Elmshoots

The Artistry

Magic Outside

It lives in the colour, messiness, & warmth of everyday moments...

and that the best things in life are lived with, not owned...

I BELIEVE IN MAGIC

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Magic In Community

Magic At Sunset

Magic At Home

props are cool but
things that mean 
something to you
are better...

let’s layer meaning into
the art we’ll create :)

think of an object that brings back memories...

The things I own are precious to me not because they’re flawless, but because they collect more meaning the longer
we live together

Let me help you celebrate
the moments and people that are precious to you too

boot

polaroid

catdogpic

treasure

whimsy

letter

painting

kodak

polaroid

whitedog

boot

polaroid

catdogpic

treasure

whimsy

letter

painting

kodak

polaroid

whitedog

What Can I say? I'm Sentimental

Maybe it’s the sparkle in your eyes when you’re celebrating a dream made real, or the softness that lives deep in your bones from being around your favourite people. 
  

These little pieces of you? 
That’s where the magic lives.  

Maybe it looks like the scratched mug your partner brews you the best cuppa tea in every morning, or the sweater you’ve worn holes into but will never throw away because it kept you warm at all of your favourite concerts.
  

I’m all about honouring and capturing those precious moments of magic.
  

I'm Into

trees, knitting, slow living, the colour yellow, mediterranean food, sustainability, sleeping in, tattoos, swimming in lakes, being around kids, matcha, embracing sensitivity, small batch ice cream, mountains, vintage clothes, gin, & social justice.  

MY LIFE

my partner, Dylan, and I reside in a cozy, one bedroom apartment in Kitsilano with our dog & cat; my favourite muses.

she/her      august leo
queer         vegetarian
gen z / millenial cusp

MY HE(ART)

I was born and raised on Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario. My appreciation of nature comes from the land I grew from + my eye for composition comes from my mother. Because of this, I hold my photo work very close to my heart. 

EMILY WHITING

HERE NOW

ABOUT ME

FIRST PIC

FIRST FILM

HERE NOW

ABOUT ME

FIRST PIC

FIRST FILM

my favourite film cameras
(the Canon EOS 500) is from my mother. The exact one she shot my baby photos with in the 90’s! 

little elm

a young Elm photographed on a bright orange Canon PowerShot.


I GOT IT FROM MY MOther

HERE NOW

ABOUT ME

FIRST PIC

FIRST FILM

me, in action

2 frames from my first roll of film, age 15. taken on a Pentax K1000 and developed & printed by hand at my high school’s darkroom.

I was living out my truest 2014 Tumblr hipster dreams.


first film

HERE NOW

ABOUT ME

FIRST PIC

FIRST FILM

a theme I’ve found flowing through my work is the placement of humans in their natural habitat: in their homes, with their loved ones, and my favourite, outside & in the nude. 


savour the slow

film fits seamlessly into this vision of mine as it seems to capture the moment as it is, not as we intend it to be. I like the way film feels: raw & nostalgic, classic yet artistic. I like the practice of film and how it pushes me to slow down and be intentional with the shots I take (I only get so many). 


why film?