engagement
Tara and Adam are getting married in just 1.5 weeks!!! Here is their cute engagement session downtown!
A couple weeks ago I went up to Bonners Ferry, Idaho to photograph this engagement session. It's the same location that their wedding will be held in the midst of winter and it happens to be their property. WOW! Beautiful! We went down to the water where they have a rocky beach area that has the trains and tunnel directly across and trekked up to the highest view point. Such a gorgeous place they live. Gregg's grandpa works up there every day and I can see why. We also got to include their fur baby, Lily!
Jo and Steve came up from Lewiston, ID for their engagement session that they won at the September bridal festival. It was fun to finally meet them and they had never been to Manito Park before, so of course we had to go there!
Loved this snowy (and cold) engagement session last weekend! Blair and Jeremy are getting married this fall... sounds far away since we still need to get through this snow, spring and summer, but it'll be here before we know it. I photographed Blair's sister's wedding several years ago. It's always fun to work with the same family again!
Look at these two... what a photogenic couple! Looking forward to their wedding next summer in Grand Coulee!
Beautiful colors for MacKenzie and Ben's engagement session. Looking forward to their wedding next summer! Fun note: In 2005 I took photos at a wedding that they were both in! Their wedding will be the same month 10 years later!
Olivia and Johnny are getting married next August! Gorgeous engagement session of these two. Make-up by Evelyn Mauro
Caitlyn and Matt got engaged in October and booked their session in the perfect amount of time to snag some fall colors! We did these in early November at Finch Arboretum and downtown Spokane. We started off with enough rain to require an umbrella, but ended up being a great day! They were naturals with the camera, looking forward to their wedding this summer!
This was only a week ago and I'm already missing the colors that I see in these photos! They were so beautiful! Monica and Nico are getting married next summer at Bigelow Arbors and I'm so looking forward to it!
I met Amanda and Josh at Finch Arboretum to start with the fall colors and then we headed downtown for some more urban looks. We've had some amazing sunny days lately and I'm not complaining when I can capture the sunshine like this! It's fun to play with shadows too!
It was so fun incorporating a location that means so much and where this girl grew up. Priest Lake is a place Melissa's family gathers in the summer and spends a lot of time on their boats. I always encourage my clients to think of a place or a thing that is important to them and add that into their session, making it that much more memorable. They even brought coffee cups from their one and only favorite coffee stand on the south hill, Cool Beans! THAT is customer loyalty! David is also a photographer, for Kalispel Tribe of Indians, and I'm always extra honored to be chosen to capture another photographer's wedding! Looking forward to their wedding in 2014.
This couple really had a good time... cold water and all!
Jessica and Cole came over from Seattle to work on some wedding details and we were able to squeeze in their engagement session (and just in time before I had baby!). There were so many good ones of these two, it was hard to narrow any down.
Friends of ours, Raelena and Kyle, are finally engaged and planning their big event! Fall is Raelena's favorite time of year, so we were sure to get these done before the leaves were gone. Such pretty colors! We also were able to stop at the reception location for a few photos.
Cute couple - Megan and Alex! And small world... Megan grew up in the same city as me in Anchorage, AK and moved to the same city as I did to go to school, Spokane. Now she lives in the same town I was born in, Lewiston, ID. I love how small this world can be! Looking forward to their wedding in Spokane next August!
I had so much fun getting to know Tania and Jon while seeing some sunshine. After rescheduling because of rain, wind and cold twice we finally enjoyed one of the first warm days of the year! Walking around Coeur d'Alene for the first time this year really made me realize summer is on it's way. Tania and Jon are getting married in just 7 short weeks!
One of my sessions this weekend was the lucky drawing winner, Cheyenne, from January's Spokane Bridal Fair. I loved that Cheyenne and James came with a theme. As you can see, I just had to feature this shoot on the blog! This is sure to get the creative juices flowing for anyone looking for ideas for their own sessions... the options are endless, have fun with it!
Tara and Brandon met playing in a poker tournament, so it only seemed fitting to do some of their engagement photos at a poker table. Their save-the-dates will state that they're "all in", how cute!
Photos taken at The Black Pearl in Spokane Valley and Maribou Park.