by Julie | May 20, 2023 | Seniors
M has been playing golf since she was a little kid, so it was natural to do her senior photos at a golf course! We were graciously allowed to be on the greens, escorted by one of the King City Golf Course managers. M is also into fashion, as you can tell by this...
by Julie | Sep 24, 2022 | Creative & Fine Art, Seniors
Cobalt Studio is a fantastic photo studio here in Portland. It’s huge, it includes a ton of wardrobe and jewelry, and there are lots of backgrounds including a giant white cyc wall. (They also have a bathtub!) For the last couple years, they hosted special...
by Julie | Mar 31, 2022 | Headshots
by Julie | Dec 8, 2021 | Families
by Julie | Nov 29, 2021 | Families
by Julie | Nov 15, 2021 | Families
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 | Apr 17, 2021 | Families
In March, I made it back to Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm for their tulip festival! I got to photograph three beautiful families, as well as wander around a bit myself. It was a beautiful day and the flowers were gorgeous as always.
by Julie | Mar 3, 2021 | Creative & Fine Art
A few years ago, I had an idea about creating a black milk bath with floating candles. Every once in awhile I would try to figure out the logistics of it, but always gave up. Earlier this year, I was determined to make it happen. Partly because I found Roxanne, a...
by Julie | Dec 1, 2020 | Families
by Julie | Apr 21, 2020 | Creative & Fine Art, Personal Projects
A book can shape you, infuriate you, make you laugh, make you think, change your life. Who hasn’t gotten lost in a good book? Who hasn’t wished that they could be engulfed in their favorite novel? Who hasn’t dreamed about forgetting everything else and just reading...
by Julie | Mar 1, 2020 | Creative & Fine Art
by Julie | Sep 30, 2018 | Families
by Julie | Sep 3, 2018 | Creative & Fine Art, Personal Projects
In late August, I took a class about street portraiture! I love taking classes and workshops, I’m interested in street photography, and of course I always love portraits. I was surprised at how nervous I was, though! I’m plenty used to going out and about...
by Julie | May 21, 2018 | Headshots
50 Beautiful Mothers was a yearly campaign by Beauty Revived to showcase women who were doing amazing things in their communities. Fifty photographers were chosen from around the country, who were then responsible for finding and photographing the mothers. Each wrote...
by Julie | Jan 6, 2017 | Personal
I did three 365 Days projects–a self-portrait every day for a year. I did not start on January 1. I completed three years of that, and then continued with a photo every day. And I’m still going, actually. (Though to be honest, it feels like cheating...
by Julie | Sep 10, 2016 | Headshots
Elle is an accountant, and loves numbers, birkenstocks, and her dog (not necessarily in that order). She hadn’t ever had professional photos taken, but wanted some for her new website. Plus, life is going in some new directions for her, so it was an extra...
by Julie | May 24, 2016 | Headshots
Hey look, it’s twin time! My favorite! 🙂 These little dudes are ready for their close-ups. 🙂 I met Denisha and her husband Carletus through our local twins club, before they had their babies. They are so warm and lovely, inside and out, and I just loved chatting...
by Julie | May 3, 2016 | Photo Projects
I love every article I come across that reminds and reassures women that they should be in photos with their children. It’s so, so important to be present, in life and in visual documentation. That’s just one of the reasons I believe so strongly in...
by Julie | Dec 9, 2015 | Maternity
Sometimes I have visions for photographs I want to create. But I haven’t been good about *doing* something about those visions. Two summers ago, a friend invited us to hang out on a beach at a park we’d never heard of, Elk Rock Island. Well, I got lost...
