Rachel & Nate’s Wedding Wedding: Private Home, Maple Valley WAReception: Intimate dinner at Private Home, Maple Valley, WAJune 27th, 2020Sometimes life doesn’t go the way we expect or dream. Rachel and Nate didn’t let that deter their wedding plans. Though we had to pivot this past year, they took it all in stride. Rachel & Nate’s […]

Chelsea & Chase’s Maple Valley Wedding Wedding: Beautiful Backyard Intimate Setting, Maple Valley, WAReception: Gino’s Bistro, Maple Valley, WA (Not Photographed)February 29th, 2020 For me, as a wedding photographer and being of Irish descent, photographing a wedding on this special day is pure serendipity. So, when my hairdresser contacted me about a friend, Raelyne, who was […]

Anneke and Tim’s Wedding An intimate Washington WeddingWedding: Shepherd of the Valley Church, Orting, WAReception: Steeped in Comfort, Lakewood, WAJanuary 1st, 2020 My sweet friend Anneke reached out to me in December of 2019.  She asked me if I would be her photographer for her intimate, family ceremony. Anneke wanted to start the year out right […]

“You don’t take a photograph. You make it.” – Ansel Adams The saying is true, “You Don’t Take A Picture. You Make It.” When I go to take a picture, I think of the best way for my subject to stand, even the light. Where does the light catch their eyes? Can the sun reflect […]

What’s the Apple of His eye – Is this your focus? I know, I shared a picture of this dad already but they were so much fun to capture with my camera. He just truly loves his daughter and she definitely adores him. She’s the apple of his eye and a father’s love is a […]

The Wedding On a hot day in mid June, this photo was taken. My sister and I made the dresses and little floral wreaths in our daughters’ hair. Memorably, the inside of the church was close to 100 degrees. During the wedding, the air conditioning in the building fizzled out but a wedding must go […]

Every picture has a story to tell. This picture is of my daughter, Juliana. She’s sitting on the dock at Lake Wilderness Lake in Maple Valley, WA. I took it with a simple point and shoot camera because I couldn’t afford a fancy one. It’s moments like this that I am glad I have been […]

A Father/Daughter Moment is Simply Precious There are moments I love to capture and one of them is by far when a father looks at his daughter. To me, a father/daughter moment is simply precious. It’s unique to them. As Usha Ganeriwal has said, “A father’s love for his daughter is unexpressed. He is the […]

A Little about me… Why its important to make memories is one of the biggest lessons I learned from my grandmother. When I was young, I remember going to my granddad’s house and looking up on his wall at a black and white photo of my grandmother. She was dressed in black with a band […]