Thank you for taking a few moments out of this whirlwind we all call life to peek into my world and the collection of images I have the privilege of calling work.
My name is Katie Watkins and I am a Mother, a Wife, a Daughter, a Child of God's, and a Photographer. My passion is photography and my priorities are my husband, beautiful children, and spending time with those I love. I am so thankful that God has given me a way to enjoy my family, be home for my children, and pursue my love of making things beautiful through the lens of my camera.
My career in photography began in college and continued as I had the opportunity to apprentice and learn the art of wedding photography. Within a few years this led to running my own business and studio where I graduated to indoor newborn and child photography, as well as “natural light and on location” family, senior, and engagement portrait sessions.
I absolutely love living and working in Redding, California. The natural beauty that the foothills, Lake Shasta, Whiskeytown Lake, and the Sacramento River provide is a lush backdrop for the amazing people I have the opportunity to photograph. Having grown up in Chico, California I appreciate the splendor of the Northern California area and have had the opportunity to visit and photograph almost all areas of Northern California as well as Northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area.
As a mother I am keenly aware of how quickly time goes by with our children. One day they are little babies and then it seems they have grown up overnight! I love capturing those fleeting moments of my own children, that I want to remember forever, and I would love the opportunity to do that for you as well.
It has been a privilege of mine to move with my clients through the beautiful moments of their lives from engagement and wedding day portraits, to the portraits of their newborn children.
I encourage you to treasure these precious moments in your lives and to consider allowing me to help you capture them forever through beautiful portraits.
Contact me today!
I’d love to hear from you, and creatively match my work to your ideas. Please feel free to:
Phone @ 530-410-7174
E-mail @ 107,97,116,105,101,64,107,97,116,105,101,119,97,116,107,105,110,115,112,104,111,116,111,103,114,97,112,104,121,46,99,111,109moc.yhpargotohpsniktaweitak@eitak
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Thanks so much!
Katie

The “C” Family | Redding Family Photographer

It is so nice to be all cozy inside to night while listening to a real winter storm finally blow in! I am use to living with strong wind as Reno has some impressive winds that would and could blow your roof off. One time it even blew my kids large trampoline over a 6ft. fence! I hope that we have more storms on the way as I want some good water out on Lake Shasta this summer for wakeboarding. It’s not too low right now but when I was down at the river this week I noticed that they weren’t letting that much water out so they must be conserving the water hoping we will get a good couple of storms to fill the lake up. I took our kids snowboarding last week to Shasta and there was barely enough snow to board on but they still had fun.

We have been busy looking for a home to buy here in Redding. We have made 7 offers on different houses and for one reason or another each house hasn’t worked out. It was getting a little frustrating until our realtor called last week to say our favorite house had fallen out of escrow!! We are so excited for a second chance at this home and took our kids over to see it today. We hadn’t been inside it since last November so it was good to see it again and refresh our memories. It’s still just as perfect as it was the first time! We are hoping everything will go smoothly with this home and we should be in our new place in a few months. After 11 moves in 13 years of marriage, I am ready to make our 12th move into our permanent home. We plan on sticking around here for awhile!

Here is a family session I did the day after Christmas. The “C” Family contacted me because their son was home for the holiday break so they wanted to have family portraits done while he was home. They were a great family to work with and it was so nice to have young adults for once who wouldn’t run away from me or make me do a silly face when I needed a smile. I love the children I photograph but they sure do make me work sometimes! I really enjoyed talking to this family. They have always lived in the little town of Tehama. I haven’t been there but one of these times on my way to Chico I am going to drive through to check out it out!