A little about us...
In case you don't know us...Hi! My name is Niki (the mom) pictured with my beautiful daughter Ellie Rose.
From the day I picked up a camera...more than 20 years ago....Ellie has been 1/3 of my passion/obsession of trying to capture the pure magic that are my three children. Hunter, Addie, and Ellie started my photography journey. Make no mistake…they are my real works of art and my lifetime achievement award. It is because of them that I started to SEE the world differently. How it should be. Filled to the brim with love, kindness, art, laughter, imagination, chaos, creativity, tears, magic and adventure.
...Fast forwarding to Ellie as a teenager....
Ellie met Coldren (aka the Cutie boyfriend) in 2019 who I believe sparked that same feeling for her. She started making these amazing heartfelt videos with such emotion and creativity. Capturing memories and clips of their relationship…and I realized that my baby has a storyteller’s soul.
....Fast forwarding again to a little over a year ago...
Life's direction changed. Plans put into place changed for both of us. This resulted in some pivoting, a lot of conversations, countless prayers and a big leap of faith. Ellie decided to join me in creating The Work of Wanderers. I knew starting it was going to be a lot of learning, teaching, and growing for both of us. I thought I was going to be doing the teaching but as it turns out Ellie has done her share of teaching me some things. 2023 has been a huge year of learning for us. Ellie is outstanding. She has learned so much and is thriving. Overcoming social anxiety and shyness has been her biggest accomplishment. She was already incredibly talented and she just has the "eye" so the rate that she is learning her artistry...MIND BLOWN. I am so proud of her.
Looking back on the last year I feel amazed by how much we have accomplished. Looking forward to the future... I know we have a long way to go but I could not be more excited.
