Teachers: Unappreciated. Underpaid. Influencers. World Changers. A gift from God. We all can tell stories with specific details of how a teacher or a coach impacted our lives. Jessica Hawney is one of the greatest teachers we’ve met. Jessica SEES greatness in kids. She SEES past their imperfections, past their road blocks, past their resistance to WHO they actually are […]
The Warford’s own Bellivadum Vineyards. They also have three darling kiddos and I got to photograph their family in their vineyard. The blocks of grapes are named after each child. They loved showing me their grapes and made sure I got a photo of them by their vines. We also took photos playing chase, football, and “cheers-ing” to to celebrate […]
I’ve known the Bizeau family for over 14 years and have photographed them several times in that time frame. We shot their session on their family’s property, which makes their photos so personal. And look at that beautiful light! Thank you Bizeau’s for your continuing friendship and for trusting me to capture your beautiful family. May God bless you in […]
Nanci is a colleague of mine. We frequently swap family photo sessions. It was my turn to photograph her family and she chose the field behind their house as the location. Not because it’s overly scenic but because their family has spent hours together making memories there. Some day that field will have houses on it and they’ll always have […]
The Harris Family have been clients of mine for several years, but this is the first time I had the privilege of photographing their entire family. We did a quick Simple Offering, after their son Drew’s senior session. They were done in under 20 minutes and got these keepsake photos of their family – including their Fur Baby – to […]
When our kids were younger we called Grant and Katie “The Big’s” and Alli and Paige “The Little’s.” Grant and Katie have both flown the nest, choosing universities 1,000 miles away from home. This summer Grant worked an engineering internship in SoCal and Katie worked a retail internship in upstate New York. Both of them were only home for a […]
The Specter’s took a chance on me the first year I was in business and they have hired me every year since then to take their family photos. I have had the privilege of watching their daughter Naomi grow up and she gets more beautiful every year. Their fledgling vineyard and wine business 8 years ago is not just off […]
Family portraits on a summer evening with that warm golden light are basically my favorite. We chose a rural field as the location for the Hinton’s family photos and had a great time getting acquainted and enjoying a perfect Oregon summer night. #jodistilpphotography #familyportraits #summerportraits #familyofsix
I photographed the Boston family on their family property where they raised their son and now his children come “home” to make memories with them as well. I absolutely love being able to have the location be part of the story telling in a portrait session. We finally caught a break in the spring rain to shoot the session and […]
Been photographing Cyndi and her crew for years. Got to take Cyndi and TJ’s engagement photos. It was an honor to photograph their entire blended tribe for the first time. With all those gorgeous adult children my guess is that the family is going to increase in number every year. We’re gonna need to rent bleachers pretty soon! Also… there […]
