- Santa Rosa Beach - Rosemary Beach - Seaside - Alys Beach - Watersound - Watercolor - Grayton Beach - Seagrove - Blue Mountain Beach - Inlet Beach - Seacrest Beach - Panama City Beach - Destin - Cape San Blas - St. George Island - Washington DC -

- Santa Rosa Beach - Rosemary Beach - Seaside - Alys Beach - Watersound - Watercolor - Grayton Beach - Seagrove - Blue Mountain Beach - Inlet Beach - Seacrest Beach - Panama City Beach - Destin - Cape San Blas - St. George Island - Washington DC -

30A Family Photography

If you’re drawn to photographs that feel as heartfelt as they are beautiful, you’re in the right place.

Desirée is an award-winning, published photographer with a timeless and refined skill of capturing what matters most: our love and connection to one another.
She aims to always give her clients images that preserve emotion in its purest form, the kind that lingers long after the moment has passed.
Desirée has been a professional photographer for over 20 years, and for more than 13 of those years she has run her own full-time photography business.
While her business ‘home base’ is located on the Florida panhandle, and she spends most nights on the sandy beaches of 30A,
she splits her time between Florida and Washington, DC, as well as frequently traveling for her clients to capture their stories at their homes, or one of their other special places.

 

BETTER TOGETHER

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EVERYWHERE WE ROAM IS HOME

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Hi! I'm Desirée! First and foremost, I am a photographer. Somehow I'm one of those lucky people that got to be what I wanted when I grow up. I was just a kid with a disposable camera... and well, here we are now! And, I still shoot film! Most days you can find me with a 35mm Nikon and a medium format Pentax. Many of the images you see in my portfolio are actually shot on film, which is truly a timeless medium. The kids these days call what I do ‘hybrid,’ a mix of the convenience of digital and the timelessness of film.

For more than half of my life, photography has been the greatest source of joy, expression, and accomplishment I've experienced. I'm influenced most by nature, adventure, and the human condition to seek and form connections. 

Other than photography, I'm pretty into my dogs, sunsets, traveling to new places, visiting my favorite places, audiobooks, camping, and exceptionally good coffee. 

I split my time between the Florida Panhandle and the Washington DC area, and frequently shoot in locations all across the US- wherever my people are. With travel as easy as it is these days, I am available most places, and have been lucky to shoot from coast to coast in the USA, as well as half a dozen other countries.

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