Mackworth Island Engagement

Kat & Nate's Maine engagement adventure was straight out of a fairy-tale, and I'm not just saying that. Mackworth Island is a magical place - the forest there is full of fairy houses! It was the perfect adventure spot for these two dreamy actors, and I'm so excited to photograph their theater wedding in Maine next fall. 

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Medomak Camp Wedding

Sometimes I still can't believe I go to parties for a living. Vanessa and Matt, thank you for inviting me to yours! Weddings really don't get much better than this. 

White Mountains Wedding

Guys, I love day-after sessions. I wasn't able to photograph Danielle & Nick's wedding, so we opted for a photo shoot at Sabbaday Falls in the White Mountains a couple days after their wedding. None of us had been there before and were absolutely enthralled by what we discovered. 

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Providence Engagement Adventure

This was possibly the best idea ever. Or maybe 2nd to the pop-up dance party Kara hosted last year and that Rene attended and that started this amazing whirlwind of an adventure they're on together. I'm so glad Kara & Rene were up for meeting me at 6am on a Sunday to explore Providence while the city slept! SO MUCH MAGIC. 

Their wedding in a couple months is going to be literally the best. I cannot wait to photograph and share the wonderful surprises they have in store!

Intimate Portland, Maine Wedding

I work for the most wonderful people. Erin & Tyler's downtown wedding in Portland, ME was so simple and sweet. They are both musicians and ended their celebration with live music on a boat! It was SO much fun.

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Fort Williams Park Wedding

Lauren & Josh's Maine wedding at Fort Williams Park was simple, small, and all the right things. I'm so grateful I got to connect with these two and be their wedding photographer. <3

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Acadia National Park Engagement Session

The best engagement sessions are actually adventures. And where better to do that than at Acadia National Park in Maine. So glad I get to be Vanessa & Matt's wedding photographer!

Maine Coast Elopement

Acadia Elopement Photographer

Emily & Chad traveled to Maine from Minnesota to elope on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park. Neither of them had been to the Atlantic Ocean before, so I was excited to see their reactions to seeing the gorgeous views in the park. But the fog was crazy! We couldn't see a thing from the top of the mountain where their ceremony was! 

But I think this moody, dramatic weather fit these two perfectly. After the ceremony, I brought them down to Sand Beach so we could at least see the ocean and get some photos that showed a bit of the landscape. It was cold and wet and windy and just beautiful. 

Reid State Park Engagement

This was a really cool day to hang out with Katy and Dan. He had just finished grad school, and she'd just got a new job, so they were feeling pretty excited about life! 

This is my favorite kind of engagement session - exploring somewhere beautiful in Maine, skipping rocks, watching the sun set, taking time to slow down and be outside. 

We had fun. :)

My California Journey

Last month I traveled to San Francisco to photograph a wedding at Muir Woods. It was an elopement, actually, and tucked away cozily under the redwoods... a dream to photograph! My next two weddings are elopements too - one at Cadillac Mountain and one at Portland City Hall. I can get used to this. 

I am an nomad at heart. Even though Kurtis and I bought a home and some woods and are in Maine now to stay, I'm still obsessed with exploring everywhere I can. So naturally photographing an elopement turned into a two week solo road trip up and down the west coast, visiting my favorite spots and discovering new places. It was really important to me to do this alone, to hike and camp and sleep in the car and be as wild and free as I please. It was wonderful. Just what I needed. And will need again soon. And again and again. 

All these images were taken with the Fuji x100t, which I borrowed for this trip. Some of my adventures (like Fern Canyon!) I shot with my "real" camera, so I'll share those another time. This post includes photos from Muir Headlands (I stayed a few nights in the hostel & did a few Magic Sessions there), Wildforest Sanctuary (where Kurtis & I used to live!), Avenue of the Giants, Green Gulch Farm, random spots along 101, and the Oregon coast. There are way too many images here, but they are all special to me.

It feels appropriate that I'm typing this from a tent right now. ;)

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Muir Woods Wedding

I just got home from a couple weeks in California, visiting the redwoods, photographing everything, hiking and camping alone up the coast. It was the best kind of trip, and this Muir Woods elopement had a lot to with that. 

Laura and Matt are really sweet and laid-back. They flew out to San Francisco from Minneapolis to get married under the redwoods, and I was thrilled they asked me be their photographer! 

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