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About Ashley Casile (Krause)

Living just outside of Pittsburgh with my husband, Frank, our two cats, Stink and Pants - and very soon, *our baby girl! I am an ex-woman in tech, sustainability nerd, and pack rat. I collect vintage cameras, save every card I’ve received, and my prized possessions are family photo albums. I'm on a quest to find the best pad thai (Thai Tamarind in Bellevue has yet to be beat). I love being outdoors as much as possible. Sometimes I have bangs, sometimes I'm blonde, but all the time, I am a deeply sentimental person. Photos mean everything to me and that's why I do what I do, the way I do it.

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 newlywed 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!

*I will be taking maternity leave December 2025 - April 2026. i.e., not booking weddings/sessions during that time. However, I will be emailing and accepting future bookings. There will only be short window of time where I fully step away and this will be noted on my inbox with an 'out of office' automatic reply.

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