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05.04.23

the apel family : rowena crest, oregon

03.22.23

the zamora family : bend, oregon

02.16.23

2022

2022 was more intimate, more meaning, more film, more flash. More and more and more good things. This is the year I fell in lov...

08.11.22

LILY + NICK : fort rock, oregon

Scenes from another planet with Lily + Nick -- this day just flowed out of us. I couldn't shut up about how right it all felt, bei...

04.19.22

THE CHARLES FAMILY : bend, oregon

Let kids be kids and let it feel like you -- my only real philosophy on family photos. If ya love your house, let's do it there...

02.16.22

2021 : A YEAR ROOTED

I love looking back. Somehow a year doesn't feel complete until it's passed under my hindsight like this. 2021 was a beginning ...

04.09.20

2019 — A YEAR OF DEEP BREATHS

Badabing, badaboom. Here it is -- this brain child website of mine took a little longer than I planned, but it's such a refreshing...

01.21.20

THE ZAMBRESKI FAMILY : fort worth, texas

My best friend and her family. The world they've created & the two of the kids I love most in it. Take a scroll through...

11.22.19

LAUREN + MARK : Lake Ray Roberts

One of my favorite parts of my whole ten-year-long career shenanigans is the heart project Lauren and I created together, and ...

09.10.19

CARLY + PAUL : oregon badlands

Carly + Paul, two of the kindest kindest souls. They came out and modeled for our *sixth* (!) HEY SISTA, and wowowow. I'm so u...

05.10.19

MADDY + TATUM : smith rock state park

The world up here is warming up and everyone's coming out of hibernation. It's my favorite time of year -- I get antsy with an...

joshua tree : hey sista no.5

What a dream what a dream. I can’t imagine living life without something this meaningful inside it. There are these fleetin...

01.09.19

JAKE + BEKAH : paris + halstatt

I can't look at these without getting the Sound of Music stuck in my head, and I wouldn't want it any other way. Paris firs...

02.27.18

gabrielle + frank : bend, oregon

Gabrielle & Frank -- we played in the snow and twirled dresses and laughed and froze and I'd do this a thousand times agai...

02.21.18

Jamie + Lucas + Benjamin : Brighton, England

Brighton, England -- one of the most beautiful places I have ever ever seen. The greenest of all the green hillsides. Colorful...

02.08.18

2017, year of growth.

  Oh, this year. 2017.   The year that challenged me and overwhelmed me and taught me so much about who I a...