Jacki Potorke Photo

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, toting around a neon 35mm point and shoot camera, constant exploration was my default setting. Now, after eight years as a professional wedding and lifestyle photographer, I find myself driven by deep human connection and the exquisiteness of nature. I have shot over 100s of weddings, collaborated with conscientious small businesses, artists, makers, musicians, travel companies, and non-profit organizations to tell their stories in meaningful ways. I have been able to give back to my community and the charities I believe in by donating monetarily, with my art, and with my time.

In all of this experience I believe it is the everyday narratives and the relationships within them make the most compelling art, holding intricacies that words can’t touch. Capturing the candid and in-between and making them last beyond the moment has remained my truest passion. Your story, with all of its nuance, deserves to be documented. To be passed down from generation to generation; to become legacy. I am here to give you uncontrived photographs, to document real emotion and a sense of place. To help you remember long after the day is past. Documenting the nature of people and story is what makes my job a dream.