Hey! I’m Kat. West Coast born, East Coast raised, and a mix of Southwestern influence in between. You can find me fan girling over Taylor Swift (I know, basic but I love her) and rewatching New Girl on a monthly basis. My love for the coast is basically a personality trait and I have also entered a semi-homestead era (sourdough starters still scare me).

I started my photographer business in 2016, so if you’ve been here since the Kat Drake Creative days, thank you for sticking with us! It took YEARS and multiple seasons of life to really hone in on exactly what my “why” was for having this business. I am definitely that multi-passionate business person so trying to mash everything together always become a road block. Ultimately I knew that I wanted to photograph unconditional love in all meanings of the phrase.

So here we are in 2024 continuing this journey but under a whole new brand that encompasses everything I believe in. I rebranded Kat Drake Creative to The Dear Darling Co. to focus on all aspects of what I find unconditional love to be and to share my story within that concept.