Category: Enchanted Exposures


  • Jessie at our Roaring 20s fundraiser for the Eaton Theatre — fully committed to the vintage glam, the pearls, the fringe, the whole Gatsby fantasy. She showed up looking like she stepped straight out of a speakeasy and onto the red carpet, and honestly? The old cars didn’t stand a chance. Jessie was the aesthetic.

  • Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France (2019)— a place that doesn’t need many words because the air already carries its own. This statue caught me immediately. Not just the shape or the scale, but the way it rises into the light like a breath held between grief and honor. Standing here felt heavy…

  • Rocky Butte, Portland (2016)— one of those places where the city feels like a constellation pretending to be earthly. I love this shot because it captures exactly what Portland does best: soft twilight, endless trees, and a skyline that looks like it’s humming under its breath. Even the graffiti felt poetic, like someone else stood…

  • Cliffs of Dover (2019)—the kind of place that makes you rethink every dramatic moment you’ve ever had, because nothing competes with this level of dramatic scenery. The wind was wild, the drop was terrifying, and the view felt endless. There’s something grounding about standing somewhere so iconic and realizing, “Oh…this is why poets lose their…

  • Jessie & Ryan’s engagement photos at Frederick Meijer Garden (2020)—and honestly, this might be one of my favorite concepts we’ve ever pulled off together. They laid down, intertwined, and immediately started goofing around, turning their hands into a little frame like they were directing their own movie. It’s playful, it’s creative, and it feels exactly…

  • Luke & Lori’s 1-year wedding anniversary photos at Curwood Castle (2020)— featuring the world’s happiest Aussie absolutely convinced this shoot is about him. Honestly, he wasn’t wrong.He posed. He smiled. He sat perfectly between them like the living embodiment of “we are a package deal.” The leaves were falling, the castle looked dreamy, and their…

  • Somewhere on the side of the road in France — where my ex-husband and ex-father-in-law were busy daring each other to touch an electric fence (because apparently adulthood is optional), and I was over here making friends with a very handsome horse. He walked right up like, “Finally, someone with sense.” Honestly, same.

  • Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii (2016)—the night the drums shook the air, the crowd went quiet, and this performer absolutely owned the stage. There’s something about a luau that hits you right in the chest: the color, the rhythm, the storytelling woven into every movement. She was radiant, genuinely—like she wasn’t just performing, she was inviting…

  • Kansas City, Line Creek Trail (2022)—the day Rose looked majestic and feral and ready for adventure…and I looked like I was five minutes from joining the spirit realm. She thrived. I almost overheated and died. But look at her. Ears at full satellite-dish power. Tongue out. Living her best National Geographic life while I was…

  • Tower of London (2019)—proof that even the darkest corners know how to put on a light show. I’m obsessed with how this photo turned out: the cool blues pouring through the window, the warm golds clinging to the stone, that little pocket of green glowing like it’s keeping a centuries-old secret. It’s like the whole…