Portland, Oregon The day before leaving for Portland, we found out Courtney and Justin were ALSO going to Portland on the same day, at the same time, on the same flight.  Over a pint, we set up a shoot to take place the first night in town.   Right after we got off the plane […]

Sometimes traveling looks like planning for months, trying your best to plan out everything you want to do, and sometimes it looks like a really cheap flight from a budget airline to a place you’ve never been.  Our trip to Portland was the latter.  A pretty price and a free weekend added up to our […]

When we find a place we love, we love to see it in different seasons.  Sometimes, this doesn’t make much of a difference (i.e. visiting Amanda’s sister in California), but one place it makes a big difference is Washington, D.C.  We’ve been wanting to go to D.C. during the cherry blossom festival for some time […]

Bradenton, Florida When we scheduled our spring vacation to Florida, we weren’t expecting to run into MEP Bride & Groom Amy & JJ, take photos and spend hours eating a pizza picnic on the beach and chatting for hours as the sun set on a typical Tuesday…but that’s exactly what happened when we found out […]

We do engagement sessions to get to know our couples and help them feel comfortable with us photographing their wedding day. It’s what gives our images their intimacy & relate-ability. We try to buy wholeheartedly into the couples we work with. It was in that same spirit that Amanda and I packed our bags and […]

Phoenix, Arizona If you know much about me, you know how much Matt loves mountains.  He loves the challenge and exploration and feeling like he’s at the top of the world.  You might also be aware that Ohio has very few of those.  It also happens to be pretty lean on deserts.  With these two […]