Meet Your Photographer: 

Bringing Your Vision to Life

Located in St. Marys, WV, offering both studio and on-location sessions.

Proudly serving the Mid-Ohio Valley and surrounding regions since 2014

A woman with red hair and blue eyes, wearing a black sleeveless top and ripped jeans, sitting on a gray chair with a dark gray background.

Welcome — I’m Becky Nichols.

You have seen beautiful portraits before.

Perfect lighting.
Carefully styled wardrobes.
Flawless posing.

But after 11 years behind the lens, I know something most people do not realize: none of that matters if you don't see yourself in the image.

This isn't about what I can do. It's about what you deserve. You deserve to be seen, not as someone else thinks you should look, but as you are.

Not squeezed into poses that feel foreign to your body. Not performing for a camera. Not trying to fit into someone else's vision of beautiful.

I don't photograph people. I witness them.

There’s a difference.

Before we ever step into a session, we talk. Really talk. About how you want to be seen. What makes you feel powerful. What makes you feel like yourself.

We design your experience together—your wardrobe, your styling, the entire vision—because this is your legacy, not mine.

When we're together, I'm not running you through a catalog of poses. I'm watching you. Listening to you. Guiding you back to yourself when the camera makes you forget who you are. I'm creating space for you to unfold, to breathe, to take up room, to be unapologetic. That's where the magic lives. Not in perfection. In truth.

This is your one chance to be documented exactly as you are, right now, in this moment of your life. Not who you were. Not who you'll become. Who you are.

Recognition & Expertise

Recognized Excellence in Professional Portraiture

  • 11 Years of Professional Portrait Experience

  • Portrait Masters Accredited Associate Photographer

  • 85+ International and National Photography Awards

  • Member of the Chamber of Commerce of the Mid-Ohio Valley and Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce

  • Guest Instructor for Photography and Design at the Mid-Ohio Valley Technical Institute