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.
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 | 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.
Nick & Lindsey | A Fall Wedding at Lucy's Garden in Ridgefield, Washington
Nick and Lindsey started at Windy Hills Winery in Ridgefield, Washington — that's where he proposed, and where their story as an engaged couple began. Their wedding day came full circle at Lucy's Garden, just down the road: five acres of family-owned grounds, a big red barn, a flower field at golden hour, and every person they love gathered in one place waving their arms in the air.
Hand-Dyed Silk, Spoken Word, and the Most Spectacular Backyard on the Washington Coast
When Jill and Si told me they were having a backyard wedding, I nodded and packed my bags. What I was not told — what I could not have anticipated — was that the backyard in question sits on the coast of Washington and belongs to a family that approaches everything, including a wedding, with the kind of creativity and intention that makes you feel like you've stumbled into something rare. Jill hand-dyed her own silk skirt. There was a live band, spoken word poetry, and interpretive dance. The cocktail menu featured hand-painted portraits of their cats. The flower girl wore a sunflower crown in blue and yellow.
Yes. Yes. F** Yes.: Austin & Chelsea's Abernethy Center Wedding*
Austin proposed to Chelsea. And when he did, she left no room for ambiguity about how she felt about it — because on their wedding day at Abernethy Center's Abigail's Garden in Oregon City, she gave him a custom-engraved Timex with the back inscribed with the exact words she said when he got down on one knee. It read: Yes. Yes. F** Yes.* Date: 09.26.2020. That is the energy this entire wedding had, from the private vows in the garden to the moment I2I by Powerline came on and every single person on the dance floor absolutely detonated.
From Silver Falls to Sunset: Cassie & Sean's Perfect Oregon Wedding Day
There are wedding days that follow a schedule, and then there are wedding days that feel like a whole story. Cassie and Sean's started at Silver Falls State Park — misty waterfalls, mossy forest trails, a first look that made time stop — and ended with their people dancing in the dark on private property in the Oregon hills. Every single chapter was perfect.
Two Worlds, One Love: Joyce & Peter's Nigerian-American Wedding at the Abernethy Center
The Abernethy Center's Veiled Garden in Oregon City was the perfect backdrop for Joyce and Peter's multicultural wedding — white doves released into a canopy of Pacific Northwest forest, a Nigerian outfit change mid-reception, and the Norman Sylvester Band keeping the dance floor going all night long.
From Soccer Sidelines to Wedding Day: Photographing Niki & Shaun at Rusty Barn Estates
I've known Niki since I was running around a soccer field as a kid. I babysat her son JP when he was in diapers. And now I stood in a barn in Battleground, Washington, watching that same kid — a full-on teenager — officiate his mom's wedding. Some days this job absolutely wrecks me in the best possible way.
Barefoot in the Park Blocks | Rachel & Ryan | Arlington Club Portland Wedding
Rachel walked down the aisle to rainforest sounds. Her daughters stood beside her as bridesmaids. And after the ceremony at the Arlington Club, Ryan carried her heels while she danced barefoot through Portland's Park Blocks — the same stretch of trees where they used to walk at the beginning of everything.
Redwood Courtyard Vows & Far Niente Sunset | Kevin & Amy | Napa Valley Wedding Photographer
I've known Amy since she was in middle school. Watching her walk through that redwood courtyard at St. John's Lutheran in Napa — the church where she went to school, with her dog in the front row and Kevin waiting at the end of the aisle — was one of those moments I felt all the way through. And then we got a day-after session at Far Niente Winery, and it just kept getting better.
From Kubota Garden to the Metropolist | Chris & Kayla | Seattle Wedding Photographer
Instead of a unity candle or sand ceremony, Chris and Kayla melted chocolate and dipped rice krispy treats — one for every guest in the room. I have photographed a lot of weddings and I have never seen anything like it. That moment alone would have made this day unforgettable. The Kubota Garden portraits and the Metropolist ceremony were just everything else.
Bubble Exit & Navy Blues | Chelsi & Codey's Still Water Hollow Wedding
Chelsi and Codey chose the breathtaking grounds of Still Water Hollow in Boise, Idaho for their wedding day — and every detail told a love story worth remembering. Codey stood tall in his Navy dress blues beside a 125-year-old white chapel, while Chelsi's red-laced corset gown and stunning plus size silhouette stopped everyone in their tracks. From their quiet first look among the weathered wood walls to a joyful bubble exit surrounded by every person they love, this was a wedding full of feeling. As their Idaho wedding photographer, I was honored to capture every single second of it.
Willamette Valley Vineyard Wedding at La Belle Promenade | Oregon
Tyson and Heather were married at La Belle Promenade Vineyard — Flâneur Wines' estate in Oregon's Chehalem Mountains, one of just six weddings hosted there each year. A sun-soaked outdoor ceremony beneath an ancient oak tree, family gathered in prayer around them, dinner by Red Hills Market, a first dance at golden hour with the Willamette Valley stretching out behind them. Oregon wine country at its absolute finest.
Lavender, Lace & Gray Gables Estate | Wedding in Portland, Oregon
Corwin and Kabbiba's wedding at Gray Gables Estate in Portland was a full, joyful celebration from start to finish — a lavender and white palette, a breathtaking bride in lace and a floral crown headpiece, an outdoor ceremony under white draped columns, and a reception that ended with a dance floor that absolutely would not quit. This is what it looks like when a room is full of people who are genuinely, completely happy to be there.
Timberline Lodge | A Mount Hood Wedding That Almost Didn't Happen
Their original photographer got COVID. I got a call. Matt and Lindsey were married at Timberline Lodge on the slopes of Mount Hood in 2020 — a small, intimate ceremony on a brisk and windy alpine day, with paper flower bouquets from Etsy, a handful of the people they loved most, and one of the most iconic backdrops in the Pacific Northwest. It was not the wedding they had planned. It was better.
The McLean House Portland | A Rainy, Joyful Wedding Day
Rachel and Dustin got married at The McLean House in Portland and it went a little something like this: private vows in the morning, a first look that made their photographer cry (that's me — I cried), surprise rain that turned into a tented garden ceremony with neon signage and blooming rhododendrons, Sizzle Pie pizza for the entire reception, a cake that did not survive the day, heartfelt toasts from people who really love these two, and dancing until it was over. The McLean House gardens were dripping and green and gorgeous, the bride was radiant, and the groom looked at her like she was the only person in the room. A perfect, imperfect Portland wedding day — and one of my favorites I've ever had the privilege of shooting.