Growing up in San Diego was such an amazing experience and when we moved to Oregon I thought that part of my wedding career was over. Turns out I have been able to travel down to San Diego quite a few times for weddings and for engagement sessions for my couples. There are so many amazing places to shoot in San Diego and Downtown on Broadway was so stunning for these night before the wedding photos! We also popped over to The Santa Fe Train Station and the Embarcadero.
Thomas and Avery met in college and their long awaited wedding weekend arrived on a typical for San Diego, sunny January. The night before their wedding we met post rehearsal at the gorgeous Flora The Venue and went from there!
So many many more wedding photos to come but for now Ill leave you with these!
This session at the GORGEOUS new Slate Studios in Medford, Oregon is stunning and the options are endless here!
This lovely session with Anna and Seth was creative, fun and connective. These two know just how to show genuine love with one another and showcase that intimacy. I loved that they brought so many outfit options and it was really fun to mix and match!
A TIP from this session - bring pieces that go together so that you can squeeze in some different variations to end up with multiple looks for a flowed through look. Neutrals and simple styles are always the best in a lower key session.
Congratulations on your love you two!
Ahhh!! I am just SO in love with this session!! These two & their connection was everything I love about storytelling. Both musicians & a married couple ( I had the pleasure of photographing their wedding years ago.), it was so fun to see their two passions interact. Each other & Music! You will definitely want to check out their band - Crow La Moon.
I shot this session at the absolutely stunning Greenwood Villa! I could literally come up with a thousand ideas to shoot here! I love when the story of a couple merges so seamlessly into a perfect concept for a shoot. I love the way this produces real & genuine moments that are pointing to the overarching theme of someone’s life.
What an honor to be able to capture these sessions & what an honor to be a photographer. I love my job.
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As a photographer I often dream of sessions in my head that I would love to do. This gorgeous session was completely a fulfillment of that dream & was truly magical. When you put a historic kitchen, gorgeous light, a super in love couple, cookies & the cutest golden retriever all together you get cinematic magic.
Still looking for someone to capture your love story & be a part of your wedding day? Reach out!
Twelve years ago I started my journey as a photographer and a few years after dove into wedding photography. It’s been a love affair from the beginning and it’s been an absolute joy to capture and be a part of countless wedding days over the years.
Photography, for me is an expression of my joy, love and vision for my couples and clients. The longer I have done this job the more I’ve fallen in love with the beautiful emotion that is poured out to create what I truly see and feel at wedding days. It’s my truest desire to create heirloom pieces that can be passed down from family to family. Timeless fine art works that are not “on trend” but rather are a real expression of the day and the people I am seeing.
Years and years go into photography training and growth. Behind each professional wedding photographer is hours upon hours of work to get them to a place of artistic expression and genuinely authentic work. Training under other photographers, classes, styled shoots, reading books, studying other forms of art, are just a few things we can use to grow our craft. It’s an expression of love and truly never stops. I don’t ever “arrive” instead I am always growing, learning & bettering myself.
Inevitably, one of the biggest conversations in wedding photography is money and individual budget. It’s something all photographers have to be willing to talk about and my thoughts and opinions have come into focus over the years. For some reason there is often a misunderstanding about the cost of photography and what you are receiving when you hire a wedding photographer. What used to be a less common profession has now become commonplace with the emergence many years ago of the digital camera. The market for wedding photography is saturated and full of a whole range of prices and practices.
Over the years I’ve seen a unique thought process some people have about photography when discussing budgets. I’m often hearing a lack of understanding of just what it entails to be a truly professional wedding photographer. I could go on and on about the costs of running a business ( which are many), the thousands of dollars spent on professional equipment ( which we all have spent) or even, * gasp * , taxes. However this article is not looking to do that. Instead I want to focus on what you are truly receiving and investing in when you hire a professional wedding photographer with the experience to capture your day with excellence. I want to make a case for photography as heirloom pieces that can and should be passed down, printed out, hung on the walls of our homes and treasured for all time.
So what makes an heirloom. Heirloom is defined as “ a valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.” I genuinely believe that true story telling can create work that can be defined in this way. We can pass down these tangible testimonies of love to our children and grandchildren and allow them to be a witness to our lives. My truest satisfaction with my job as a wedding photographer is knowing my work can be shared.
The longer I have been doing this beautiful job, the more I truly see emotion and story. I have so much left to learn but I truly can say I love what I do and what I do, I do with excellence.
My heart here is to say, invest in your story.
It doesn’t have to be with me but with any creative you feel can best preserve your wedding day. Spread the cost of quality photography over your life and think about how little you are really spending to have these once in a lifetime images. Professional photographers are not just charging so much more than beginners or hobby photographers just because they can, they are doing it because they are trained, they put time and investment into becoming what they are. You would not walk into a high end furniture store that creates one of a kind pieces born out of years of hard work, trying and skill and expect to pay the cost of furniture from a chain store. Respect the craft and time put into this profession, understand the costs of running a business and realize that for every hour you are with your photographer countless hours are spent on their own working and growing.
Consider investing in your wedding photographs and truly seeing them for what they are.
Heirlooms.
This DAY! Such a perfect start to wedding season. From start to finish this wedding was so perfect. The most wonderful couple and the loveliest Southern Oregon wedding venue- Hummingbird Estate Winery in Jacksonville, Oregon.
Being the photographer for this wedding day was beyond special and there were so many amazing vendors! Congratulations J & K!
This shoot was such a dream! Gorgeous couple, lovely river and a warm spring sunset. A River House is such a special wedding venue in Grants Pass Oregon and boats gorgeous river views. The whole property is magical with the pinnacle being the canoe to take sunset wedding photos in.
From start to finish this session was such a blast. As soon as I came home I couldn’t wait to edit this sneak peek for this amazing couple. This car has been in the brides family for a long time & shooting this session at Chateau Herbe in Ashland Oregon was such a blast! I can’t wait for this summer wedding in Grants Pass, Oregon & to capture even more of these two!
This incredible shoot at the lovely wedding venue Vista 222 was such a dream! These two were just effortless in their connection & we spent our time going to some stunning spots around this gorgeous Southern Oregon wedding venue. The dress in this shoot was custom made by the incredible Stephanie Hardord Designs & is a work of art!
Looking for a Grants Pass, Oregon wedding photographer? I’d absolutely love to connect!
This Ashland Oregon Engagement Session was an absolute blast! From the urban shots to the mountaintop guitar session- these two did not disappoint. I love capturing the personalities & vision of my couples & photographing these two while they visited Southern Oregon was such a pleasure. Can’t wait for their wedding later this year & creating more memories for them.
Happy Engagement you two!
