Hotel Vintage Plaza, Portland Wedding

Nick and Jackie are a couple of old friends from Portland. I got to know them around the same time they met, so it was really special to be a part of their wedding. They had their wedding at the Vintage Plaza Hotel in Portland. The ceremony was candle lit and the room was filled with wine bottles, it was gorgeous. We shot their portraits at the iconic Schnitz theatre and downtown. I had an absolute blast at the reception thanks to their fun-loving family and friends. Congrats Nick and Jackie! Thanks so much for having me!

Portland Engagement Session

Alisha and Ryan are some old friends from my restaurant working days. They were both super friendly towards me when I was a new hire, so needless to say, I liked these two right off the bat. Alisha and I went out to dinner a few times and got to know each other better on nights when both our guys were working. They recently got engaged and asked me to do their engagement session while visiting Portland to shoot another friend’s wedding. I was thrilled, they came up with some awesome locations too! In typical Portland fashion, it started raining on us about half way through. But, true Portlanders never let that get in the way as you can tell in the last photo! Thanks for an awesome time guys!

Ritz Carlton Beaver Creek Wedding

Brian and Trude had their wedding at the Ritz Carlton in Beaver Creek. This was my first official Colorado wedding, and I couldn’t have found a better couple to work with. My assistant and I headed up early to scope out some location beforehand, glad we did because there was almost no snow to be found at the Ritz, we had to drive about 10 minutes north to shoot against some mountains and snow. Luckily along the way there was an aspen grove. Aspen groves have become one of my new favorite backgrounds in my new home. After doing their portraits, we headed back to the Ritz to shoot with the wedding party for a minute and then headed to the Chapel at Beaver Creek.

The Ceremony was beautiful. Plenty of tears of joys. After a toast on the balcony of the chapel everyone headed to the reception. Brian and Trude are just two of the nicest, happiest people I’ve gotten to know here in Colorado and their friends and family were the same way. I don’t typically include so many dance photos in my blog posts, because usually, they’re aren’t this many people getting down all night. Brian and Trude’s crew could hang, so I had plenty to choose from. It was an awesome night, and I am thrilled to have gotten to spend their day with them. Brian and Trude are the kinds of clients that remind me of how much I love what I do, so thanks guys for an amazing day!

Steamboat Springs Engagement Photos

My husband and I met Dena and Clay last April at a destination wedding in Mexico, we had a mutual friend getting married and I shot the wedding. We hit it off instantly with these two and they quickly became our go-to buds on the trip. It just happened to work out that we moved to Colorado this year, and they live in Steamboat AND they’re getting married this year!I feel honored that they asked me to shoot their wedding, which will be in Travers City Michagen this June.

We headed out to Steamboat for the weekend where we bummed around with Dena, Clay and their two dogs Lola and Norris. They showed up a good time and we took a few hours to knock out their engagement session. In typical Colorado style we got some snow, trees, waterfall, aspen grove, barn and epic ski resort for our backgrounds. Digging Colorado for sure.

Anyways, here’s some of my faves from the day! You’ll see these guys again on my blog in just a few months! They’ll just be slightly more dressed up.
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