I’m Emily Star Poole—a PNW-based photographer shooting playfully for brands and families. Thank you for being here!

imagery that is

ARTFUL AND TELLING

FROM THE JOURNAL

Journal

December 18, 2025

2025 Year in Review

December 18, 2025

I always think I can keep a Year in Review “concise” but my brain will NOT allow any amazing thing to be left out! In lieu of a long ramble, I’ve decided to do a “notable points” kind of recap this year. So much happened and there was a big shift in my work and I just will try to get it all in a list! Here we go!

Read more →

December 18, 2025

December 16, 2025

2022 in Review

December 16, 2025

Ah! It’s here—the end of another beautiful four seasons in the PNW! Photography here is really great like that: you have summer with warm, glowy light and long daylight hours, fall with soft brown tones and falling leaves, winter for shooting among the evergreens flocked in white or inside warm homes, and spring for chasing wildflowers in the mountains! We get a little of everything and that is something I don’t ever want to take for granted.

Read more →

December 16, 2025

December 15, 2025

2024 Year in Review

December 15, 2025

Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Looking through these 2024 sessions—YOUR MOMENTS and PEOPLE—I am once again pinching myself that I was given the chance to create images and capture moments for and WITH you! So without further ado, here is the 2025 Year in Review—a few images from each session of the year!