The Sturgis family is full of joy. It’s what I noticed right away when I met them and their laughter, joy and love for each other carried throughout their entire photo session. Family is such a gift. I was so blessed to work with this family who clearly understood and treasured the gift of each other. Thank you Sturgis family […]
The Green family photo session was special. It one of the only times they’d had professional portraits taken of their family and their session was shot just before their son left for Basic Training in the Air Force. The Green family has a ton of love for each other. That was obvious. They also are good-natured, easy going and fun. […]
Josie is the daughter of one of my best friends and she just graduated from Western Oregon University with a degree in elementary education. Her students will be so lucky to have Josie as their teacher. We did a celebratory graduation photo shoot on the south waterfront in downtown Portland. Magical lighting mixed with an abundance of love made for […]
Most of my high school seniors choose to have their portraits taken the summer and fall of their senior year. But every year I get at least one senior who prefers to wait until their senior year is basically over. These portrait sessions feels more like a celebration of the fact that they are DONE. We shot Eric’s mini-session a […]
Grant is a senior at Newberg High School. He plans to major in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Management and will be attending California Baptist University (CBU) in the fall. Grant’s talents and hobbies span all kinds of interesting categories. Grant started playing water polo when he was ten years old. He and his buddies – the Fab […]
Jaime and I went to high school together. After 20+ years, we discovered that we both settled in Newberg. She was newly married and I was entrenched in raising my brood of active kids. We meant to get together, but never did and the years flew by. My kids got older. She had twins. In December, her husband had a […]
I met Amy at the neighborhood park over ten years ago. We got to know each other while we pushed our two-year-old-daughters on the swings. Turns out our sons were also the same age, in the same class, and had been talking about each other to their moms. “I met a new kid and he’s cool. Can he come over?” […]
Two days before Christmas I met the Fritz family – all 17 of them – in downtown Portland for a photo session. It was the start of a big winter storm with damp cold, wind, and intermittent rain showers and sun. Totally winter in Portland, but there was no cancelling this session. Four grown sons, their wives and kids, and […]
Riley is a senior at Newberg High School. His passions, interests and talents are multi-faceted. We decided to showcase them in his senior session and really tell the story of who Riley is in this significant and transitional time in his life. The day of his session was crisp and cold. We started at the high school and did photos […]
The morning of Quentin’s winter senior session in the woods was cold, crisp and dark. Frost was thick on the vegetation and by the time we finished, we were both frozen solid. Not to mention, I was initially a little lost on how to shoot the session without the usual warm, natural lighting I am used to working with. But […]
