LA-based photographer and owner of AJKPHOTOGRAPHY, Ashlee Krutzfeldt, has made quite the name for herself in the last decade, and she isn’t done yet. With ten years of experience on her resume, she has a long list of accomplishments that new photographers only dream of achieving.
Ashlee’s work consists of fitness, boudoir, and sexy glamour photoshoots, which leave her schedule booked continuously. At one point, Ashlee was booked six months in advance, with even more girls asking to work with her the following year.
She takes pride in how she interacts with the models, making sure to create a comfortable and inviting environment. It’s one of the things she puts extra attention into, and it’s clearly worked in her favour, as she’s now one of the few published female fitness photographers.
This success didn’t come easily by any means. The photography industry is not only cutthroat, but also male-dominated, so Ashlee had to work extra hard to get noticed. That really started happening once she got into boudoir shoots because, as a woman, she knows how to make another woman feel comfortable and empowered.
Ask anyone about Ashlee, and they’ll mention her kind nature and how she can bring the beauty out in anybody. Those traits make for some incredible photoshoots, from how the models are posed to the locations and backgrounds.
Her photography has gained the attention of many big magazine companies around the world, including Australia, Canada, multiple countries in Europe, and America. Ashlee’s work has been featured on the covers of Oxygen, Fitness Mag, Natural Bikini, and Fitness Gurls. For the last five years, she’s also been a contributing photographer for Canada’s #1 fitness magazine, Inside Fitness.
One would think balancing all of that work would be stressful, but Ashlee credits her supportive team with helping her out and keeping things organized. When she first started, she wanted to be in control of everything, but that soon proved to be too stressful when she became burnt out and very ill. As she likes to say, “You can’t build an empire on your own.”
Ashlee faced quite a few struggles when she started AJKPHOTOGRAPHY. It was the first business venture she ever went on, and over time she learned organization, branding, and marketing. But more importantly, she learned how to stand out and make her business unique.
Now, she’s in the process of starting another business that we’re sure will take off, too. Together with two of her friends, Adam Quinn and Nick McCandless, Ashlee will be launching an agency with them. The company will be based in LA but will take on clients from all around the globe.
Ashlee is a force to be reckoned with in the photography industry, so If you want to keep up with all she’s doing, you can find her on Instagram at @ajkphotography1. Or, you can even catch her on Model Diaries, available on Amazon Prime or The Fashion Network.