So, here I am on this photo journey, and I figured it was time to properly introduce myself.
Hi! I’m Kasi, owner & operator of Kas Photographs.
My purpose, my drive, my passion? Capturing every warm hug, loving look, inside joke, and all the little moments in between.
Where It All Began
My photography journey started with a little Canon point-and-shoot I got when I was 12 years old. I brought it everywhere and took pictures of literally everything that caught my eye.
Sometimes what caught my eye was as simple as a crack in the sidewalk or a stuffed animal sitting in just the right way in my room. As I got older, my love for photography grew, and so did my gear.
When I was about 15, I got a Canon Rebel T1i (now they’re at the T7i, lol). I took Communications Technology in Grade 10, and my skills began to grow along with my equipment. I learned how to use Lightroom and Photoshop, how to cut people out of images and paste the somewhere else, how to retouch, how to breathe light and contrast into photos that needed a little extra help.
I made some of my nicest work with Photoshop (and honestly, some not-so-great ones too), but from there, my work just kept evolving.
Photography as Therapy
One thing that’s been true through all of this?
Photography has always been a way for me to cope with pain, with trauma, with everything in between (Along with singing and theatre; boy, do I love those too).
I won’t get into the details here, but photography became a form of therapy for me. A way to release all the pent-up thoughts, feelings, and emotions I didn’t have words for.
When I look back at my now-retired Flickr page, I see a sad girl doing her best to cope with her reality—and using photography to try and find the light at the end of the tunnel.
Finding Light, and Sharing It
As high school went on, I kept modeling for myself, but started asking friends to help bring my visions to life.
I did rain-themed shoots, winter shoots, high-fashion styling, and much much more.
And somewhere in the middle of it all, I noticed something. Even though I was sad, photography was my happiness.
It didn’t feel like just a light at the end of the tunnel anymore. I began to notice light all around me, in the people I photographed, in their laughter and connection.
Photography stopped being just an outlet. It became a way to help others express themselves too.
Life Happens…
High school came and went, and then I was off on my own.
I didn’t shoot as often, but I still found little ways to keep photography in my life, whether it was helping a friend, or taking photos for a school group.
As life got busier—career, friends, events—I drifted further away from it.
It became a fun side hustle, but the older I got, the more I realized: it was time to stop treating it like a hobby and start building something of my own.
Entrepreneurship Is in My Bones
I’m lucky to come from a family of entrepreneurs.
My dad’s been running his business since before I was born.
My brother tends to bees, honey, and flowers, and so much more.
My mom wanted more joy in her life—so she built her own editing company.
Even my grandma, a stay-at-home wife for much of her life, found her own way selling a variety of things over the years.
Entrepreneurship is literally written into my history. It’s in my genes.
What Held Me Back?
So what finally pushed me to take the leap, to say, enough is enough—I want to be my own boss?
Honestly? I had a terrible habit of underestimating myself.
Underestimating my creativity. My drive. My passion.
I’ve done it for as long as I can remember.
But finally, I said: no more.
It’s time to love myself and my abilities—radically, and without apology.
It’s time to face creativity with a new lens.
To create because it lights me up inside.
To give photography everything I’ve got.
The Heart of My Work
Throughout my life, through all the ups, downs, and everything in between, I’ve carried a quiet ability to find light in people. Even in my own moments of pain and healing, I could still see beauty in the world around me, in others, and in the smallest, most ordinary moments.
That perspective never left me.
In fact, it became my superpower.
I echo that in my photography.
I get to witness the way couples laugh at their inside jokes.
The way friends hold space for one another.
The way people show up as their real, vulnerable selves—and trust me to capture them just as they are.
It’s never just about the photo.
It’s about seeing people clearly, and helping them see that light in themselves, too.
