Mary Lila Photo

Mary Lila Photo Artful portraits & intimate weddings. Based in Palmer, Alaska. All love and travel welcome. Alaska based Portrait and Elopement photographer.
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Storytelling imagery for the Ethereal & Wild. Travel welcome worldwide.

Dirty Thirty….. aahhh! I turn 30 on the 17th… and I’m actually really excited about it. It feels so fresh and new, and I...
06/16/2026

Dirty Thirty….. aahhh!

I turn 30 on the 17th… and I’m actually really excited about it. It feels so fresh and new, and I am genuinely at peace with it! Every year for the past 5 years or so I’ve done a birthday s~a~l~e, with the percent 0ff being the number I’m turning! So this year it’s 3️⃣0️⃣ percent 0ff… aahh! (The algorithm really hates promotional posts like this, so bear with me for the emojis and weird typing lol.) And I think this will be the last time I do this sa!e, because these numbers are going uppppp 😅 or maybe it’ll just look different in future years, idk. Either way, you should really really take advantage of this because it could be the last!

Whether it’s for portraits, couples, business branding, or your marriage celebration, or something else, anything goes! The only thing is that it has to take place within 2026. 💜 (last minute elopers… you’re really in luck with this one!)

Thank you for the continued love and support, I love you all back. 😘
inquiries & booking through the link in bio, or just dm me

Jack & Camryn, at the Seward harbor at sunset, after their gorgeous elopement earlier that day at . So many more to com...
04/25/2026

Jack & Camryn, at the Seward harbor at sunset, after their gorgeous elopement earlier that day at . So many more to come. 🐋

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Alaska wedding photographer, Alaska elopement photographer, Alaska elopement, Seward elopement, Seward wedding

Mae, and baby Koa 🌷🍊🌞
04/09/2026

Mae, and baby Koa 🌷🍊🌞

Pay What You Can Portraits! You probably saw my stories from a couple weeks ago with a little soft launch on this, buuut...
04/09/2026

Pay What You Can Portraits!

You probably saw my stories from a couple weeks ago with a little soft launch on this, buuut… time for hard launch on grid. 🥳

PWYC Portrait Sessions are here!
I understand the value and labor associated with creating art, and rightfully so, that often means a higher price. However, the last thing I want is for money to inhibit you from having the portraits that you need and want.
Soo, all individual portrait sessions are now sliding scale, starting at $150.

✨How does this work?
A $150 booking fee invoice will be emailed to you to secure your session on my calendar. Later on when I deliver your photos, an additional invoice for sliding scale payments will be sent to you. Choose your additional amount there. Pay me based on what you can afford and what feels right to you at that time. No questions asked. If you’re a broke college student, pay me a little. If you’re sitting on piles, pay me more. If you’re somewhere in the middle, pay me something in the middle. 😂
 
This is totally an honor system, please don’t take advantage of me lol 😅 But, I also completely understand if the lower end is all you can do. You will never have to justify your payment amount to me, and I will not think any differently of you based on what you choose. :)

Q: But Mary, how will you make money? what if everyone only pays the $150 and nothing more?
A: If everyone only pays the $150, then you’re right, I probably won’t really make any money. But I’d rather shoot with 10 people at $150, than 3 people at $500. That is so contrary to what any business person will tell you, but I want to meet people, I want to shoot with as many people as I can. I believe art is for everyone, and that money shouldn’t be an inhibitor of that. This is something I am privileged to be able to offer at the moment, and I know that having beautiful portraits can make a huge difference in people’s lives, and that’s what I’m more focused on.

Art is for everyone. 💕

(This is for individual, solo, one person shoots only. My pricing for couple sessions, weddings, and commercial work is still the same. You can find all that on my website. 🫶🏻)

Alicia & Stephen’s wedding at the family cabin on Crooked Lake. I may never stop posting these two… 🌞🌷🍐
04/06/2026

Alicia & Stephen’s wedding at the family cabin on Crooked Lake. I may never stop posting these two… 🌞🌷🍐

Cecelia & Edward’s intimate elopement this last August, at an Airbnb in Anchorage. With their very closest group of frie...
03/06/2026

Cecelia & Edward’s intimate elopement this last August, at an Airbnb in Anchorage. With their very closest group of friends, they had their ceremony at exactly 10am, a time that held significance for them, and then they all went out for food and drinks downtown, afterwards. 🩵


Alaska wedding photographer / Alaska elopement photographer / Alaska elopement / Airbnb elopement / intimate wedding

Emily & Logan’s ocean side winter elopement 🐋❄️
02/25/2026

Emily & Logan’s ocean side winter elopement 🐋❄️

19 weddings, one photographer! Here are some of my favorites from the last year or two. Thank you for your trust in havi...
02/19/2026

19 weddings, one photographer!
Here are some of my favorites from the last year or two.
Thank you for your trust in having me document your lives. :’)

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02/11/2026

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A blue autumn day, with my favorite 💙
01/28/2026

A blue autumn day, with my favorite 💙

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