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JOURNAL

AN ARCHIVE OF love stories

Being invited into the the lives of extraordinary people is an incredible privilege. The stories I adorn through my imagery capture the true essence of the human spirit and the art of being in love.

I have had the great privilege of photographing Mekala, of  Tie That Binds, paper goods for three years now!  Mekala is an incredibly talented stationer, based in Portland, OR.  Mekala hired the incredibly talented Kaleb Norman James, to do all of the styling.  Kaleb used florals, props and surfaces by Locust Collection to lay out […]

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Ashley and Trevor met on the first day of undergrad at UC Berkeley. They sat next to each other in Nutritional Science and connected because they were both from Seattle. Freshman year we were just friends – studying calculus together and playing tennis. It wasn’t until junior year that something changed and they started dating! […]

The Couple: Karlee and Colby met their senior yeara of high school and had an instant and undeniable connection that a few years of long-distance couldn’t shake – he went to the University of Oregon all 4 years and Karlee went to community college about an hour away for her first 2 years. They graduated […]

Installation, Florals, Design, Coordination: @brightnight_design Reception: @coopershallpdx  Ceremony @https://www.instagram.com/thegrottopdx/ Rentals: @partyplacepdx

The story of how I met Corey dates back about six years ago when Corey’s best friend, Lauren, was a bridesmaid in a wedding I photographed in Malibu.  This was where she was first introduced to my work. Corey and Lauren started to follow along my journey and in Corey’s words ” As soon as […]