We’ve been traveling and shooting so much lately, so it is just now that I’ve found time to share some images from my wife Jacqi’s charming beach picnic birthday party on Sauvie Island.  She is beautiful and wise, and I’m so happy to be married to her.  Also, she just started a Doctorate program in Psychology, which amazes me.  It really is a perfect and natural fit for her so needless to say she’s doing great in the program.  I call it sleuth camp.  Beyond that, she amazes me the way she invests so deeply in relationships and genuinely cares for people.  So celebrating her life and the way she lives with her closest friends was perfect.

As our friends arrived we all enjoyed cocktails and appetizers.  We settled down and shared lots of laughs and spent time talking and eating Jacqi’s favorite, her’s dad’s meatball recipe!  After dark the lanterns were lit and over campaign and cake, we all toasted to my beautiful wife.

The guest list was a group of her closest friends who also helped me pull it all off.  I also had some timely help from Common Wealth who specializes in vintage event rentals in Portland.

p.s. I shot the majority of these photos on my hand-me-down Nikon - the same camera that our Grandpa has photographed our family with since the 60’s.  He gave it to me in jr. high, which was a huge stepping stone in my love for photography.  You’ll find it makes a guest appearance further down.

We served ’sauvie island iced teas’ in mason jars which was a peach and ginger concoction I spend the week prior perfecting.  And that’s a blanket from my childhood from my Grandma Emmy.

In January we photographed Warby Parker’s west coast launch party at Lizard Lounge.   This past Tuesday we photographed their Sunwear Launch at Lizard Lounge and let me tell you, their shades are slick!  If you haven’t seen them already, you can peep them on warbyparker.com.  There’s a pair of Thatchers in Revolver Matte Black in the mail for me as I type!  Plus…Warby Parker partners with non-profits, such as RestoringVision.org, to deliver one pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair that they sell.

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To see all the photos from the night and download them full res check them out here.

I photographed Katie & Jeremy’s Engagement photos deep in the Portland Forest (Forest Park).  We’ll continue the nature theme at their wedding coming up at Mt. Hood Organic Farm and we’re all pumped up for it!



While shooting in front of this Ivy a giant tree branch cracked like thunder and fell deep into the ravine. It was epic.  ..just a little side note I guess.




I love these two.  How awesome is Katie here, she just goes for it.

Kevin + Alex will be getting married in Sacramento, but we shot their engagement photos in the Pearl District where they live. I was stoked to find out Kevin plays for the Timbers, so after their engagement session Jacqi and I went and watched them beat Salt Lake City Real at Jeld Wen Field.