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.