Hi, come in. This is where I share the full stories behind the sessions, and if you read enough of them, you'll start to notice something: a lot of the same names keep showing up. Engagements turn into weddings turn into maternity sessions turn into family photos with three kids and a dog. After fifteen years of this work, my favorite thing is that I rarely get to say goodbye to anyone. I just get to see them again in a new chapter. These are those chapters.
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Witchy Romance: A Stunning Gothic Wedding at the Madonna Inn
A gothic wedding at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California is exactly as stunning as it sounds. Bride Sam, known on Instagram as @gothhairbae, wore a black gown against the Inn's iconic pink and gold maximalist backdrop for a wedding full of drama, contrast, and genuine emotion.
A Destination Wedding in Vietnam Coming Home | Ho Chi Minh City
Linh didn't just choose a destination for her wedding — she brought the people she loves most into the world that made her. A traditional Vietnamese morning ceremony in a stunning red dress, a sophisticated evening wedding on the Ho Chi Minh City riverfront, and two cultures woven together with intention and love. This one was something else entirely.
Dreamy Boise Couples Boudoir Session at 26th Street Studio
Some shoots happen outside with big skies and golden hour light. And then there are the ones where you pull the curtains back in a beautiful Boise Airbnb studio, let the natural light pour in over white linen and a canopy bed, and just let two people be exactly who they are together. Stella and Nathaniel's session at 26th Street Studio was the second kind — and honestly, some of my favorite work I've ever made.
Wind, Waves, and a Very Good Dog: Kari & Rob at Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach
A clear day at Cannon Beach is a gift. A clear day at Cannon Beach with a couple who's genuinely happy together and a small fluffy dog who has strong opinions about being held? That's just a perfect afternoon.
The McNeil Family | Three Boys & Laurelhurst Park
I've been photographing the McNeils since their oldest was born — and every session since has been a little louder, a little more chaotic, and a whole lot more fun. Three boys will do that. We spent a fall afternoon at Laurelhurst Park and I don't think anyone stood still for more than thirty seconds. Exactly right.
Golden Hour at Mount Tabor | Portland Family Photography
Some clients become more than clients. I first photographed Caitlin and Matt at their engagement session back in 2010 — and over the last fifteen years I've had the privilege of watching their family grow, session by session. Maternity. Newborns. Milestones. And now, three kids tearing down the trails at Mount Tabor in the most perfect November light I've seen all year. This one is for the archives.
Andreas & Louise | An Urban Engagement Session Through the Heart of Downtown Portland
Andreas and Louise wanted classic, urban, Portland — the city they've both come to love and call home. So we walked it. The waterfront with the Hawthorne Bridge stretching behind them. The public docks. Keller Fountain Park. The murals in the Park Blocks. The steps outside the Portland Art Museum. And somewhere along the way it became clear that these two have absolutely been taking dance classes — the spins, the dips, the easy way they moved together — because they were good. July cannot come fast enough.
Baby Myla is Coming | Andrea & Deion's Maternity Session at Cooper Mountain, Oregon
Andrea and Deion came to Cooper Mountain Nature Park for their maternity session for baby Myla, and I will be thinking about this one for a long time. The blush tulle robe — layers and layers of ruffles catching the wind on a hilltop above the Tualatin Valley — might be the most stunning maternity look I have ever photographed. I'm not exaggerating. The dress alone could stop traffic. Combined with that sky, that golden autumn grass, that dog sitting impossibly perfectly in every single frame? I didn't want the session to end. This is what maternity photography is supposed to feel like.
JP | Senior Photos at Lacamas Lake and the Liberty Theater, Camas, Washington
I met JP when he was a baby. I was a kid myself — barely old enough to babysit — holding him on the soccer sidelines while his dad coached my team. I watched him grow up in the way that you do when families stay in your orbit: in pieces, across years, at holidays and milestones and moments in between. I photographed his mom Niki's wedding day, where a teenage JP stood up and officiated the whole thing — which was one of the most unexpectedly moving things I've ever watched at a wedding. I've photographed their family in the years since. And now here we are: senior portraits. The baby on the sidelines is graduating. I don't know how time does what it does, but I'm really glad I've gotten to be around for so much of it.
Evan, Chantal & Eli | Golden Hour on the Oregon Coast with a Very Busy Toddler
The last time I photographed this family, Eli was still a character waiting to be rolled. Chantal was luminous in an emerald dress in the old-growth forest at Oxbow, and there was so much anticipation for whoever was on the way. Now he's here. He's a full person. He has opinions about waves. And watching these three together at golden hour on the Oregon Coast was one of those sessions I'll carry with me for a long time.
For Your Favorite Person | A Grandmother & Granddaughter Session at Tryon Creek
Alexis came to me with a request I had never gotten before: a portrait session with her grandmother. Not a full family session, not a milestone event — just the two of them, in the woods, photographed together because her grandmother is her favorite person and she wanted pictures that showed it. I said yes immediately, and now I am completely obsessed. I want every single person reading this to book this session. The hands reaching toward each other through the green. The way she rested her head on her grandmother's shoulder and they both just laughed. I haven't stopped thinking about this one since.
Troy & Elise | Maternity Among the Roses in Portland
The International Rose Test Garden in Portland is one of those locations that does all the work for you — rows of roses in every color, tall evergreens overhead, soft light filtering through. Troy and Elise brought their whole world to this session: his son, her sweet black dog dressed in a pink flower collar, and a belly full of baby girl. We strolled, we laughed, we lined up four tiny pink Converse in the grass between two pairs of grown-up shoes, and I photographed a family on the edge of something wonderful.
Joseph & Sami | Love, a Giant Bridal Party, and a Dramatic Sky at Wonser Woods
Some weddings are quiet and intimate. Some are big and electric and full of people who love each other loud. Joseph and Sami's wedding at Wonser Woods was absolutely the latter — and I was there for every moment of it.
Amelia & Devin | A Front Yard Wedding in Portland, Oregon
Portland kept changing the COVID restrictions week by week, and we weren't sure until the night before whether the wedding would happen at all. It did — in Amelia and Devin's front yard, officiated by her brother Austin, livestreamed to the people who couldn't be there, and cheered on by a car parade of friends who drove by honking and holding up signs. It was one of the most joyful, most human weddings I've ever photographed.
Oregon to Scotland & Back Again | Kelli & Niall's Wedding at Gray Gables Estate, Portland
Kelli and Niall met at a University of Oregon tailgate. Niall was on a West Coast road trip from Scotland with friends — they wanted to experience an American college football game, so they showed up in full Ducks gear, green tutus, and face paint. Kelli's dad was parked right next to them. He introduced himself, chatted Niall up, and then said: I need to introduce you to my daughter. The rest is a love story that crossed an ocean, survived COVID, and ended in a kilt at Gray Gables Estate in Portland.
Allie & Ryan | An Engagement Session at Hoyt Arboretum in Portland, Oregon
Allie and Ryan brought their dogs to their Hoyt Arboretum engagement session — a Jack Russell mix and a yellow Lab, both wearing matching plaid bowties, both completely certain the session was for them. They weren't wrong. The arboretum's redwood grove, forest trails, and fall ferns gave us some of my favorite frames from this location, and these two were absolutely natural in front of the camera.
Roll for Cuteness | Chantal & Evan's Maternity Session at Oxbow Regional Park, Oregon
Evan is my cousin and my Dungeon Master — whether we're mid-campaign in Dungeons & Dragons or deep into a Pathfinder session, he's the one running the table. For their maternity session, we took to the ancient forest at Oxbow Regional Park on the Sandy River, where 700-year-old trees make everything feel hushed and timeless. Chantal wore an emerald dress and wildflowers in her hair and looked completely at home in the wild. This one was deeply special to photograph.
Allie & Ryan | A Wedding at Gorge Retreat in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Gorge Retreat is a private eight-acre property overlooking the Columbia River, ten minutes from Hood River, and it is one of the most spectacular places I have ever photographed a wedding. Allie and Ryan got married on a dock at the edge of a spring-fed pond, with the Gorge rising behind them, surrounded by people who love them — including a bridesmaid party with a story I will never forget.
Becca, Tim & Family | Light & Airy Beach Portraits in Lincoln City, Oregon
Here's a fun fact: Becca and Tim were the very first wedding I ever photographed. We went to college together, and back in 2009 I was behind the camera for the day they got married — and I caught the bouquet. Fifteen-plus years later, I'm photographing their family of five on the Oregon Coast. Some things come full circle in the most beautiful ways.
Mecona, Alex & Journey | A Fall Family Session at Lake Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley, California
I first came into Mecona's world through her aunt's wedding — a stunning celebration at Grand Island Mansion in California that I'll never forget. When Mecona reached out for family photos at Lake Chabot with her husband Alex and their little one Journey, it felt like a natural continuation of something that started with family and stayed with family. The lake at golden hour delivered.