Oregon Adventure Elopement: Sara & Emmanual's Mountainside Ceremony

June 2020 feels like a lifetime ago, right?

When I first met Sara & Emmanuel, we had dinner and drinks at a pub together, looking forward to a huge, weekend-long gathering of loved ones from across the globe. I was SO excited.

Sara & Emmanuel’s wedding ended up being incredibly intimate, with most immediate family members & guests unable to attend physically.

After more than a decade of wedding photography, Sara and Emmanuel’s wedding felt very much like a “first day” or a day of firsts, for me. It was beautiful and and heart wrenching and heart wrenchingly beautiful. Sara & Emmanuel are a TEAM, and the intimacy and slower pace of their day really gave me the opportunity to notice and appreciate the quiet care and thoughtfulness that they showed each other.

There were many events and invites that were foregone for the sake of the greater good. There were also these magical moments that happened, that just aren’t the types of moments that happen on large, organized event days. I have so much empathy for the nuanced decision making processes each couple went through this past year. The pandemic wedding season has been a crash course in nuance and difficult decisions. I imagine I’ll reflect on it for years to come.

Sara & Emmanuel - congratulations on your marriage, and thank you for including me on your wedding day. I sincerely hope there is a large family party possible in your not-too-distant future, and that I get the opportunity to stop by and check “our gigantic group photo” off of our goals list.



Hayley: 2021 Graduate

I’ve had the pleasure of photographing Hayley (and her family) for almost a decade.
People often ask me what my favorite part of my job is. The question is almost always intended to inquire about what genre is the most fun for me. The answer to the question…the BEST part of this job…is the opportunity to document people as they grow and change and move through different chapters of their lives. It is SO cool. Indescribably amazing.
While sitting here, writing this post, I went back through all of the sessions I’ve had with Hayley since I first met her in 2011. (There is a little collage of favorites at the end.) Ten years of adolescence is a whirlwind of changes, some more obvious than others. One thing that shines through in every session, is that Hayley, at any age, is an energetic force.
Every client I photograph, every family I document - each is unique. And, it’s just so cool to experience in such an intimate setting. Watching Hayley’s youthful energy grow into confident, quick-witted self-assuredness…getting to have this unique window to participate in that…THAT is the best part of my job.