Who is South of June?
Hey I’m Aysia & here’s a piece of my heart.
After years of working on my own and occasionally with second shooters, I realized I missed the feeling of working with others. There also came a point when I was frequently having to turn down inquiries until someone asked me, “Well we love your work and style, is there anyone on your team you trust who can shoot our day and you can edit them?” Since then, I’ve rediscovered the value that comes with working as a creative unit with others.
When I first realized I wanted my business to be something more than myself, I began to hire on "associates." Essentially, these are photographers who then, I worked with here and there to cover bookings I wanted so badly to not have to say no to due to capacity and availability reasons. Since then, I have found and built a team of talented, like-minded, passionate artists who want nothing more than to document stories in a way that rings true to the heart behind South of June.
Our Mission:
We’re not here to show up with a camera, put you in a few predictable, stiff poses and go home. We want to laugh with you, to learn about you and what makes your love story unique. It's so easy to forget to romanticize life, to forget that every high and low, every laugh and every cry is a piece of your story that you'll tell you your friends and family one day. The least we can do, to honor our own hearts, is to be intentional about holding tightly onto those memories. That's what we’re here for. All we ask for in return is your trust. Be vulnerable with us, allow us to step inside of your world enough to see what your love is made of. We want to document your experience, to weave life and art together in a way that rings true to who you are, both together and as individuals. There's a lot for us to talk about and lot for us to learn about you before we can translate your love into tangible memories. If you feel a connection, if any part of what you've read here hits home in a way that makes you curious about what might be in store for you here, then let’s talk!
I married my twin flame on September 5, 2022. After 7+ years at the time of photographing weddings and other people’s stories, seeing all of it from the clifftop elopements to the the backyard weddings, to the classic venue ceremony, all we cared about was keeping US, our promises to each other, and our experience on that day at the center of it all. It took me reminding myself a few times that all the bells and whistles, the tradition & expectation, and yes, the opinions of everyone else are separate to us and our decisions for how we wanted the day that we’d remember forever to look. Looking back, I’m so glad we did just that. Our friends and family remember the day as fondly as we hoped they would and we cherish the memory of that time and season in our lives.