Nice to meet you, I'm Katherine Vandergriff, but most people call me Kat!

I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, grew up in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and now based in Post Falls, Idaho (but soon to be Austin, Texas)!

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I started photography my junior year of high school in 2018. I gained a solid majority of my photography education from my yearbook, photo, graphic design, & video classes in high school. 

Ironically, I joined yearbook to primarily be a writer yet fell in love with taking sports and theater photos. By 2019 I was taking my friends senior photos and entering my senior year myself.

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In 2020 my senior year was cut short due to lockdowns -- this was when I decided I wanted to start a photography business (hint hint, I was bored)

I took a Cinema and Photography class in college to further my education in the field and to refine the basics.

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I heavily networked with local models, businesses, and creatives throughout the end of 2020 to 2021. This became the birth of CoeursCollective; a collective of models, photographers, videographers, hair & makeup teams, clothing designers, jewelry vendors, graphic designers, and more working together in the Coeur D' Alene & Spokane area. This all started from an Instagram groupchat turned Discord. Then I started hosting Meetups for locals to work together.

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By mid 2021 I started to define what my style was. Editorial, punchy, nostalgic, with a side of grungy moods. I started to meet with professionals from LA, New York, & beyond that are now locals to the CDA area. I experimented with runway, fashion, and creative portraits and loved it!

In October of 2021 I decided to release the CoeursCollective Magazine. This is a newspaper-style editorial zine featuring the variety of artists and small business owners of CDA and Spokane.

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Reaching 2022, my goals changed and refined yet again! I was booking my first weddings in the summer while working closely with my partner whom is a videographer. This inspired me to get back in touch with couples, families, and lifestyle photos -- I forgot how much fun it can be to take in the candid moments.

By December 2022 I had released my second magazine, Philm Magazine. This is a magazine featuring what I love most; Film & Photography. 

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Throughout 2023 I worked non-stop. I was booking some of the coolest shoots with some really awesome people. Meetups were a hit, and I've continued to meet more and more people to this day that are dear to me.