ABOUT
WITH KT MERRY
We’ve got a lot in common, you and I.
We are adventurers, explorers, and seekers—searching for something more: something bigger, grander, and more beautiful than we’ve ever known before. My life and my work have been driven by this search for meaning.
I began my career assisting some of the top fashion photographers in the world—they taught me all about lighting, composition, style, and working on the road. But when it came time to embark on my own shooting career, I yearned to create images with a deeper meaning—images without a shelf-life. Something more than a trendy glossy for a passing season. I wanted to capture the stories, moments, and feelings that endure.
"i yearned to create images with a deeper meaning—images without a shelf-life...
I wanted to capture the stories, moments, and feelings that endure."
For the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of documenting adventurous, exceptional couples, as they celebrate their marriage and take their relationships to deeper levels of commitment, exploration, and enduring love.
Working seamlessly with my husband and business partner, Chad, we seek to balance the curated with the raw, and composed with the real. We’re there to tell the authentic story of a couple’s wedding day and the journey they took to get there.
Yes, I’m devoted to my art, but I value our client’s experience and the impact of our work above all. In a quest for photography with meaning, images that capture fleeting moments, and oft-forgotten details, we apply the same principles and practices we’ve developed for our signature wedding photography to our work with major fashion houses, editorial partners, and our true passion project: Render Loyalty.
We've got a lot in common, you and I. We are adventurers, explorers, and seekers—searching for something more: something bigger, grander, and more beautiful than we’ve ever known before. My life and my work have been driven by this search for meaning.
I
began my career assisting some of the top fashion photographers in the world—they taught me all about lighting, composition, style, and working on the road. But when it came time to embark on my own shooting career, I yearned to create images with a deeper meaning—images without a shelf-life. Something more than a trendy glossy for a passing season. I wanted to capture the stories, moments, and feelings that endure.
"i yearned to create images with a deeper meaning—images without a shelf-life...
I wanted to capture the stories, moments, and feelings that endure."
For the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of documenting adventurous, exceptional couples, as they celebrate their marriage and take their relationships to deeper levels of commitment, exploration, and enduring love.
Working seamlessly with my husband and business partner, Chad, we seek to balance the curated with the raw, and composed with the real. We’re there to tell the authentic story of a couple’s wedding day and the journey they took to get there.
Yes, I’m devoted to my art, but I value our client’s experience and the impact of our work above all. In a quest for photography with meaning, images that capture fleeting moments, and oft-forgotten details, we apply the same principles and practices we’ve developed for our signature wedding photography to our work with major fashion houses, editorial partners, and our true passion project: Render Loyalty.
RAW &
REAL
ABOUT
Our goal is to use our skills and passions to leave the world a bit more beautiful than we found it—whether that’s telling the story of a once-in-a-lifetime wedding day, or sharing images that shed light on issues of global importance—
it’s the work we’re honored to do.
Founder Photographer Equestrian
Animal Lover
KT Merry
A tenacious visionary with big ideas, KT is a passionate artist and conservationist who truly loves her work. She’s always creating, forever a student, and brimming with wanderlust.
Drawing on her decade of experience in fashion and editorial photography, KT’s known for natural, ethereal, painterly portraits and captured fleeting moments that seem to freeze both time and emotion. She runs in every city she visits, and has never met a dog she didn’t like.
Chad Keffer
Partner
Photographer
THRILL-SEEKER
GENTLEMAN
Optimist, budding chef, and adventure motorcyclist. Hailing from Ohio, a gentleman that can talk or share a martini with anyone.
With a background in architecture, Chad contributes essential vision to the team, serving more as an additional first shooter who effortlessly balances KT’s strengths with his own. His real gift is charisma and natural ability to put people at ease. A seamless duo, KT and Chad take pride in their fluid professionalism and deep devotion to creating a genuine and fulfilling experience for their clients.
GIVING BACK
The combination of your why and how is as exclusively yours as your fingerprint.
- Simon Sinek
Save vanishing wildlife with the art on your walls.
We started Render Loyalty to offer fine art photographic artwork that supports threatened species and the conservation organizations that protect them—connecting our deepest passions and skills for good.
SHOP RENDER LOYALTY
Our personal archive of wanderlust & wonder
Traveling and taking photos all over the world for the last decade, KT shares her personal photography archive—and offers limited series to support organizations dear to her heart.
SHOP FINE ART PRINTS
One-of-a-kind images captured with
soul.
We’d love to hear more about your upcoming adventure. Let's create something beautiful together.
CONTACT US
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