by Julie | Sep 17, 2022 | Families
What a special session! The S family was gathering for the first time since before the pandemic. Laura and Chris’s children live on opposite sides of the country, and they’d had a baby. This was the first time for everyone to meet the new toddler and the...
by Julie | Feb 28, 2022 | Creative & Fine Art
MUA: Emily Models: Zoe, Miranda Location: My garage! A few months after our creative flower portrait session, Emily and Zoe wanted to do a session with colorful body paint! Zoe’s friend Miranda joined too. I contributed gels again to make some really cool...
by Julie | Oct 30, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art
I wanted to create some portraits with flowers and petals. Zoe and Emily and I worked together and made some beautiful, colorful images! Model: Zoe Carina Makeup artist: Emily Claire I used three lights: the main light overhead, a hair/rim light with a grid behind and...
by Julie | May 28, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art
I had a vision early in 2021 about a woman in a curtain of flowers. Now, sometimes I let my visions just kind of stay there in my head, but I’ve been trying to make them happen in real life more often. So I reached out to my brilliant florist friend Alana of...
by Julie | Mar 22, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art, Seniors
OBSESSED!! Grace is a musician and models too. I wanted to practice some dramatic rim lighting with the guitar. They came out perfectly–I am always thrilled when the image in my head actually appears in my camera!
by Julie | Oct 10, 2019 | Couples
This Hoyt Arboretum elopement wedding photography session was so beautiful and special! Jen and Jon wanted a small, private ceremony to get married. The Redwood Deck at the Hoyt Arboretum is a special place for them, and it was so perfect for their day. No one else...
by Julie | Jul 30, 2019 | Families
This group of college friends still gets together each year, and this year they wanted to memorialize it with a group photo session! We were up at Powell Butte, which is a fantastic nature location…plus we were there at the perfect golden hour! Look at that...
by Julie | Jan 21, 2018 | Headshots
by Julie | Nov 18, 2015 | Headshots
Amber is a great massage therapist in SW Portland. Our Portland headshot session was at the Hoyt Arboretum on a beautiful autumn day. I loved all the fall colors as a backdrop! After we got our standard poses, Amber agreed to my silly ideas about laying down in the...
