About Our Story

Our Story:

We are Shad and Kathi Sollars, a husband and wife team that love being behind a camera, traveling and capturing that "One Moment InTime". We have been photographing together for over 20 years and have been doing weddings and portraits together since 2003.

We started business in Oregon then in 2009, we moved to Maui!!! We enjoyed the change in pace, in life, in photography and in ourselves! After 15 years of island life, God had another plan. The wildfire in Lahaina in 2023 took out our home town and neighborhood. We found ourselves back in Colorado but buying a home was not in the plans so RV life it was. Now we travel, spend time with family and friends, see the world, and photograph along the way.

It is our vision through the talent of photography that God has granted both of us, we can capture those "One Moments In Time" to help share God's love and glory with others.

Kathi's start in photography:

Kathi was interested in photography in high school and took photography classes in College. As a college student she found the money to buy a Nikon N50, several lenses and a tripod to start her collection. Since then she has continued with her love of photography and seems to always have a camera in her hand.

She somehow developed an inspiration to take photos of waterfalls. She has an extensive collection of waterfall pictures from across the USA. Her favorite places to photograph are just about anywhere water runs down hill quickly (especially the North Umpqua River waterfalls near Crater Lake National Park, OR and in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee), and where water crashes into the shore (especially at Secret Beach in Maui).

Shad's start in photography:

Shad started taking pictures when he was about seven years old. His first camera was a Nikon EM that he quickly outgrew and upgraded to a Nikon FM a short time later. By the age of about ten he was helping his Dad teach photo classes to adults. The family had a darkroom in their basement, giving Shad the opportunity to develop his own black and white film and make his own enlargements. Shad has taken photo classes in high school and college.

Shad's interest in photography dwindled down to taking pictures of his kids until he met Kathi and since then we have been able to share our love of photography together. He passion and specialty is wildlife and while living in Maui, he took his talent under the sea.

Our Travel:

In the last 20 plus years we have photographed all over the USA working our way to check off all the states:

Oregon
Colordao
Hawaii
California
Washington
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Idaho
New Mexico
Wyoming
Montana
South Dakota
North Dakota
Texas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Washington D.C.
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Alaska
Arkansas
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
West Virginia

We have also taken International trips to Mexico, Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon), the Caribbean, Bahamas, St. Martin, Martinique, Barbados, Bonaire and the Philippines.

We love sharing all the must see's and do's, so hit us up if these travels are on your itinerary!

Our National Park travels:

One of our favorite destinations is our National Parks. We have had the opportunity to photograph:

Haleakala
Hawai'i Volcanoes
Crater Lake
Yosemite
Redwoods
Joshua Tree
Lassen
Great Basin
Arches
Grand Canyon
Saguaro
Bryce
Zion
Rocky Mountain
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Great Sand Dunes
Mesa Verde
Glacier
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
Everglades
Shenandoah
Smoky Mountain
Cave of the Winds
Glacier Bay
Denali
Katmai
Wrangell-St. Alias
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sands
Guadelupe Mountains
Theodore Roosevelt
Cuyahoga Valley
Congaree
Badlands
Wind Cave
Big Bend
New River Gorge
Banff
Jasper
Kootney
Mt Revelstroke
Yoho
Kluane
Waterton Lakes

So far we haven't found a National Park that we don't want to go back to and spend more time behind a lens at.

Our Dreams:

Our Dreams...There is so much to see out there and to photograph.

We used to say that our ultimate dream for the future was to quit the madness of regular jobs and go out on the road taking pictures for a living. We dreamt of buying an RV and living by the seasons...Fall in the Northeast for Autumn colors, Winter in Hawaii, Spring in the high mountains as flowers come into bloom and Summer on the tundras of Denali National Park in Alaska.

Well, we are living proof that dreams do come true because we are living our dream. Looks a little different in the fact that we didn't get to quit the madness of regular jobs but now have the blessing to work remote. We bought the RV and are living by the season. RV life allows us to spend quality time with family and friends, spend time in nature, explore the roads less traveled, and share our photography along the way.

"God made all things and everything continues through him and for him. To him be the glory forever."

Romans 11:36

Shad, Kathi and Denali at Charley Young beach photo

Kathi getting some surfer shots with the Nikon D2x

Shad photographing the rugged Oregon coast

Kathi with the Nikon D300 on the tripod

Shad with the Mamiya 645 in the warm calm water

Kathi getting serious with her Nikon and hat on backwards

Kathi getting her shot of the bride after Shad got his shot

Shad photographing from Sprinter Van

Kathi with her Nikon in the snow

Shad's underwater Olympus camera

Shad's silhouette at sunset on the beach

Shad ready to photograph the wildlife

Shad getting a macro photo of a butterfly on a flower

Kathi taking a break from her camera in the late afternoon light

Kathi shooting the waves breaking at the shore

Kathi photographing surfers out of the rental car

Shad getting the moose shot

Kathi sets up the tripod at a beautiful waterfall

Shad taking photo of a 1967 corvette

Cowgirl Kathi shooting an event at Deschutes County Rodeo

Kathi photographing sunrise

Kathi photographing the shallows with underwater camera Olympus TG6

Shad setting up the tripod at sunset

Shad and Kathi hiking with the camera and tripod

"Why do you stare at the sunsets and ponder the summer night sky? Why do you search for a rainbow in the midst or gaze at the Grand Canyon? How do we explain our fascination with such sights? Beauty? Yes. But doesn't beauty point to a beautiful Someone? Doesn't the immensity of the ocean suggest an immense creator? Doesn't the rhythm of migrating cranes and beluga whales hint of a brillant mind? And isn't that what we desire? A beautiful Maker? An immense Creator? A God so mighty he can commission the birds and command the fish?"