This Tunnel Beach elopement on the Oregon Coast is my first blog post in almost a year. When the pandemic first hit, I’ll admit I was a definitely thrown for a loop. Almost all of the couples I was scheduled to photograph 2020 were reevaluating their wedding plans. A couple even outright canceled. It seemed […]

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Coincidentally, Keaton and Stuart got married at Coopers Hall on Pi Day. The choice was on purpose, but I think the fact that they recognized the significance of the day and thought it was super cool says a lot about them. They even had pie for desert, and I remember them joking about serving it […]

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Hannah and Graham chose Cape Horn and Beacon Rock for their engagement session locations. Cape Horn was one of the first hikes they went on together. Graham took Hannah there on their third date. Nice move! The views at Cape Horn are gorgeous. Beacon Rock is close so it seemed like a cool second location. […]

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Last fall, I got to photograph the most incredibly fun destination wedding in Oahu, Hawaii, for a wonderful couple. Zarina and Chris originally planned on hosting a big, traditional wedding at The Abernethy Center in Oregon City. However, shortly after photographing their engagement session at Smith Rock (which was amazing and can be seen here) […]

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Last fall, I photographed Cierra and Mark’s elopement at Cathedral Park and Forest Park. They really wanted to be surrounded by nature in their portraits but because their elopement date was well into November, we were a little concerned about the weather. So we opted to do their ceremony at Cathedral Park where the St […]

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The Painted Hills is one of my favorite engagement session locations. The hills for which the landscape is named are gorgeous and otherworldly with their colorful striations. A part of me wishes that The Painted Hills was closer to Portland, so I could shoot engagement sessions there more often. But the benefit to it being […]

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Emily and CJ’s wedding at Clackamas River Farm was an absolute blast. It’s easy to forget that weather took an early unforecasted turn for the worse before guests arrived with passing rain making an appearance. Dinner was planned to be on the lawn, which given the circumstance could cause any couple stress. But with apparent […]

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I was so excited to hear from Holly and Shaun when they contact me to photograph their Oregon Coast elopement at Cape Kiwanda. I’ve been shooting weddings and elopements for almost ten years now and for some reason I’ve never had a couple contact me for this location. I’ve photographed couples up and down the […]

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I scheduled Kennedy and David’s engagement session at Government Cove several months ago and we kept having to postpone because of the weather. In the grand scheme of things, I’m really glad that we decided to wait because we were gifted with a stunning evening and a secret patch of purple flowers that I found […]

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Tatum and Jared’s wedding was held at the beautiful Cooper Spur Mountain Resort up on Mount Hood. I captured their engagement at Hoyt Arboretum and we had a fun time climbing on the giant Sequoia logs down by the Redwood Deck. So based on their fun, adventurous spirits I was looking forward to their wedding […]

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Emily and Ryan hosted their wedding at the new SE Portland EcoTrust building, The Redd On Salmon Street, and got ready at the nearby Jupiter Hotel. Emily was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest but now lives in Reno, Nevada where she and Ryan live. They are outdoorsy people, having gotten engaged in Denali, […]

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Jennifer and Vadim were planning their elopement in Washington’s Northern Cascades and they were having a hard time finding a photographer who was up for the challenge. Luckily, I’m always up for a grueling hike and an adventure. So I was game, and, boy, did it deliver! They originally wanted to hike up to the […]

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