HI. I'M KRIS.

PHOTOGRAPHER. ATHLETE. PROFESSIONAL OBSERVER OF HUMAN CHAOS.

I photograph people doing things that matter to them.

Sometimes that means competing for a championship.

Sometimes it means getting married.

Sometimes it's a portrait that finally feels like the person standing in front of my camera.

And sometimes it's something completely unexpected.

Those are usually my favorites.


HOW MATS & BATS BEGAN

The name started with my family.

One son played baseball. The other found his way onto the Jiu Jitsu mats.

Mats. Bats. Two sports, one camera, and a growing fascination with everything happening beyond the obvious action.

What began with photographing my children's activities developed into something much bigger.

Today, I photograph Jiu Jitsu tournaments, wrestling events, athletes, families, couples, portraits, and weddings.

The subjects have expanded.

The reason I photograph them hasn't changed.

I'm drawn to people, emotion, movement, and the moments that reveal something real.


I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT PRESSURE.

I'm also a competitive Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete.

I've experienced the nerves before a match, the exhaustion afterward, and the strange combination of excitement and terror that comes with voluntarily stepping onto a competition mat.

That experience has changed how I see people through a camera.

I'm interested in what happens before the big moment.

And what happens after.

The expressions people don't realize they're making.

The people supporting them.

The reactions that tell the story better than the result ever could.


THERE'S MORE TO ME THAN A CAMERA.

Outside photography, I work full-time as a prosthetist-orthotist and clinical leader.

It's a career built around understanding people, solving problems, paying attention to details, and adapting when things don't go according to plan.

Those skills come in surprisingly handy behind a camera.

I'm also a wife, mom of two boys, athlete, and someone who rarely seems to run out of things to do.

I appreciate good humor, interesting personalities, and people who are comfortable being a little unconventional.

I take my work seriously.

Myself? Considerably less so.


WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

I don't believe everyone needs to look perfect in photographs.

I don't believe every moment needs to be staged.

And I certainly don't believe personality should disappear the second a camera comes out.

I want photographs with depth, emotion, energy, and enough honesty that you recognize yourself in them.

I'll guide you when needed.

I'll step back when the moment deserves it.

And I'll probably notice something happening in the background that turns out to be your favorite photograph.


Come As You Are. No Performance Required.

Smiling photographer in an orange safety vest holds a professional video camera on a blue and yellow mat at a jiu-jitsu tournament.
A woman and two boys sit smiling together on a brick garden bench between stone pillars, surrounded by green shrubs and a leafy arbor.
Black and white selfie of a woman with a nose stud and short hair, holding a dark bottle near her face with a subtle smile.
Three smiling jiu-jitsu athletes wearing gold medals pose together on a podium at the Pan No-Gi IBJJF Championship.
Photographer with curly hair and sunglasses on her head holds a lanyard in her mouth beside a camera with a purple galaxy-patterned lens.
Woman with dark hair makes a funny pursed-lips face with wide eyes in a selfie on an airplane while a passenger sits behind her.
Smiling woman in a black jacket takes a selfie beside a giant LEGO Emmet minifigure in an orange vest inside an airport terminal.
Smiling woman in a blue vest holds a professional video camera while standing inside a large indoor arena with spectators in the background.
Smiling woman in sunglasses holds an orange and black mug while taking a selfie on a rocky hillside overlooking green coastal marshland.
Woman with dark curly hair in a black shirt stands on a waterfront lawn at dusk, with white chairs and boats on the bay behind her.
Smiling woman in an orange safety vest and headset takes a selfie at an indoor martial arts tournament with blue and yellow mats.
A smiling bearded man and a curly-haired woman toast with a cocktail and a glass of rosé inside a cozy restaurant bar.