies and watercolor sunsets ALL.THE.TIME. 😉 I’ve been all over the world, but there’s just something about finding the perfect location at home that can’t be beat. Every time I leave to explore a new place, I always come back […]

Seniors

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Beautiful North Dakota Senior Pictures

Natural Summer Senior Session

It’s my birthday this weekend, and I am SO ready to celebrate with a trip to Las Vegas to see Shania Twain with my sisters and aunt! It has been a hectic few weeks of shooting and editing to get ready for a weekend away, but my clients have been absolutely amazing and the weather […]

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Seniors

Happy Monday, friends! ‘Tis the crazy season of shoot, shoot, shoot-edit, edit, edit for us photographers and I’m actually loving it. 🙂 August and September are my busy months for senior sessions (when you live in North Dakota, getting that summer tan before your shoot is life), so the last few weeks have been spent […]

Family

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Cozy Morning Lifestyle Session with the Boehm Family

Cheyanne | North Dakota Sunset Portrait Session

Busy season has arrived and I am loving it! The sunsets are back to the perfect golden hue and my clients are just beautiful, as always. 🙂 Since returning to the Bismarck, North Dakota area earlier in the spring, I’ve opened up my schedule to include a lot more family, newborn and lifestyle sessions, which […]

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portraits

Sometimes as creatives we just have to get out and do a shoot for ourselves to get back into the groove and that’s what this shoot was all about. Alyssa and I got together in the middle of my busy season to do a shoot “just because” and the result is some of my favorite […]

Seniors

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Alyssa | Natural Sunset Portrait Session in North Dakota

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