My Family and Personal Projects
Visiting Mount Saint Helens – Our Day Trip Last July we went on a family camping trip in Washington about an hour from Mount Saint Helens. It was the absolute best vacation we’ve ever done this close to Portland. Although the campground was gorgeous on its own (the trees!!!), the best part was the hour…
Photo Sessions at an Alpaca Farm Near Portland, Oregon I’m so exited to share with you that I have almost exclusive access to photograph families and couples at a family-run Alpaca farm not far from Portland! It’s located in northern Vancouver, Washington. It’s truly a beautiful property, as well as a super fun experience! Read…
My Top 7 Most Important and Sentimental Photos I make my living as a photographer, so you better bet that I have lots of favorite photos from my life. But I’ve selected the 7 best ones (I tried to pick just 5 but totally failed) to share with you and explain why they are so…
How to Keep Older Kids Happy in Photos My 9-year-old daughter has figured out my secret. I will let her do almost anything when I’m taking her photos if it gets me a great shot. As a photographer who asks her to model for me quite often, this could be dangerous! Lol. She a sweet…
Spring Photos in Portland, Oregon I drove past this gorgeous Magnolia tree (or is it a Tulip Tree? Or is it both?) in Portland, Oregon last year and had a vision of taking beautiful spring photos there. But I didn’t make it happen before the flowers were all on the ground. This year I was…
Today I’m sharing what I think are the best family board games, and we have A LOT of those. My son is 11 and loves to play board games with me, it’s kind of our thing. Sometimes we can talk my husband or daughter into playing with us, but usually its just Ethan and me….
PDX Kids Photographer We started the first day of Spring with 75 degree, sunny weather and it was everything I could have wished for. It was so beautiful!!! I took my kids to the park by our house and they chased each other in the last bits of daylight, then took turns on the tree…
After the weather man lied to us and said it would snow here in Portland on Sunday night, my kids were pretty bummed we didn’t get a snow day on Monday. But then the weather man redeemed himself because we ended up with a snow day the next day! You would think it was Christmas…
Exploring the Oregon Coast This past weekend we went on a family camping trip to the Oregon coast. We decided to stay at Barview Jetty Campground, which we haven’t done for about 3 years, so it was fun to go back. The first night my husband and my air mattress decided it didn’t want to…
Portland Lifestyle Family Photography My nephew recently turned two and he’s just the happiest little guy around! My kids love to play with him when we visit from Portland and that’s just what we were doing a couple weekends ago! They live in Centerville, Washington so we don’t get to see them as often as…