We met through OkCupid! Since reading Max’s first message he sent to me [in] 2019, it’s been just easy ever since. I remember the first time I saw him in person, walking towards me at Mt Tabor Park, I had this overwhelming sense of calm and peace wash over me, and sense of safety like…

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Sometimes a couple wasn’t planning to do an engagement session because their wedding is so close, but then a global pandemic starts to put any future plans into question and so you do the engagement session just in case your wedding doesn’t happen this year… or you know something like that. Phoebe + Tom met…

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he wants to know if you'll say yes tag on dog collar for proposal with blue sapphire engagement ring

Sometimes everything goes perfectly to plan… Other times it still goes perfectly to plan, except that the weather is trying to do all four seasons in an hour. Such is life in Oregon. I first met Briana through Summer Robbins Flowers during my first year in Bend. I could immediately see that her heart was…

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When a couple lives for adventure and have full-time jobs running their own business you find a way to combine a weekend camping trip with an engagement session. …and that’s exactly what we did! Staci + Blair run Best in the West Events – an endurance sports event management company (triathlons, etc) so their calendar…

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Sometimes sessions don’t go as planned… and you know you have a really great couple to work with when they’re down for whatever adventure the day brings! Kelly and Aaron are big time snowboarders. They’re all too aware of how snow conditions can change quickly, especially early in the season. The 3 of us were…

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When you meet a couple as adventurous as Stacey + Mo you obviously have to go on a snowy adventure engagement session with their pup Georgia. We headed out to Edison Snow Park near Mt. Bachelor after more than two months of serious snow fall. Even though most folks in the Central Oregon were over…

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What a fun way to explore a little of Mt Bachelor’s summer side! I first met Jess in Corvallis after she relocated to the area and joined a ladies business group that I was in. She joined with her own small business, JessBFit, which as you might guess from the name is focused on fitness…

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A photographer always starts getting extra excited for the wedding when they have a super adventure time engagement session… It was so much fun working with Ally, Patrick, and their fur-baby Benji, around Tumalo Creek and Shevlin Park on a perfect sunny day in late June. We originally planned to go to Tumalo Falls, but…

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I’ve been wanting to start an AMA – Ask Me Anything – series on this blog. So… let’s start with a very common question that I hear from pretty much everyone. What’s the deal with engagement sessions? First a story: Once, while getting a manicure, I over-heard a very disgruntled woman talking to her friends…

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