Boise Photographer | Neckar Coffee

I am surprised and also grateful that the homies at Neckar Coffee. haven’t started charging me rent yet, because I do spend A LOT of time in their cafe banging on the keys of my computer, answering phone calls, and conducting phone meetings while sitting in the hall way behind their space. I also have a U-Lock stashed in the alley behind their business, so I don’t have to carry a lock with me when I ride my bike downtown, I was at my peak when I came up with that idea, it’s been a downhill slide ever since.

Neckar just got in some rad new Miir cups designed by Ryan Flowers.

This was a quick and dirty shoot, it was less than twenty minutes, but I had fun with the owner Grant and the window light coming in Neckar, as well as their beautiful mural in the alleyway.

If you know me, you know I love coffee, and I was trained as a barista by Stumptown back in 2005, and my perfect coffee day is a black cup of natural process coffee in the morning and an italiano, which is equal parts espresso, equal parts water (and I add a little cream), in the afternoon. I’m sitting in Neckar this very moment actually, wrapping up my week. Neckar is one of the best roasters in Boise and they have one of the most beautiful spaces in downtown as well. If you haven’t been there, hit it up asap. Here’s the photos, sorry all that ramblinig took so long.

Grant and Zoe, thanks for opening up such a rad shop in Boise, and for all the kindness you guys show me.

Bryan

Palisade Colorado Wedding | Marcy + Mark Part One

(Note, I selected WAY too many photos for the blog post so I had to do it in two posts, this is part 1, keep scrolling for part two)

This was a really special wedding for me because Marcy was one of my friends from high school, back in my hometown of Palisade, Colorado. I was so honored that Marcy and Mark brought me back to Palisade to photograph their wedding, and I was so inspired to be back in my hometown, I hadn’t been back in 6 years. Sitting at the base of the sandstone cliffs, and in the rows of the peach orchards, so much of my history and life came back to me, and it was really special to be there and see both people and places that I love.

But this is a post about Marcy and Marks’ wedding, not my childhood in Western Colorado. Marcy and Mark have a genuine and beautiful connection, I loved watching them and was so happy for them. Another special aspect of this wedding was that it was on Marcy’s families peach orchard, and I also grew up farming peaches (Palisade peaches are the best!!!!). Their wedding was on Marcy’s families property, where we used to hang out, and swim in the canal and I thought it was so much fun that Marcy and her friends swam in the canal before the wedding, just like we did back in the day.

You can tell this was a really special wedding to me, it always brings another dimension to my work when I take photos for someone I know and love, and this was a really inspiring day behind the camera. Here’s the photos:

Vendors:

Rentals: Elite Events

Photobooth: Boothshakalaka

Florist: Blue Door Farm

Wedding Dress Designer + Boutique: BHLDN