Background
Kelton Woodburn studied photography at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, graduating in 2013 with a degree in Visual Journalism. The career that followed started fast and loud — photo assisting at Quiksilver and DC Shoes, covering the X Games for ESPN twice, attending the Eddie Adams Workshop in New York. Action sports, adventure, constant movement. Then mainstream sports: NFL and MLB stars, the Little League World Series twice via a full-time staff position at Linden Collective. Shooting primarily for Adidas across the country, he swiftly became Delta Diamond. He learned what it means to operate at the highest level of commercial photography, on deadline, with no margin for error.
The work eventually slowed, not in terms of effort, but in subject matter. The intensity and explosiveness of professional sports gave way to the stillness and contemplation of interior and architectural photography. It turns out those worlds have common overlap: Both demand the same preparation, the same precision, the same respect for the moment. The subject may have stopped moving, but the light never will.
Alongside that work, Kelton spent the better part of a decade apprenticing an established Portland architectural photographer, gleaning invaluable insights into the world of interior and architectural photography — the clients, the spaces, the standards, and the days on set.
A retouching contract at Nike in Beaverton sharpened his post-production instincts significantly. This evolved into years of retouching work for other brands like Yeti, Starbucks, Fender, Columbia Sportswear, Dr. Martens, Teva, Burgerville, Fellow, and Tillamook. This work still informs every image delivered today.
Paige grew up in Texas. She chose Portland and genuinely loves it here but the Texas never left. The warmth, the ease, the occasional y'all give her away every time. Before Portland, she spent several years in Los Angeles working at an ADR studio — a period that, unknowingly, overlapped with Kelton's own time in Southern California. They hadn't met yet. The Pacific Northwest brought them together eventually.
She brings something different to the work: a producing and project-coordinating intelligence, an eye for styling, and a knowledge for when something is ready and when it isn't. Nothing gets delivered without her say-so. She is the compass. It was Paige who first said it out loud — that the work Kelton had been assisting on for years was work he should be doing himself. Paige and Kelton, the business, is their brainchild.
Why this work
Kelton has loved design since he was small. His mother used to call him her "noticing guy", the boy who noticed every time a pillow got swapped on the couch or every time a lamp moved to a different room. That instinct never went away.
Paige shares it completely. One of their favorite things to do together is rearrange their living room, which they've done more times than either will admit. The furniture is mostly Facebook Marketplace finds Paige sourced herself. A SixPenny sofa. Rejuvenation light fixtures. Her grandmother's mid-century table and chairs, still in use, still the best thing in the room. In a bungalow style house with a strangely narrow living room, they are still hunting for the perfect layout. Paige designs their home the way some people cook without a recipe. Naturally. For the love of it, and without needing a reason. This is not performing an aesthetic. This is just the days being lived.
They believe post-production is half the job — maybe more. The shoot is where the raw materials are gathered. Post-production is where those materials are either honored or squandered. Every image delivered is shot and retouched in-house, start to finish.
After years of constant travel and flights twice a month, living out of hotels, chasing global campaigns across the country, the appeal of building something local became impossible to ignore. The dream is work that keeps them in the Pacific Northwest, close to home, close to family. In October 2025 their son Lyle arrived, and the decision made itself.
Lyle's nursery was the first space Paige and Kelton designed entirely for themselves. Photographing it felt inevitable.
