Find the Best Photographers in Ketchikan

Salt and Pine Photography is a natural-light photography business based right in Ketchikan, run by local photographer Kristy Suzie. Rather than working out of a studio, Kristy shoots on location around Southeast Alaska, leaning into the region’s moody forests, mountain backdrops, and soft coastal light for every session. Her portfolio spans couples, families, seniors, maternity, and newborn work, with the newborn galleries showing the kind of relaxed, in-home style — babies swaddled on a parent’s shoulder, older siblings piled onto the couch to meet the new arrival — that favors real moments over posed setups. On Instagram, where she posts as @saltandpine_ak, she describes her approach simply as ‘natural light, outdoor sessions,’ and her following of over a thousand local followers reflects a photographer well known around town rather than someone flying in for a single shoot. Salt and Pine is a woman-owned Ketchikan small business, reachable directly by phone or email rather than through a big studio booking system, which means clients tend to deal with Kristy personally from first inquiry through gallery delivery. For Ketchikan families who want their newborn’s first days documented by someone who actually lives in the community and knows its light, weather, and backdrops firsthand, Salt and Pine is a solid local option. 

Christina Chacharon spent the first decade of her career working in tech before trading a desk job for a camera bag — and for newborn work, her background as a trained doula turns out to matter just as much as her eye for light. She’s supported more than 60 families through birth and postpartum, so when she shows up for an in-home newborn session a few weeks after a baby arrives, she already knows how to move quietly around a sleep-deprived household. Christina relocated to Ketchikan, Alaska in the summer of 2023 (her partner is from the area), and now splits her time between Ketchikan and Seattle, where she’d already built a decade-plus career photographing newborns and families. Her Ketchikan newborn sessions happen right in clients’ homes — no studio, no prop sets, just soft light and a baby settling into the world — with a $199 session fee and packages from $350 to $750. She also shoots family sessions at local parks and beaches for parents who want documentation beyond the newborn days. Reviewers consistently mention how naturally she captures kids’ personalities, and her Google rating sits at a perfect 5.0 across 37 reviews. Off camera, Christina lives off-grid in a renovated cabin with her partner, their 9-year-old black Lab, Bear, and — as of Spring 2025 — her own new baby. 

Christina Chacharon moved to Ketchikan, Alaska a few years ago after her partner, an Alaska native, brought her north from her home base in the Pacific Northwest, and she now splits her photography business between Ketchikan and Seattle. Alongside her work as a photographer, Christina has supported more than sixty births as a doula and worked with over a hundred families through the postpartum period, and that same instinct for making people feel comfortable in vulnerable, emotional moments carries directly into how she approaches wedding photography. Her wedding portfolio spans ceremonies on the water, forested venues, and reception details captured with an eye for the quiet in-between moments, a whispered joke at the head table, a veil caught in the wind, rather than only the formal poses. Before turning to photography and doula work full-time, Christina spent over a decade working in tech, and she brings that same organized, detail-oriented approach to planning a wedding day timeline. Off camera, she and her partner renovated his childhood cabin into an off-grid home, she became a mother in spring 2025, and she shares the Ketchikan outdoors daily with her nine-year-old black lab, Bear. For couples marrying in Ketchikan who want a photographer who understands both the emotional weight of the day and the practical logistics of an Alaska wedding, Christina Chacharon Photography offers a genuinely personal touch. 

Trinity Clay has spent more than ten years building Clay Creative Photo Co. into one of Southeast Alaska’s go-to studios for couples getting married anywhere from Ketchikan to Wrangell, Sitka, Petersburg, and Juneau. She discovered her passion for photography in 2012 and built her skills largely outside a traditional classroom, through mentorships, workshops, and years of networking with working photographers, while a marketing degree from Grand Canyon University sharpened the business side of running a wedding studio. Trinity now works as photographer, day-of planner, and Super 8 videographer rolled into one, offering couples creative direction and vendor recommendations alongside the photography itself. Her editing style is bold rather than muted, she describes it as flashy, dramatic, and editorial, blending documentary-style candids with cinematic composition so that images feel elevated without losing the honesty of the moment. Clients describe working with her as close to effortless, with one mother of the bride calling the resulting images ‘a piece of art’ and another client recommending her ‘a million times over.’ Because Southeast Alaska has no road connections between its island communities, Trinity’s willingness to travel by ferry or float plane for ceremonies has made her a familiar name well beyond her home base. For a Ketchikan couple who wants editorial-style wedding photography paired with real planning support, Clay Creative Photo Co. offers both in one package. 

Havalah was born and raised in Southeast Alaska, and that upbringing shows in the way she talks about her work: she wants every couple to feel like they’re simply spending a day outside with a friend who happens to be holding a camera. As the photographer behind Havalah Praise Photography, she focuses on couples sessions, engagements, and intimate weddings and elopements, drawn especially to laid-back, adventurous pairs who would rather hike to a viewpoint than pose in a studio. Her style favors the silly, in-between giggles over stiff formality, and she is candid that her goal is nostalgia, images that make a couple feel the same rush years later that they felt on the day itself. When she’s not shooting, Havalah is married to Max, raises three dogs named Kona, Sitka, and Stormi, and spends her downtime outdoors with an iced coffee in hand. Having grown up exploring Southeast Alaska’s coastline and forest trails, she brings genuine local knowledge to location scouting for Ketchikan weddings and elopements, recommending spots that reflect the region rather than generic postcard shots. Havalah Praise Photography has built a 5.0-star reputation across eleven reviews in just over three years in business, with couples specifically praising how their wedding photos exceeded what they imagined. For couples who want an unhurried, authentic Ketchikan elopement or wedding documented by someone who genuinely knows the landscape, Havalah is a strong local choice. 

Hayley Gilson splits her time between Ketchikan, Alaska and St. Louis, Missouri, giving her a dual-coast perspective that shows up in her authentic, adventurous approach to wedding photography. A lifestyle photographer at heart, Hayley believes every person deserves to have their personality show through the lens of her camera, and she builds her sessions around that idea, guiding couples through posed moments when it helps, but just as often stepping back to let real laughter and stolen glances carry the frame. Her portfolio includes forest ceremonies tucked among Southeast Alaska’s evergreens and lighthearted, playful portraits taken along the docks and boardwalks that define Ketchikan’s waterfront character. Outside of photography, Hayley is drawn to the outdoors and describes her free time as spent exploring and spending time with the people she loves, a sensibility that carries over into how she works with couples on their wedding day: unhurried, present, and genuinely invested in the story unfolding in front of her lens. With a 5.0-star rating built on nineteen reviews, Hayley has become a trusted name for couples marrying in and around Ketchikan who want images that feel true to who they are rather than generic wedding-album filler. Whether the ceremony takes place in the rainforest, on the water, or somewhere in between, Hayley G. Photography brings a warm, unfussy energy to every wedding, couples, and portrait session she shoots. 

Northern Exposure Photography is the work of Jana, an Oregon-raised photographer who traded a conventional path for a one-way ticket toward wilder scenery, first backpacking through twenty countries, then settling in Alaska six years ago and never quite leaving. Working with couples across Ketchikan and the wider Southeast Alaska region, Jana documents weddings and adventure elopements with a candid, unscripted eye, favoring real laughter and quiet in-between moments over stiff, posed portraits. Her couples describe her as warm, attentive, and endlessly easy to be around on what can otherwise be an overwhelming day, one recent client called her photographs ‘a million times better than I ever could’ve imagined,’ praising how effortless she made the entire session feel. Jana’s approach leans into the terrain itself: misty coastlines, glacier overlooks, forested trails, and small-boat harbors all become part of the story she is telling, rather than a backdrop layered on top of it. She is equally comfortable coordinating a full destination wedding or meeting a couple for a quiet, no-frills elopement, and she treats every shoot, whether in Ketchikan or halfway across the world, as an excuse to keep exploring. For couples who want their Ketchikan wedding photographed with warmth, patience, and a genuine sense of adventure, Northern Exposure Photography brings both the technical eye and the willingness to go wherever the story leads.