What’s a girl to wear for senior pictures? Is a t-shirt okay, or is a dress required? How many outfits should you bring, anyway? As a photographer, one of my goals to to take a large variety of photos. I take close-ups so you can choose one for the school yearbook (if they allow you to […]

I was out on the other side of the state recently and snapped some shots at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn. I think I have some of those white and yellow tulips growing in my yard right now…

If you thought you can’t take family portraits in January, think again. Of course, it helps if you live somewhere with milder winters, like David and Hannah do. We shot family pictures at their farm near Dallas, Oregon a few weeks ago. When I’m photographing young children (David and Hannah’s daughters were just under a year old and 2 1/2), I like […]

The year is almost over, can you believe it?! Here are some of my favorite shots of this year, including personal photos. Here’s to new adventures in 2016!  

I love it when someone I’m photographing suddenly says, “Oh! I have an idea!” It’s always a good thing. This October, Ben–a senior at Ontario High School–had a crazy idea I’d never even considered: make it look like there were several Bens in the same picture. I set up my camera on a flat surface […]