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About Ashley Casile (Krause)

Living just outside of Pittsburgh with my husband Frank, our daughter, and our two cats, Stink + Pants, I am a sentimental pack rat and sustainability nerd. I collect vintage cameras, save every card I’ve received, and my prized possessions are family photo albums. I love being outside, playing card games, listening to podcasts, thrifting, and photography (!!). Writing about yourself is tough so I asked my husband to describe me and he said “creative, kind, & attentive.” Which if I could hope clients take anything away from their experience working with me, it’d be those qualities. I love being a photographer for the creative aspect, sure, but I am especially passionate about connecting with people, storytelling, and preserving memories.

I grew up in the era of PicNik and underwater disposables. I had a Flip video camera, a YouTube channel, and ~a dream~ I have always been an artsy-fart and learning how to use a camera in 2014 yearbook class sealed the deal. I credit all of this to my grandfather's love of capturing our family growing up, passed down to my mom, and onto me. I became the paparazzi friend which evolved to assistant shooting weddings in 2017. This changed my life. From there, I've invested in education and experiences to refine my style and continuously grow as an artist, communicator, and resource.  I took my business full-time, leaving 9-5 behind in the summer of 2023. Since then, I've integrated film (35mm / 120 / polaroids / super8) as a non-negotiable with digital, as mixing mediums pushes me to trust my instinct and expand on my creativity with each session/event. I have been lucky to photograph well over 150 weddings, from just about every SWPA venue all the way to the California coast. I'm available and eager to book weddings wherever your love takes you and everyone is welcome in front of my lens.

Frank and I are newly-ish-wed as of June 2024!!! I'm grateful to have had the perspective of planning a wedding, experiencing it along with all of the big, beautiful emotions that day holds first hand. I love the uniqueness of each wedding I have the honor of documenting and couple I connect with. Telling your story is at the heart of everything I do, so I can't wait to meet you and learn more about you, too!

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