Summer + Luke | Ice Cream Engagement Session
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Summer + Luke | Ice Cream Engagement Session

You can do whatever the hell you want for your engagement session. Summer and Luke wanted to have a picnic in their favorite park and then get ice cream together, so that’s exactly what we did. The park we chose to go to was one of the places they went on a first date, and ice cream was the topic they bonded over before they even started dating.

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Claire + Jack | Portland Oregon Analog Wedding
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Claire + Jack | Portland Oregon Analog Wedding

Claire is also an art school grad with a degree in film photography so naturally we geeked out about analog, darkrooms, and how much we both love photography. She told me she wanted to make cyanotypes for during the ceremony, and that she had to have film photography at her wedding. I was thrilled. On their wedding day, we spent the morning getting ready, sharing jokes and mimosas.

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Rebecca + Kenny | Bend Oregon Engagement Session
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Rebecca + Kenny | Bend Oregon Engagement Session

Rebecca + Kenny knew from the get-go that they wanted their dog, Rookie, to come to their engagement session and I was all for it. So when we decided on locations, I picked one of my favorite places in Bend that is dog-friendly and usually pretty quiet! I was stoked to show them a little piece of Bend and get a chance to hang out - it was going to be perfect.

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Jaclyn + Thomas | Stylish Bend Oregon Wedding
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Jaclyn + Thomas | Stylish Bend Oregon Wedding

Jaclyn + Thomas know how to throw a killer party. Even though it was smoky from wildfire, the general vibes of the day were light and cheerful. They decorated the reception with the coolest vintage glassware — all of which was found at thrift stores over the course of a year — and family wedding photos from generations before them.

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