12/10/2025
My name’s Danielle. My life changed in 2018 when I got divorced.
Everything I’d built: the plans, the stability, the version of “me” that fit someone else’s idea of life…crumbled.
I stayed behind to rebuild. I worked on my finances, created a home, and re-rooted myself in a city I honestly hated to my core. But sometimes you have to stay in the fire long enough to forge something new.
I finished grad school, shifted into a career that offered freedom, and the day after graduation I left. Packed up, logged out, and hit the road with my dog and a promise to put myself at the center of every decision from that point forward.
It felt like my life had burned down twice, once by circumstance, and once by choice. But this time, I lit the match.
Since then, I’ve lived out west, in Bozeman, Canmore, Kalispell, Deming, Bend, Boise, and now, based in favorite place: Whitefish, Montana. Somewhere between slow mornings, mountain trails, and late-night editing sessions, I found a rhythm that feels like mine.
I’m not a full-time photographer (yet), but I’ve built something I love. A life stitched together with intention, curiosity, and a whole lot of courage I didn’t really think I had.
There are so many layers to who I’ve been and who I’m becoming. I share them here through photos, stories, and honest reflections. To remind you, and maybe myself again, that it’s okay to start over.
Because sometimes burning it down isn’t the end.
It’s the beginning of something real 🤍
