Fall in Central Oregon can’t be beat, especially when it comes to having an outdoor wedding. Kareen and Dan’s intimate wedding was perfectly timed before an incoming storm. Weather can always be a gamble for outdoor weddings but generally speaking early fall is a beautiful time for mild, pleasant weather and hopefully late enough that…
Reasons to Hire a Wedding Planner (Even if You are Having a Micro Wedding!) When I was planning our wedding one of my biggest mistakes was not hiring a planner / day of coordinator for our celebration. Like many people we were trying to save money. We stretched our budget on what was important to…
Getting Married During Covid Are you planning a wedding for 2021 but are uncertain how Covid will affect your plans? I am here to tell you can still have an amazing experience and plan your wedding for THIS YEAR without the fear of having to postpone (or fear of having to postpone for a SECOND…
Intimate Ceremony at the Base of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Photographing Rose and Dacre’s Colorado mountain elopement at Three Peaks Ranch in Westcliffe, Colorado was one of the highlights of my year. Similar to most every 2020 couple, Rose and Dacre had to change plans for their elopement because of the pandemic. Due to…
Smith Rock State Park is one of the highlights of Central Oregon’s High Desert. Located in Terrebonne, about a 45 minute drive from Bend, Smith Rock is a magical place to rock climb, hike, adventure, photograph and the perfect backdrop for a wedding ceremony. Hanna and Derek, my clients from last year decided to have…
Bend sits nestled between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains and the high desert with lakes, multi-use trails, and rivers to float, in the center of the state of Oregon. Bend is a town of about 100,000 people and has so much to offer. With Mt. Bachelor ski resort just 30 minutes from town and…
Today was the perfect, mild, winter day and I had the sudden urge to pop on some music and blog this magical, winter (blustery), dark and moody set of images from an inspired elopement at Brasada Ranch in Powell Butte, Oregon. Brasada Ranch is an luxury resort here in Central Oregon and one of the…
Anne and John’s Intimate Smith Rock elopement was so tranquil and beautiful. You could tell they had found their match in each other in the way they laughed together and looked in to each others’ eyes. The couple traveled to Oregon to wed and decided upon Smith Rock sight unseen. They knew they wanted a…
How to Choose Your Photographer You’re engaged! Time to celebrate and then start talking wedding plans. If you are having a wedding there are a lot of little details to think about. Where do you start? Maybe you know you don’t want to have a large wedding and instead are planning an intimate destination elopement. Ditch…
August 18th. Iceland has been on my list of places to travel for several years now and having the opportunity to photograph this intimate, stylish elopement there was an absolute dream come true. I met Kristy and Danny six years ago when we were all doing contract work in Antarctica. Fast forward to over a…