Because this was a trip that we decided to make into Matt’s early birthday trip, we tried to do things that he wanted to do!  One of the things Matt wanted to see was Multnomah falls, about 30 minutes east of where we were staying. The weather was as Oregon as we could have expected—mostly […]

Servin’ up some crab cakes and one Panera ad for seafood in this post…let’s head east! When we were on our way to Amanda and Ryan’s town for their engagement session, we weren’t entirely sure of what to expect.  We’d been to Annapolis earlier this year, but Baltimore seemed to have a totally different vibe […]

The adage goes that opposites attract, but both Beth & Tim are hilarious, loving, deep, selfless people.  Their garden wedding was on the hottest day in Chicago in 2018 thus far, so we were all preparing for endless sun and doing everything we could to make sure nobody passed out…but who was taking care of […]

Cannon Beach, Oregon Because Oregon is such a beautiful place, we wanted to take advantage of it.  We went to Multnomah Falls, walked around Portland, and stopped at any place that spoke to us.  Right before leaving, we learned another photographer was doing the same with her husband—going to Oregon for a short visit to […]

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 […]