The Wood Family

I’ll never forget one of the first messages I got from Alicia.

                “You can practice on a friendly face!”

This came after seeing her post in the Amy & Jordan Shooting & Editing Course Facebook group, where she asked if anyone around the Bend, OR area wanted to trade family photos. I responded and said that I would love to, but wasn’t very far through the course so didn’t feel super confident shooting in this “new” style (read: light + bright + airy). But Alicia was sooo sweet, as you can see from her message above, and I am so glad that she agreed to trade sessions! I, of course, didn’t have a family with littles running around, but I did have a handsome boyfriend who I never seem to have enough photos of. ❤

We drove across the pass one Sunday early in December, and met at the BEAUTIFUL Shevlin Park in Bend. I am seriously considering a move that direction (kidding. sort of.) because of how freaking beautiful it is over there. Despite the sunshine, it was still *really* cold, but everyone did amazing, and the session turned into one of my absolute favorites. Definitely a good way to close out there year!

Alicia, you + your family are incredible, and I am so glad that we got to be in front of each other’s cameras. The photos you delivered of me + my man are GORGEOUS, and I will treasure them forever.

I cannot wait to collaborate with you again! 

❤

Dan + Rebekah // Couple's Session

There’s something so beautiful and surreal about photographing someone who has lost so much, and yet somehow come through on the other side stronger than ever before. These two absolutely fit that bill, and it was a honor to capture their love. 

The blonde bombshell has been my best friend since we were little tykes playing with plastic horses under my parents dining room table while her brothers took piano lessons from my mom. I haven’t known her man nearly as long, and while I was slightly skeptical at first, he is slowly becoming someone that I approve of whole-heartedly for my dear friend.

These two were a photographer’s dream couple – one moment laughing hysterically and the next moment gazing into each other’s eyes saying all the things that people in love just can’t put into words.

Dan + Rebekah, your love for each other shines brighter than the stars, and I feel honored to have been allowed to capture it.

❤