We woke up with the sun, and played catch me if you can on this gorgeous beach in Neskowin, Oregon. Photographing this sweet family made crawling out of bed early worth every minute.

I’ve been lucky enough to get to photograph this sweet family year after year. Liam’s personality shines bright right just his older brother Orion. Liam is the goofball of the bunch, while Orion has a sweet sensitive side. They have that special kind of love for their mama who I love so much. We wandered their gorgeous property, full of salamanders and large tree stumps ready for climbing. I’ll forever look forward to their next session…

I feel so lucky to know such an selfless and helpful human in this industry. Betty was also raised in Pacific City, so these photos makes them that much more meaningful. Her family is the freakin’ cutest ever, and even though the beach was crazy packed, we pretended we were the only ones there

Golden hour, wildlife, pet snails, and a beautiful family connection in the countryside of McMinnville, Oregon.

The original plan on this SUMMER day? The Oregon Coast….but then the weather was like “nah, I feel like rain and wind today” so we threw a hail mary and met in McMinnville instead…. and it was the best thing ever! No wind, earth tones for days, sunshine, and the damn finest dressed fam you ever did see.

When the beach is 5 minutes from your farm and your family is this beautiful… you can consider yourself winning at life…

When you get to spend the day with this gorgeous girl, dressed in sequins and flowy dresses, you can’t help but want to share all of the pretty…

A wide open beach all to ourselves, sunshine, no wind, and one of the sweetest families evvvvvver makes this Oregon Coast family session another favorite!

With all that sunshine and this gorgeous family, this rustic session was a total success! 

We took advantage of the dreamy overcast sky and an empty beach. Avery loved every minute of her toes in the sand and I can’t wait to photograph her boucny little curls again.