Nolan is a Class of 2023 senior at Tigard High School. He plays water polo and surfs so incorporating water was a key factor in choosing the location for his photo session. We shot his session on a cold fall morning. We had crazy beautiful moody lighting and the stillest water on the river. We worked quickly because rain was […]
Grant is a Class of 2023 senior at Newberg High School. He’s a highly decorated water polo player (can you say All League and All State already before his senior year) and has been leading his team toward the possibility of a state championship this year. He’s also insanely smart and on track to be a valedictorian of his senior […]
Nikki is a Class of 2021 senior at Newberg High School. She is an award winning swimmer and water polo player and holds many all league honors in both sports. Last year she and her water polo teammates won the Oregon 6A state championship. Nikki received all state honors for her contribution on the championship team. She’s a big deal […]
Grady is a senior at Southridge High School. He plays water polo and swims, loves his labradoodle Ace, is a huge Timbers fan, enjoys spending time with his girlfriend, and is deciding between a career in engineering or business. Grady wanted three backdrops for his senior portrait session: water, urban, and forest. We were able to get all of it […]
We met Nathan his freshman year of high school when he joined the water polo team and immediately connected with our son Grant. Over the past three years, Nathan and Grant have spent a ton of time together, grafting each other into both families and developing a really strong friendship. Now a senior, Nathan is one of the water polo […]
Zach is a four time Oregon 6A water polo state champion. This year, as one of the co-captains of the team, he led his team to a 35-1 season and a fifth consecutive state title for Newberg High School. He also earned first team all league and first team all state honors. Zach plays hard and with big emotion. In […]
Dane has been a constant in our family’s story since we moved to Newberg. For more of the back story of how Dane and my son Grant became friends read this gem of a blog post that I just unearthed. I NEVER could have guessed the friendship story God would write between our boys over the next ten years. They […]
Oh my gosh Wils… How is it possible that this post is about your senior portraits? Pass the Kleenex!!!! I remember when you started playing water polo in 6th grade. Baseball had been your life, but you made the switch to the pool and you had a wicked shot. Grant was in the cage, and even though he was a […]
We moved to Newberg, Oregon, from the greater Chicago area the summer before my son Grant entered second grade. I signed our kids up for swimming lessons, hoping they would learn to swim and make some new friends. The local pool was old, but adequate, with giant record boards touting one water polo state championship after another. I had never […]
We met the Waldal’s a few years ago when their son Nathan switched from baseball to our water polo family. It has been fun to get to know them over the years. When you work together at the scoring table, organize food for tournaments, and cheer each other’s kids on, you can’t help but become friends. It was my privilege […]
