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Welcome to an expression of creativity: where each frame tells a story, each click captures an inspired moment, and every picture paints a treasured memory. Embark on a journey through visual wedding narratives, intricate photo compositions, heartfelt personal projects, and delightful glimpses into the tapestry of this creative life.
Whether you're a fellow artist seeking inspiration, a couple in search of the perfect storyteller for your special celebration, or simply a soul drawn to the beauty of film photography--please feel welcome to explore, engage, and be inspired by a simply splendid perspective.
Musings of a photographic artist
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I often think to myself, “I am so, so lucky to work with the nicest people!” It’s almost like a pinch-me sort of revelation over and over again and the gratefulness I have because of it overflows. I remember when Emily reached out to me, I liked her immediately and when we had our virtual […]
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“Now that I have your heart by heart, I see.” -Elise Bogan In the Pacific Northwest, a winter wedding–even an elopement is typically indoors. With this wedding inspiration shoot, I wanted to work with other Portland wedding vendors to create a visual explosion of romance, vibrant color, and sweet, endearing love indoors. The theme […]
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“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” -Osho Life often turns out a little differently than we imagine it to, doesn’t it? I think when we’re young and in our late teens through our […]
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It’s a really wonderful thing when you get to know people through working with them several times. It’s been about a year since I saw the Tompkins family last, when their sweet daughter was just a new baby. And I’ve had the pleasure of photographing this little one since before she was born since I […]
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One of my favorite things is photographing my sweet daughter on film in our everyday life. The color, gasp–so vibrant and full of life. Here is a sampling of our awesome summer together. Film stocks: Fuji 400H and Kodak Gold 200 Marla Cyree of Simply Splendid specializes in film photography in Portland, Oregon as […]
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Dear Eva, Recently we’ve had several discussions about purpose in life because you’re very interested right now so you ask a lot of questions about it. One of the things we’ve talked about is how people are created with a divine or heavenly purpose and sometimes it doesn’t directly relate to what one might do […]
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Next is Suzanne O’Brien from San Francisco. Her post on What Summer Looks Like can be found here.
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A while back I was asked for a portrait commission to celebrate a college graduation. This lovely lady was about to make some gigantic changes in her life and really wanted to celebrate the time with a fun photo shoot and we did just that. We both laughed a ton, I brought 4 different cameras […]
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My relationship with social media is definitely a work in progress, but recent work can be found at:
