Welcome To Shay K Photography




Hey! I'm Shay
I'm thrilled you made it to my corner of the internet
Let me show you what I'm all about


Lore
My mom was a photographer before I ever picked up a camera.
I grew up modeling for her, holding reflectors at golden hour, watching her edit long after everyone else had gone to bed. I “borrowed” her Canon DSLR more times than she probably realized (sorry, mom), dragging my friends into fields and parking garages to create something that felt bigger than us.
I am very much my mother’s daughter. - I look like her. Talk like her. Walk like her.
And for a long time, that terrified me.
I was determined to have my own identity. Photography? Absolutely not. I was going to be a lawyer. Or something.
But even while I was insisting photography wasn’t my path… I was still borrowing the camera.
In high school, I started photographing my friends. Then their friends. Then their friends’ friends. What began as a hobby became something real.
In 2018, as a junior, I photographed my first wedding. In 2024, I went full time.
I love romanticizing life. I love making ordinary moments feel cinematic. I love helping people see themselves the way they deserve to be seen.
Everyone deserves to feel like the main character.
And I get to create the proof.




Things that are Shay-Coded
Vintage Cars
Red

Leopard Print
Video Games
Alternative rock music
Vampire Shows
Tate McRae
Handwritten Notes
Bows and Pearls

Diet Dr Pepper
Playing Piano

Doc Martens



