Pete & Melissa Engagement.

One of the most important things to me as a photographer is to really get to know a couple before I photograph their wedding. Being in front of a lens isn't always the easiest and not necessarily the most natural feeling so to be at least comfortable and familiar with the face behind the camera makes things a little more natural.

Melissa reached out to me in the late Spring about their August wedding in Montana. Although we had only interacted on the phone and via e-mail (because she was still living in Seattle) it was instantly natural and I was already getting excited for their wedding.

In late July, after Pete & Melissa moved to Spokane, we were finally able to meet in person for their engagement session. You can instantly tell if you're going to vibe with a couple or if it's going to take a little warming up and with them it was from the first second.

This weekend I will take the trip up to NW Montana for their wedding and it's going to be the perfect finale to this busy August!

Here are a few shots from our early morning engagement session...

Dunlop Wedding.

Last fall I had the pleasure of meeting Jessica & Dan at their house for a family photo session. They had just moved into their house and we a newly blended crew and hope for some portraits to put up on their walls.

Instantly when meeting Jessica, she looked familiar. Long story short, we put together that she had been a student teacher in a science class of mine back in high school.

Fast forward a few months and Jessica reached out again in the Spring after Dan proposed to talk about wedding photography.

It was a hot July day out on Coeur D'Alene Lake but I couldn't have been happier to be photographing them exchanging vows amongst their closest of close.

Congratulations, Jessica & Dan!