As a toddler mom, I know exactly what you're thinking when I suggest a 7:30 or even 8:00 p.m. session. Because I think it, too, when making any plans. "That's bedtime." Believe me when I say that I get it. We've worked hard as mothers to build routines because they matter. A well-rested child usually means a happier child, and no one wants to intentionally throw off bedtime. So why would I ever recommend doing just that? Because the soft, golden hour lighting will give you wa

If you want a farm vibe to your family photos but don't live on one, look no further than Luscher Farms in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Book a session under "Portland & Towns" and write in your questionnaire you want Luscher Farms and you'll get a white barn, greenhouse, flower gardens, and grassy fields in your photos! Although, this session we mainly stayed in the garden area!

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As a mama of three, she already knows how quickly the baby stage goes by, so she wanted to make sure to have captured all the baby snuggles, his little toes, breastfeeding, and his sweet baby rolls. This mama is also a teacher turned family photographer in Portland and I was so fortunate that she invited me into her home to get family photos done of her loved ones in her much loved Portland home. Her husband was working from home so he was only able to make a quick appearance

What a cute family this was! This mom reached out to me concerned that her son doesn't like to look at the camera and force a smile. I said no problem, I prefer the candid shots anyway and lean heavily on prompts and games to get natural smiles instead. And that's what we did! And lo and behold we got some pictures of him looking and smiling at the camera - in his own time and way. If you're remembering photo sessions from when you were a kid (mine were ALWAYS at JC Penny), I

I had zero clue what newborn post-partum life was like until I had my own baby. I seriously thought it was just a cute new baby you get to hold all the time and lose a little sleep for awhile. Okay that's partly true but there's SO MUCH more to this new season of life. Hormones, learning to breastfeed, how to respond to your baby in the way they want, just to name a few. And yes, all on a few hours of sleep (if you're lucky) and still needing to make meals for yourself and de

When I first drove onto this property my jaw literally dropped. A wrought iron gate covered with ivy, opening up to a gravel driveway leading past the most beautiful blooming Locust tree...the most classic farm house with a big front porch, a tire swing hanging from the backyard's tree, baby chicks & goats, a field with tall grass to frolic in, a red brick stable... I could go on and on how bucolic this Brush Prairie farm was. A literal dream. AND this family!! The parents we

A Portland Family Photographer retreat at the Oregon Coast.

When you bought a lot of flowers from Trader Joes to make flower crowns, and you did do that for a Columbia River Gorge spring wildflower photography session, but then you leave the remaining flower crowns in the car for two days before remembering you accidentally forgot about them, and then find out that they survived miraculously and want to use them before they dry up completely, so you make one that fits your daughter's head perfectly and go out into a field with her aft

I've been getting raw goat milk from this farm for awhile and it is the best! This is Davinia Acres and I highly recommend them! We started out with the children and the chickens and the ponies while mama finished getting ready in the house. Then we headed over to the baby goats! Some were just a day old - did you know they come out knowing how to walk almost immediately? I learned a lot about goats while visiting their farm! We then went through the barn and over to their cr