Dani + Derrick | The Barn at Finley Point Wedding

This was truly a special wedding that I was deeply honored to photograph. I’ve known Dani for many years now and worked with her on lots of other photography projects. I’ve always been so impressed by Dani and how professional and driven she has been for as long as I’ve known her. She is a blast to work with and she’s doing big things in the world through her marketing agency Deeno Marketing and her newest business The Good Tourist.

Then came along Derrick, who is super adventurous and fun, just like Dani, they’re truly such an awesome match. When Dani asked me to photograph their wedding in Poulson Montana, it was an instant yes, and I was so honored to travel to Montana and photograph their incredible day.

We started the day off early at Glacier National Park. I convinced Dani and Derrick to get up at I think 4:30a.m. to give us time to drive to Glacier, and they graciously agreed. I had never actually been to Glacier, but if you know how obsessed I am with mountains, I was so happy to go there and bask in all of the beauty. Dani and Derrick read their vows privately to one another, we watched the sun climb over the mountains, also we were pretty cold and we took some photos with the gorgeous mountains, before heading back to the Barn at Finley Point for Dani and Derrick’s wedding.

There wedding was so beautiful and the day was so fun and such a perfect representation of these two and th beautiful love and connection they share.

As always I’m going to lean heavily on the photos to tell the story of the day, but Dani and Derrick thank you so much for trusting me with this, I so appreciate you both.

Vendors:

Venue: The Barn at Finley Point

Coordinator: Cori McGobern

Florist: Dani & Ondrea from Sowing Joy Farms

Officiant: Mike McDonald

Thunder Island Wedding | Emily + John

Emily and John and I were brought together because of our shared love of bikes.

I’ve photographed hundreds of weddings in my career (lost count at 400) and I have never quite seen anyone do what Emily and John did for their wedding, and it was incredible.

They had all of their friends, well the ones who were willing and able, ride their bikes from Portland to Thunder Island in Cascade Locks, to camp together for their wedding weekend back in late August. I absolutely loved it. I cannot imagine anything better than riding bikes and camping with all of the people that I love most and that’s absolutely what Emily and John did.

Emily and John’s wedding day had a really special spirit to it, one of love and openness that I found myself really drawn to. I could see them valuing their friends and relationships, nature and the history of land that surrounded us in the Columbia River Gorge.

As always I’ll let the photos tell the story here, but Emily and John, so wonderful working with and getting to know you, and let’s all keep riding our bikes :).

Absolutely Incredible team of vendors on this as well, credit to:

Coordinator: Emee Pumarega w/ EJP Events

Florist: Andrea Jackson w/ Bloomsbury

Venue: The Locks Venue | Thunder Island

Wedding Dress Boutique: David’s Bridal

Officiant: Oliana Mariel

Second Photographer: Emily Gigoux

Lighting Specialist: Eddie McGlynn w/ Bowerbird

DJ: Denis Mckenzie w/ Stumptown DJ’s

Boozy Popcicles: Sloshy Pops

Bar: The Swig Rig

Boise Idaho Photographer | The á Café

I love local cafe’s. Before I started my photography business I worked as a barista at a cafe in the Portland area, and now I basically use a few different cafe’s in Boise as my office (so I still “work in cafe’s, so needless to say, a good cafe feels like home in all kinds of ways.

I heard about ā café from Robyn Salathe of MA Architect Studio, Robyn is the architect that the cafe owners worked with. Robyn and I met for coffee at the ā café and I was blown away by how beautiful the space was. Simple minimalist design, a garage door open to the street, food and drinks made with quality ingredients and care. I knew I’d be back here a lot.

Robyn also introduced me to Ashley the owner and she felt like someone I’ve always known, she was fun and easy to talk to and was always so kind every time I came in. Fast forward awhile, a lot of cups of coffee, and some time later, and Ashley mentioned she needed to do a photoshoot, of course I was already all in on that. Two of my highest values are relationships and creating things, so I loved creating and collaborating with the ā café crew to create something beautiful that helps meet their goals. Thank you Ashley and team for trusting me with this project! Also a shoutout to Broadcast Coffee, another one of my favorite cafe’s in town.