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Pulling of this intimate Mount Rainier wedding was one of our biggest challenges to date–It kicked our butts but was totally worth it! Not only had Jessica and Thomas stretched their budget to work with us (which we did not take lightly) but they had also previously booked a 2 person A-frame cabin (without seeing […]

When Jessica and Jeff reached out to us about their elopement, they were all over the map…literally! They love to travel together and have visited over 24 countries collectively. Bali, Philippines, Norway and Iceland were all tossed around as potential elopement locations. Jessica and Jeff live in San Diego–She was drawn to Banff because it’s […]

Karli & Kevin’s lakeside wedding was what boho dreams are made of! Karli’s dress was from the boho babes themselves over at Rue de Seine (of course), their palette included every color of the rainbow, their flowers were wild and their decor was an eclectic mix of rugs, vintage lounge pieces, farm tables and bistro […]

PNW weddings can be a little iffy in June (especially when you’re getting married in a rain forest) but we were blessed with beautiful blue skies for this wedding on the shores of Lake Crescent! Kari & John wanted an an intimate celebration in the mountains where their families could do a little bit of […]

Hug Point, on the Oregon Coast, is where Becca & Ryan first talked about the idea of marriage. Becca & Ryan live in Utah and couldn’t picture a big, traditional wedding for themselves. In fact, Becca literally has a dream about an intimate, 15 person celebration! Becca’s parents weren’t initially thrilled with the idea of […]

I do a very limited number of styled shoots every year but when Dawn Photo asks you to team up, you don’t say no! Dawn was set on TreeHouse Point (an iconic PNW venue) but gave me free rein on pretty much everything else. I knew I wanted to take last year’s insanely popular boho […]

Where: Bavaria & The Swiss Alps When: September-October 2018 How: Rental Car, Trains, Steamboats, Gondolas, Mountain Carts Planning a trip to Europe can be daunting! There is so much to see, cities are so close and the transportation is excellent–You can see it all, right? Wrong! We were having a lot of trouble narrowing it down […]

Where: Iceland’s Ring Road When: March 2016 (Winter) How: Rental Car Iceland is a magical, otherworldly land of waterfalls, glaciers, geothermal pools and non-stop epic views! It is relatively easy to get around the island, even in the book-end months of winter. Technically, you could drive the whole Ring Road in about 20 hours–We took […]

Planning a trip can be overwhelming–What should we do first? What airport do we fly into? Where do we stay? How do we get from one place to another? AHH! Recently, I had a friend ask where to start planning for her trip to Spain? And Greece? Maybe France too? She had no clue! Here’s […]

I was on the last leg of a drive home from Moab, Utah when I got a call from Henry (of Henry Tieu Photography), asking for a last minute favor. He needed me to officiate an elopement for two of his friends THAT DAY! After he told me their story, I couldn’t say no. I […]