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 […]
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Hallie is a Class of 2023 senior. Originally at Tualatin High School, the pandemic paved the way for her to switch to full-time online school and graduate from high school a full semester early. Hallie loves Jesus and is very involved in her church youth group. She also loves her long-distance boyfriend, who she has been close friends with know […]
Kai is a Class of 2023 senior at Newberg High School. In his time at NHS he has played basketball, wrestled, and completed in track and field and lacrosse. We did a sport-themed senior session at the high school to celebrate his accomplishments so far. I’m looking forward to seeing all the good things he does for NHS still in […]
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 […]
Audrey is a Class of 2023 senior at Newberg High School and a woman of many talents. For starters, she speaks French fluently. How cool is that? She plays the clarinet in the concert and pep band. Oh… and she also plays the flute in the concert and pep band. Who plays two instruments? She has blue streaks in her […]
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 […]
Drew is a Class of 2023 senior at Newberg High School. He is an accomplished musician who plays several instruments, but trumpet is his speciality. He also has been golfing since he was a little kid and golfs for Newberg High School. His dog even made a cameo appearance at the end of the session. Drew opted to shoot his […]
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 […]
Tabitha is a Class of 2023 senior at Newberg High School. We started her session off in downtown Newberg at Social Goods, the super funky and cool place where she works, and then headed out to Champoeg State Park to hit up All The Cool Spots. An accomplished dancer, she competed for years, but hung up her dancing shoes a […]