Karly Ellis Photography

HEY HI HELLO!!! My name is Karly Payne from Chicago! I got married in 2021 to my high school sweetheart, Alex, and I am an absolute sucker for a good love story. It’s what makes me fall more in love with my job every since day. My photography journey began when my oldest sister Sammie bought me my first professional camera when I was 15. (What an awesome sister, right?? Those things aren’t cheap)! I basically photographed everything at this point in my life.. literally every flower I laid my eyes on. After a few years I found a knack for photographing portraits so I continued forcing allllll of my friends to let me take photos of them. My passion was continuously growing. This led to me to getting my degree in photography at Columbia College Chicago.