Kristen & Evan's Engagement session

Kristen & Evan also met me in Cannon Beach for their engagement session. They are from Nebraska and were in Oregon for thanksgiving to visit family. Kristen and I have been talking for a few month over email and it was fun to finally meet her and Evan in person! I enjoyed hanging out at the coast with you two, and finding fun places to take pictures! Have a great stay in Oregon, and a safe trip home!





I took an extra camera and Alison (my sister) took some photos too! The shot below is one of her shots!

Christy & Tyler's Engagement Session

I met up with Christy & Tyler at Cannon beach for their Engagement session. We had so much fun hanging out on the beach and enjoying the beautiful weather! They are so in love, and I really enjoyed being able to capture that in their photos! I am so excited for their wedding day in February!

New Album

I ordered my first album from my lab and I received it today! I am so excited about it, and pretty impressed with the awesome quality and customer service of the lab I use. They never fail to amaze me! Here are some photos of the album in all it's glory.

Light Graffiti on the Dance Floor

This is a photo that I took at Nate an Jori's wedding, just before we left. I was taking a long exposure of the dance floor, then when I looked at the photo on the back of my camera I noticed a little stream of light moving around above the people on the dance floor. I looked up to try to figure out what it was, and I noticed one of the groomsmen dancing around with a little keychain LED light. I called him over and asked him to make some swirly designs in front of the camera for me. I had my fisheye lens on, and took a 30 second exposure. This is what I got.

NOTE: I love the walker on the side of the photo. I did not even notice that it was there at first, but I think it adds a lot of character the picture!

Jannette & Charlie at Camp Colton

Jannette was a bride of mine at good ole' Bridal Exclusives. When she came in to find her dress, we got along really well and I just knew that I had to be her photographer!! She soon contacted me and we made it official! Jannette and Charlie are such a joy to be around. Their families are also pretty AMAZING! Elisha and I felt so welcomed by everyone! Their wedding was at Camp Colton in Colton, Oregon. It was such a beautiful day full of fun memories, and some pretty awesome cultural traditions!

Thanks you so much for sharing your day with us Jannette and Charlie!
Congratulations to you both!

The awesome-ness of editing!

I just wanted to do a quick blog to show how AWESOME photo editing in Lightroom is! It never fails to amaze me, how you can take a an alright photo, and turn it into something that is AMAZING! Editing is a very important part of photography, and each photographer's style. the process takes time, but it is worth it! Through the editing process, it is possible to take a photo that looks like this......



and turn it into this....



Pretty awesome right??

Snowed in at Sunriver

Elisha and I Went to Sunriver this last weekend for a girl's trip. We woke up on Sunday morning to 5 inches of snow! So to avoid getting in a accident on our way over the pass, we hunkered down and stayed an extra night. We watched movies, and did puzzles all day long. This is a series of photos that I took of Elisha destroying one of our puzzles.



More photos to come of our adventures! We went cave exploring, or "spelunking" as Elisha likes to call it, we went sunset chasing, and mass amount of sitting in the hot tub!

Cameron's Senior Portraits

I can't believe that my little brother is a senior in high school! What happened to the little boy that ran around the neighborhood in his speedo and cowboy boots?? HaHa (sorry cameron!)

We spent the evening in the columbia river Gorge finding fun and interesting places to shoot. Here are just a few from his session!

Judee and Brad's Wedding

Judee and Brad were married on July 30th, 2009. That day was one of the rare Oregon days that was 105!! Despite the heat we had a ton of fun at their wedding. Judee did such an amazing job at paying attention to all the little details! They were married in Abigail's garden at the Abernethy Center in Oregon city, Oregon.

Judee and Brad! You are such an amazing couple! Beat wishes in your many years to come! Congrats!!



This was a very special and emotional moment that I was not in the room to capture. Judee was reading the letter that Brad wrote her before the ceremony. Thankfully my amazing second shooter Kristina Caught it while I was taking detail shots around the venue.







Here we have 4 shots at the same point during the ceremony, 4 different angles, 4 completely different photos!











The reception was so much fun! Lots of Dancing!







Even little mister Brody was cuttin' a rug! I love how the light hit him in this pic, and his facial expression is PRICELESS!









This is a rare sighting of yours truly on the wrong side of the lens!!