The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club Wedding | Jordan + Jack

I’ve had so much fun working with and getting to know Jordan and Jack. I did their engagement photos out at a gorgeous location in the Columbia River Gorge all the way back in 2019. Remember 2019? Things we’re completely normal then, pre-covid. Then covid came along and Jordan and Jack had to move their wedding from 2020 to 2021, so it just happened at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club. It also happened on the “heat dome” weekend in Portland where temperatures got up over 110 degrees which for Portland is completely wild. The guests and Jorda and Jack had a great time though, and in the end I bet that the extra hot temperatures at their wedding will be a fun and unique memory. Jordan and Jack share an amazing connection. As their photographer I shared a lot of moments with them throughout their day, and I really enjoyed seeing how much they connect and enjoy one another. For me personally, this wedding happening was really hopeful, that things are getting back to normal. This is just a small preview for Jordan and Jack, many more photos to come, but it was an incredible day filled with love.

McMinnville Oregon Wedding | Marcus + Kennedy

Marcus and Kennedy are one of the many couples whose wedding was completely interrupted by Covid. To be exact, their venue contacted them one week before their wedding in Texas to tell them that they wouldn’t be able to have their wedding due to Covid. Fast forward one year, to May 2021 and they flew to the Willamette Valley in Oregon to have an intimate and beautiful ceremony out in Oregon’s wine country at Native Flora.

If you go through these photos, at the very end of the ceremony, you’re going to see Marcus and Kennedy laughing hysterically, and that’s because THE MOMENT they were married (I mean THE MOMENT), the wind came up and blew over the flower vases on each side of them, shattering the glass and spilling water, flowers and broken glass everywhere.

One thing I enjoyed about this wedding was being able to connect Marcus and Kennedy with such great people in the Willamette Valley. They were looking for a unique experience and I knew that Red Hills Kitchen , Red Hills Market, and the Atticus Hotel in McMinnville would be able to deliver this. They ended up with a private catered dinner in the Atticus Hotel, it was so beautiful and fun. I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking, but Marcus and Kennedy, thank you for trusting me to photograph your wedding.

Mandeville Louisiana Wedding | Whitni + Nic

Whitni and Nic are such joyful people, at least when they’re together (I haven’t spent time with them individually though :)), but I found both at their engagement session and at their wedding, that they laugh so much when they’re together, it’s something so beautiful that makes their photos so much fun.

They booked me for their wedding pre-covid and the plan was for their wedding to be in Boise. Of course with all of the fun that Covid has brought this last year, their plans changed, and they decided to have their wedding in Mandeville, Louisiana. The reason for this is because that’s where Nic’s family lives, and some very important family members wouldn’t be able to make it to their wedding if they had held it as planned in Boise. I thought this was such a beautiful reason for the change, to me weddings are about having everyone you love in one place, and them making this choice reflected their priority on family and relationships.

This meant that I got to travel to Louisiana, which was my third trip to the south and was so much fun. I had an amazing dinner in New Orleans with my brother in law who lives in Mississippi, I hadn’t seen him for six years and it was so special to be with him. I drove my rental car across the longest bridge in the world and watched the gulls hovering and diving, and I enjoyed the lush greenery of the south, very different than the brown of Boise in the high desert.

Whitni and Nic’s wedding day was beautiful, there’s some photos you’ll see in the post that I think will mean a lot to the two of them, with Nic’s grandparents in them. I loved watching Whitni and Nic interacting with and loving on their community and getting a little piece of Nic’s family life in Louisiana. I loved the big gorgeous church, the waterfront in Mandeville and the old mossy oak trees. It meant a lot to me that Whitni and Nic were willing to fly me down there and trust me to document their day. I’ll let the photos do the rest of the storytelling, but thanks so much for having me be a part of your day Whitni and Nic.