sondra + casey // engaged {portland engagement photography}

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"...till morning comes let's tesselate..."

Sondra and Casey have one of the best "how-we-met" stories i've ever heard - they were originally connected through match.com and exchanged messages and phone numbers. before they had texted or called, they both separately went to the Alt-J concert at the Crystal Ballroom. Walking through the crowd, Sondra heard her name called - when she turned around there was Casey! they say, "We both felt like we won the lottery. And still do."

they are warm, authentic, and passionate people and i'm so so excited to be shooting their wedding this fall - at the Crystal Ballroom where they first met. 

carlie + dan // engaged {portland engagement photography}

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a little snow left on the ground, a walk through the trees, two cool kids in the winter light... thank you Carlie and Dan for a beautiful afternoon! can't wait for your wedding this summer :)

reichmuth family // at home {portland family photography}

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this little family is special to me - i had the honor of photographing Lucy's birth last February! i have yet to share those beautiful photos (though you can see a little sneak peek of one of them below - look out for the sweet rainbow-stamped foot!) but hope to get around to putting together my birth photography portfolio soon. i was thrilled to be asked to shoot a lifestyle session for their lovely family 9 months after Lucy's birth, it is always a joy to see the Reichmuths! especially on such a glorious sunshiney fall day.

PS - Brittany is an amazing photographer herself - check her out here!  

gilbert family // cooper mountain nature park {portland family photography}

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a sweet little family session on a very cold day this past fall! 

chow family {portland family photography}

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a few weeks before their vow renewal, i met Kittie, Brian, and Hazel at Council Crest, the spot where Brian proposed. we had had to reschedule the original session due to rain so it wasn't the whole family (Hazel's big brother Noah was out of town), but we got some sweet photos of the three of them that i wanted to share. Kittie and i originally met through a babywearing group and i was thrilled that we got some action shots with Hazel in one of her beautiful woven wraps. 

my blog post of their vow renewal is coming up tomorrow! <3