Jessica and Marty’s Black Diamond Gardens wedding was the most perfect kick-off for my wedding season this year, and the most perfect spring day for a wedding in Washington. The skies were overcast, but every once in a while the sun would gleam out in all its glory. They went for a theme of simple, […]

I have been dreaming of shooting Deception Pass elopement photos or an adventurous session up in Anacortes, Washington, for about as long as I’ve lived here now. Anacortes and the Deception Pass area are within an hour and a half of Seattle and you would never know it is all so close to the big […]

As a Seattle wedding photographer, I have become quite experienced with shooting in rain. It’s an industry necessity! While you can reschedule a portrait session around the weather (but good luck with that if it’s between October and February) you can’t just move your wedding date based on what the skies are doing that day. […]

Ashley and Dan first met six years ago at the Sasquatch Music Festival at the Columbia River Gorge. As fate would have it, although neither of them were living in Washington at the time, they were both living in the same city in Nevada. What a small world, right? They bonded quickly, realizing that they […]

Matt and I met sometime during our freshman year of college. He was an engineering student with Ryan at the University of New Mexico, but even though they were friends first, he and I quickly realized how much the two of us had in common and became BFFs too. For years, Matt was our favorite […]

The second half of our adventures down under took us to Melbourne. We took two day tours outside the city to see the coast and experience some wildlife. It was actually our first time ever taking guided tours like that, which made it that much more interesting. It was wonderful to be able to relax […]

Jacqueline and Thomas had the most perfect Tacoma wedding. We started the day with their first look and portraits at the rose garden at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. Then we moved on to their wedding ceremony and reception at the Historic 1625 Tacoma Place. The rose garden at Point Defiance Park is one of […]

I absolutely love the annual Shoot & Share contest. This is a free contest any photographer can enter. There are 25 categories of photos, and the photos entered are completely anonymous. The judges are the hundreds of thousands of people all around the world viewing the photos online and casting millions of votes to pick […]

Last summer I had the great pleasure of being able to finally shoot with Heather of Events by Heather & Ryan. I really owe her one, because as someone who is an intense fan of eighties pop culture—both movies and music—I straight up died when I walked in and saw the décor for this amazingly […]

I love hearing the stories of how all my sweet couples first met and fell in love. So I figured you all might be interested to learn how I met my husband, and the story of how we fell in love. The night I met Ryan was the night of my first high-school party. It […]