Mythos Lens By Kate:
Unlock Your Legend
Welcome to Mythos Lens – Unlock Your Legend
My name is Kate, I am a narrative photographer.
Through reflection, rewriting, and portraiture, I hold space for you—whether you’re an individual, a couple, or a family—to step into your story and write it intentionally, rather than letting life write it for you. These stories become your unlocked legend: the truth you choose to live and the legacy you leave behind. This is your mythos.
At my core, I am a deep lover of stories—how they change us, shape us, and inspire us to grow. More importantly, I believe in the power of the stories we tell ourselves. The way we frame our past, present, and future profoundly shapes us, either empowering us or holding us back.
For me, storytelling through photography roots truth into our bones. It makes our desires, goals, and dreams tangible. When you see yourself as art, when you witness yourself letting go, reaching for something new, or remembering something important You Unlock Your Legend.
I practice this myself through self-portraits. One of my favorite self-portraits is of me pulling a metaphorical sword from the stone. It reminds me that nature helps me breathe, that I am strong, that I am a warrior. That I can take space and be loud.
I put it on my socials. I see it daily. I’ve placed it here on this site so I never forget. So I do not lose myself. So I can stay rooted in the legend I weave—not the ones that try to sneak in and claim me as weak or small.
I get to write my legend. And it is my passion to see that you can too.
This is what I offer you: to see yourself, your loved ones, your story, captured, celebrated, and reflected back as your own personal legend.
So I’ll ask you:
What legends are you waiting to unlock?
What truths do you wish to echo in your bones?
Offerings
For You
Be seen. Be heard. Unlock Your Legend.
Because your story is more than enough, it is Vital.
Whether you’re building a business, dancing in your living room, or reclaiming your sensual power, this space is for you. With over 20 years as a professional storyteller and a decade of trauma-informed yoga teaching, I’m here to help you feel seen, safe, and radiant in your truth.
Embody Your Legend
Fantasy is just your legend dressed up.
These sessions give you liberation, growth, and freedom by rooting your creativity into something lasting—and reminding you that even when you embody another story, what we capture is always you and that is an inspiring and powerful offering to both yourself, and to those around you.
To Celebrate Your Special Bond
These sessions are built around you—beginning with a consultation where I listen deeply, and together we shape an experience that reflects your love as the legend it already is.
Life is too short not to be intentional about remembering who you are, and who you are becoming.
Family is more than who you’re related to, it’s the story you create together. Whether you’re chosen family, biological, queerplatonic, or anything in between, my goal is to witness and capture your love in its truest form.
To Honor Transitions
These sessions give you space to slow down, breathe, and be witnessed—so grief, memory, and transition can be honored instead of rushed. Because taking this space for yourself allows you to return to life more fully, rooted in your legend.
I live, work, and photograph in Chicago, Illinois—but I love to travel. Exploring new places, stories, and landscapes deeply feeds my creativity. I'm available for sessions across the U.S. and internationally.
These aren’t just portraits, they’re portals.
Each image roots your story into something you can return to again and again.
Why Mythos Lens?
The stories you tell yourself shape everything. If you don’t write them, someone else will—and let’s be honest, most of the stories handed to us aren’t the ones we want to live.
When you take time to clarify your legend—the myth you want to live each day and leave behind—you create freedom, clarity, joy, and more. These portraits become visual affirmations: daily reminders of the legend you’ve chosen to unlock, so you can truly live it.
Choosing this work means living with intention instead of letting life pass you by. It means gifting yourself, and those you love, a legend worth living.
How It Works
Through Narrative Photography, a collaborative process of storytelling, reflection, and portraiture:
I guide you with prompts to uncover and clarify the story you want to live in a one-hour session curated specifically for you and your desires.
Together we design a visual concept, from simple portraits to bold, mythic worlds.
You can choose professional styling, hair/makeup, or full fantasy transformations.
You leave with professional portraits that don’t just capture you. They cement the story you’ve chosen, so you can see it on your wall and remember the legend you are living.
What You Get
A professional narrative photography experience that blends reflection, intention-setting, and portraiture—completely unique and tailored to you. I bring not only thousands of hours behind the camera, but also deep training in trauma-informed movement and coaching. Together, we create space to clarify the story you want to live and bring it into focus—through portraits that anchor you to your truth, your love, and your power.
3–5 unique looks
Professional Hair styling (if desired)
Professional Makeup (if desired)
A complete concept inspired by you, created collaboratively, and told through your story
Choice of studio or on-location
Only Purchase what you love, no pressure beyond what is a full body yes.
Journaling prompts to help unlock your legend
60-minute consultation to hone your vision before the shoot
In-session photo selection, where you choose your favorites directly after we shoot
Access to my products hand crafted and lovingly made in Italy, or ethically made in the US.
At the end, you’ll walk away with a legend for a lifetime, to share with your chosen family, your kids, your partner, and most importantly, to hold for yourself.
Who It’s For
For individuals, lovers, and families who are ready to write their own legend—rather than letting life write it for them. This is for the ones who eat personal growth for breakfast, yet rarely have the time or space to savor it with intention. For those who always feel a step behind, craving room to slow down, get specific, and write their story with clarity. This is your chance to create your story in a way that feels unique, fun, and deeply creative.
Why I Do This Work
Because it calls to me. Because I’ve lived it, and I know its power. Photography—and this narrative practice—helped me rewrite my own story, and now I get to offer that gift to others.
I’m a narrative photographer who loves people and their legends. This work lights me up, expands my capacity to hold others deeply, and allows me to live fully.
I believe growth doesn’t have to be heavy. It can be creative, playful, and supportive. My mission is to offer that same space for you—so you leave saying:
“I see my legend clearly, I feel it in my bones.”
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
—Mary Oliver
Are you ready to let your story be seen?
A short, no-pressure 15-minute call to connect, answer your questions, walk you through pricing, and see if we’re a great fit before booking your consultation.