Believe it or not, today’s session on the blog is the first engagement that I’ve photographed in the Columbia River Gorge since the Eagle Crest fires consumed and closed down so many of my favorite trails and shooting locations. Luckily, the ever dependable Latourell Falls is still open, and Melissa and Adam really wanted to […]

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Meghan and Zach’s wedding at Wind Mountain Ranch was on an unforgettable day. On my way to the wedding, as I drove along the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge a grey haze was accumulating on the Oregon side and slowly drifting across the river. When I arrived at Wind Mountain Ranch to begin […]

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A friend of mine who also happens to be a wedding photographer told me about Horsethief Butte last year, and I’ve had been meaning to shoot an engagement session out there ever since. It’s a bit of a drive, located out by the Dalles on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, so finding […]

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Hanna and Del’s wedding at the top of Angel’s Rest in the Columbia River Gorge was epic. We started the day off with an early morning hike up Angel’s Rest with a few of their friends, and once we got to the top, Hanna and Del changed into their wedding attire for portraits. It was […]

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Located on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge across from Hood River, Gorge Crest Vineyards is such a gorgeous wedding venue, and Rosie and Joe picked the perfect venue for them. Joe told me that he had one big requirement for their wedding: It had to have an epic view of Mt Hood. [...] View Gallery

At our first meeting, Hanna already knew exactly where she wanted her engagement photos taken, Oneonta Gorge. She and her fiance Del love exploring the Pacific Northwest and she wanted to have that come across during their session. Oneonta Gorge was the perfect location with it having so many cool aspects to it including an […]

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I was especially excited to receive Jennie and Albert’s maternity session inquiry a couple months back because I shot both their engagement photos and their wedding last year. And they told me that they’re hoping to do a portrait session each year. I couldn’t be more honored and complimented to have a couple come back […]

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[dropcap] Believe [/dropcap] it or not, up until last year I had not attended a single photography conference or workshop despite having shot weddings full-time these past six seasons, that is until I found out that Mystic Seminars 2015 was being held in Portland. It was there that I had the opportunity to learn from […]

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