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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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.
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.
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.
Three Generations | Andrea, Deion & Myla's Family Session in Clackamas County, Oregon
I've been with Andrea and Deion through a lot of chapters — the engagement, the wedding, the maternity session. Now there's Myla, a baby with the best smile and a pink stuffed elephant nearly as big as she is, and the whole family gathered in the fall color of a Clackamas County park to be photographed together. Three generations, one perfect afternoon.
A Colorful, Joyful Wedding at The Troutdale House | Troutdale, Oregon
A custom floral embroidered suit, a locket tucked into the bouquet, disco ball cake toppers, a full tower of colorful donuts, and a dance floor that never quit. Megan and Chris's wedding at The Troutdale House in Troutdale, Oregon was colorful, inclusive, joyful, and completely, unapologetically themselves from the first frame to the last.