April + Clare | Big Love at the Jupiter Hotel

April + Clare were 1000000000% surrounded by love and support on their wedding day. It was a scorching hot day in Portland and everyone was seeking refuge in the shade with a cool drink… or in their rooms with the AC blasting! April and her bride’s-folks played a (new to me) card game on the…

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Stephanie + Renee | Intimate Elopement at Five Pine Lodge

Newly wed brides kissing in the sunlight through trees at Five Pine Lodge

Sometimes folks think that because they’re having an intimate service that they don’t need a photographer… well obviously I disagree. Stephanie + Renee had a small service on the lawn at Five Pine Lodge on an off/on rainy fall day. It was mostly family in attendance with a few friends, but that didn’t stop them…

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Mo + Stacey | Mountain Biking Wedding at Horse Creek Lodge

I’ve been waiting all year for this wedding!!! Mo & Stacey are two of the most genuine people I’ve had the good fortune to meet since moving to Bend. We hit it off immediately over pints of cider and gushing about wedding plans, snowy adventures, and their dog Georgia. We started our photo-relationship with their…

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Paul + Gary | Black Tie Gala at Silvan Ridge Winery

Hello everyone! Happy Wedding Wednesday!!! Today I’m sharing another wedding that I second shot for Stevi Sayler last summer. Let me just say that it is always such fun to work with Stevi, whether she’s the primary photographer or I am, we are a POWERHOUSE together and I don’t understand why anyone anywhere wouldn’t choose…

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Chelsea + Tristen | Salem, Oregon Wedding Photography

Some weddings have so much emotion, spirit, and flare that you know you’ll be talking about it for years. That was Tristen + Chelsea’s wedding. I’ve known Tristen since high school and was thrilled when he and Chelsea announced their engagement two years ago. P.S. I knew it was coming for like a year. I…

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Brian + Chris | Wedding Weekend at Camp Westwind

First let me say how blessed and honored I am to be part of Brian and Chris’s community. Sooooo blessed! Throughout their wedding weekend the saying “It takes a village to raise a child.” kept occurring to me. But in this case it not only takes a village to raise a child, but it also…

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