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When one of my favorite families came back to me for this year’s fall photos, we decided to try the same location we’d shot at before (see it here!).  We wanted to make sure it looked different enough, but still had the field that they loved.  We used the beautiful field area at Cooper Mountain […]

It’s October, which means family portrait season is in FULL SWING over here!  Today’s post is a throwback to the start of my fall season.  This family came to me in September to update their family photos, and we chose Champoeg State Park just south of Newberg for our location.  We started in the gardens, […]

I met up with this family a few weeks ago–both sets of grandparents were in town, so it was time for some family photos!

Extended family sessions are so fun!  A lot of times, I think families really only get professional photos of the WHOLE family—grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, grandkids, everyone–at weddings.  Which is awesome and obviously something I enjoy, BUT–there’s a whole lot of life that happens before and after weddings!  There’s nothing better than photos like these […]

I love photographing weddings.  There’s the excitement and joy of the ceremony, the crazy fun of the reception, and all day, that sense of the start of a new season in the couples’ lives.  Watching my wedding couples start their lives together on that first day as a married couple never, ever gets old.  And […]

It’s been a while since I shot at Rood Bridge Park!  Every time I go back, I remember how totally magical it is, and this family session last week was no different.  It had been pretty hot all day, but then as I climbed the little hill into the forest, the most perfect, flowy-hair breeze […]

Well, we’re officially one month in to our Newberg and homeownership adventures, and we are 100%–no, 1000% happy with our decision to move here!  As spring FINALLY decides to show up, we’re getting to explore more and more of our new town, and it’s been a total blast.  Champoeg State Park was one of our […]

So I mentioned that I was 100% full blown in LOVE with Champoeg State Park near my brand new home in Newberg, right?  It took ONE afternoon for that to happen.  One.  This particular afternoon, I did a few mini sessions–you saw the first one here, and here’s the second mini session!  The soft, neutral […]

So guys, we did a thing.  We bought a HOUSE!  In WINE COUNTRY!  And MOVED last weekend, in the middle of that windstorm!  That last part?  Totally not advised.  But the house part?  We are loving it!  We’ve been renting since we moved back up here from California, and last month we found the perfect […]