Category Archives: photo shoots

the sun set on us

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beach

when all the tourists drive away, when all the routines start, when all the heat settles inland a little… we all sigh and enjoy our secret – that the best beach time is just beginning. so last week, i was at the beach for low tides in the late afternoons four times for photoshoots. how...

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the goughs. all of them. on whidbey island.

there is something so challenging & humbling about photographing people you know & love. i’m not sure when i met the first gough, but all i know is it was maybe around 15 years ago, and they have been special ever since. usually i start with photos, but this time – we start with them...

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he came, and so naturally they are a beautiful family.

seeing a new family anticipate their first child is unlike anything (maternity shoot here). especially from the other side. and so beautifully, this couple naturally became one of the most adorably peaceful families i’ve photographed.  i pinch myself i get to document this journey so intimately for families.

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tradition

our third year now, documenting their visit to the grandparents. each year as i look back at the pictures (here) and (here), there are favorites that are irreplaceable images. this year, my favorite is all their colorful little selves lined up ready to catch a wave. steel from stacy bostrom on Vimeo.

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scott + lindsey

whether around town at a local coffee shop, at preschool, the soccer fields, the yoga studio in town, family photoshoots – our paths have crossed in delightful ways. and on this day – to document their paths joining was a huge honor.  their love for each other and the new family they create are just...

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me & ing

i’m moments from posting a beautiful collection of photographs i shot together with my sister-in-law ingrid a few weeks back. as a photographer – we put so much emotion into what we photograph & whom we photograph. all the people & pictures coming are close to my heart, so to have ingrid by my side...

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risking the tide

we almost didn’t go. we almost stayed inland . but so glad we risked the tide.

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“home”

sometimes, it is fun for me to hear from friends what words they would put with “my” photographs of “their” family. as i think i know their stories, when you ask someone, it is amazingly beautiful what you hear. ask people their story more. authentically. ask them and wait, with hope, for an authentic response....

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love – in movement

photographs, that move, have a unique way of allowing us to somehow almost relive an experience… and i love the challenge of telling a story this way. with a little creative flare, corey villicana & i pooled some clips and here are about 4 minutes of beauty from the wedding recently…  

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