by Julie | Sep 30, 2018 | Families
by Julie | Aug 15, 2018 | Families
Two years ago I photographed this exuberant extended family, and this summer I had the honor of photographing them again! It was a very hot day but we found some shade to make it more bearable. We started out at Howell Park, which has a variety of charming...
by Julie | Mar 3, 2018 | Families
This session was a surprise gift! Holly reached out because they were surprising her mom with a trip to Portland to visit her family. Isn’t that the sweetest? It was Grandma’s birthday too, and what a fun way to celebrate. I love that they thought of...
by Julie | Feb 5, 2018 | Families
Did you know that twins are the actual best? 🙂 I love twins, I love photographing families, and believe it or not, I really love photographing toddlers in particular! They’re so funny and expressive and active and never, ever boring. At this twin family...
by Julie | Feb 3, 2018 | Families
by Julie | Jan 28, 2018 | Families
Griffin was turning six months old, and Natalie was excited to have some family photos taken. We did this Tualatin family photography session at their beautiful home. We started in his adorable bedroom and then moved to their living room. Little Griffin was so curious...
by Julie | Jan 26, 2018 | Photo Projects
You may know that I’m a little obsessed with photography and photos–as a person, not just as a photographer! We all take a lot of photos of our lives–which is a very good thing. But what happens to all those pictures once you take them? Here are four...
by Julie | Jan 22, 2018 | Families
This beautiful family of six has become a family of eight! This Colton Red Thread adoption session was at Christian & Liz’s small family farm outside Portland. Liz and Christian and their four sons fostered two sisters for about a year and finally their...
by Julie | Dec 8, 2017 | Newborns
Oh hello there! Tara and Jason had their adorable baby girl. I love seeing bellies and then meeting the babies! We had a lovely, calm lifestyle newborn photography session in their home. We took some images in the bright and airy nursery, and in their living room with...
by Julie | Oct 8, 2017 | Families
I had a great time meeting these three beautiful families in Laurelhurst Park for some mini-sessions! It was a perfect spot, with some lovely fall foliage and plenty of open space to play and laugh. 🙂
by Julie | Apr 3, 2017 | Families
This spring I attended a networking event that featured a number of local non-profit organizations. Though I’ve lived in Portland for more than four years, I hadn’t heard of any of them! The first one really piqued my interest–The Children’s...
by Julie | Feb 16, 2017 | Families
Becca’s parents were having a birthday, and all the families were gathering (some from out of state) in Portland to celebrate together. And photographs to commemorate the occasion was a perfect way to enhance the celebration. The Cathedral Park extended family...
by Julie | Feb 7, 2017 | Families
What a lovely morning I had at this Vancouver family photography session! Lindsey and Dan live in Camas, and had the great idea to do our session at Fort Vancouver. I hadn’t been there before, but I’m glad to know about it now! There’s a giant field,...
by Julie | Feb 3, 2017 | Newborns
Look at this adorable baby!! It is so much fun doing lifestyle newborn photography sessions. This one in Northeast Portland was extra special because both sets of grandparents were there! We got several posed group shots of the three generations, and then some detail...
by Julie | Jan 23, 2017 | Families, Newborns
I was so honored and excited to photograph one of my favorite families again, Jessica and Alan. I’ve known them for a long time and feel so lucky to get to capture them as bigger kids. (Check out their one-year session!) They welcomed their third child, Henry...
by Julie | Jan 20, 2017 | Families
Doran reached out to me that his extended family would be coming to town celebrating his mother’s 70th birthday. He and his family, plus his sister’s family, and his brother, would all be there with their mother, and they wanted to have photos of everyone...
by Julie | Jan 9, 2017 | Families, Maternity
Imagine my thrill went Emi let me know that they were expecting their second baby! You may remember that I photographed their family when their son Cedric was born last year. So hurray for more babies! Emi wanted to do a combined gender reveal family photography...
by Julie | Jan 3, 2017 | Families
Photographing Alayna and Sacha and their three children was such a fun and warm experience! Warm literally, because it was the hottest day of the year…but also figuratively, because all of them were just lovely to be around. Our original plan was to split this...
by Julie | Oct 26, 2016 | Families
Britney and her family visit the Portland area at least once a year. They live in New York but her husband’s family lives here, his parents and his brother and family. Their visit this spring was especially busy, since there were several events like graduations...
by Julie | Sep 27, 2016 | Families
This home family photography session really shows warmth, personality, and family bonding. Mara and Justin had just moved into a new house along with Mara’s parents, so they were still getting things put together, unpacking and adjusting. But there was clearly...
