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poetic family portraits

poetic family portraits
nature based boudoir

nature based boudoir
product

product
polaroids

polaroids
elopements

elopements
video

video
interiors

interiors
there were flowers

there were flowers
I am taking a month long break from instagram, but not from creating! For those of you asking, spirit is guiding me to focus my energy on both starting + digging deeper into several creative projects. They want to come forth! And their inception d moms are hot. #mediumformat #familyportraits
Happy birthday, mama. The love only expands. #Dorothyforever My last home in #Altadena burnt down. The whole neighborhood has been reduced to relics. The fireplace still stands, and that’s about it. This was a good place with good people. And now? And now there’s a lot of work to do to revive the l an ode to land that I love that is also burning. I feel like I have been praying so much these past weeks: of home, and of losing home. Old #35mm with @mareperpetua of precious #Topanga a place @magebuse took me when I was in college in Seattle, a As I go rummage through my old images to find pictures for my upcoming book AND my secret release, I’m finding a lot of classics that I’ll slowly sharing here. I have so much work that has gone unseen. There. are. so. many. boxes. of. fil I am looking at you, laying on my stomach and all I can smell is the damp earth beneath me. It smells like Tea, specifically, Liu Bao. #35mm of my niece. Always a delight to capture your animal family 🥷 #boaconstrictor why are Mezcal bottles so much more elegant than all others? #35mm from October in Ventura, spent foraging driftwood on the beach, taking my cats on leash walks and drinking many many bottles of #mezcal if you know me, you know i love hands and Kayla has very pretty hands. #35mm final edits from a #nature based #boudoir shoot with long time love @kaylaryanharvey who is such a natural in front of the camera, and has been such an epic patron of my w

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Sam Stenson is a travel photographer, specializing in high-end family, portrait photography and product photography. As a destination photographer she is available for multi-day photoshoots to make images that embody the true essence of the memories you want to treasure forever. Sam specializes in capturing stunning images that tell a story and evoke effortless intimacy. Her work is often referred to as ethereal and sensuous. California is home, but available for travel worldwide.