Welcome, I'm gina

I didn’t start Mad Raven because I wanted to create perfect pictures. I started it because I know how quickly life changes and how much the ordinary moments end up meaning.
I first picked up photography my senior year of high school in 2009, which feels mildly offensive to admit out loud, and I fell in love. I went on to take photography courses in college, but it wasn’t until I became a mom that photography became something entirely different to me.
Suddenly, I couldn’t put my camera or, let’s be real, my phone down. I wanted to hold onto everything. The tiny details. The personalities. The chaos. The way a moment could feel completely ordinary while you were living it and impossibly important once it was gone.
In 2018, I finally shared that love with other families and officially started my photography business.
My style has grown and changed over the years, but the reason I photograph people never has. I don’t just want a beautiful photo. I want a story.
I want movement. Connection. Passion. Light spilling through the frame. Kids being kids and couples forgetting for a second that there’s a camera pointed at them. I’ll always take the classic photo of everyone looking at the camera, but the images I love most are the ones that feel like something.
Because someday, I don’t just want you to remember what this season of your life looked like. I want you to remember what it felt like.