destination weddings

Kyla and DeVon’s New Year’s Eve Wedding at Playa Fiesta, Puerto Vallarta

Portland Wedding Photographer - February 14, 2017

We have photographed a Puerto Vallarta wedding at Playa Fiesta, a gorgeous hotel dedicated to weddings run by Lindsay and Adam before, and have been looking forward to returning. The staff and owners do a wonderful job for intimite weddings, and Puerto Vallarta is one of our favorite Mexico wedding destinations. Even though it was a bit rainy on this New Year’s Eve day, Kyla and DeVon …

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Kacey and David's Sayulita, Mexico Wedding

Portland Wedding Photographer - January 24, 2013

Kacey and David’s wedding at Sayulita, Don Pedro’s Palapa – Brisa del Mar,  was an amazing party. Kacey is one of the most positive people I ever met. David is just so in love with her that they are amazingly cute together. I love photographing at Villa Amor’s Grand Villa. This time the day started with getting ready at the Grand Villa and ended up …

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Santa Ynez Wedding of Teascha and Eric in Santa Ynez, California

Portland Wedding Photographer - September 5, 2012

 So it all started by Teascha seeing one of my business cards at a local restaurant. Not sure who put it there, but Teascha was visiting Portland and decided to take a chance on me and saw it as a sign that she found when they were on this romantic dinner! Fast forward a year, and I was photographing their wedding at Santa Ynez. I …

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Don Pedro’s Palapa at Sayulita of Jana and Tim

Portland Wedding Photographer - July 15, 2012

Jana and Tim had a great, fun filled wedding at Don Pedro’s Palapa at Sayulita. I had the pleasure of working with Yazmin Gizeh of Sea of Dreams Weddings and everything turned out perfectly. We were lucky enough to be able to attend their welcome party at Las Hamacas and meet everyone. The days were filled with fun activities like fishing, hiking etc and they …

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Manuel Antonio – Costa Rica Wedding of Sedef and Jesse

Portland Wedding Photographer - April 4, 2012

Sedef and Jesse had a wonderful wedding at the Manuel Antonio National Park beaches at Costa Rica! I had photographed Sedef’s sister’s wedding couple years ago in Punta Mita in Puerto Vallarta area, and I am very happy I ended up photographing Sedef’s as well! (You can see the full set of pictures here. Please ask for the password from the couple.) More details coming …

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Maui Wedding of Curran and Jennie

Portland Wedding Photographer - March 6, 2012

Curran and Jennie, a lovely couple I have known for a while from Seattle tied the knot in Maui at a private villa called Kukahiko Estate. Jennie looked very elegant in her gorgeous dress from Luly Yang Couture. The wedding planner, Your Aloha Wedding Company‘s Kara Byrne was very easy to work with and made sure things ran smoothly! It was a simple, Hawaiian style …

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Wedding Vow Renewal at El Farallon, Cabo San Lucas

Portland Wedding Photographer - January 4, 2012

I have known Allie and Corey for a very long time, since I photographed their wedding. Since then, I was honored to photograph their children growing up and now their wedding vow renewal at El Farallon, Cabo San Lucas Capella Pedregal. It was a relaxed event, with a sunset vow renewal ceremony at the beach at Cabo San Lucas and a fun reception at the …

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Alexandra and David’s The Tides Zihuatanejo Wedding

Portland Wedding Photographer - March 8, 2011

I love Zihuatanejo – it is probably my favorite location in Pacific coast of Mexico. I have photographed a wedding at The Viceroy Hotel before for Amy and Larry’s Playa La Ropa wedding and really enjoyed it, so I was very excited when Alexandra and David, a lovely couple, booked me for their wedding. They really had a great, low key and fun wedding, where …

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Julie & Jonathan’s Sayulita Mexico Wedding at Villa De Oso and Rehearsal Dinner at Calypso

Portland Wedding Photographer - December 16, 2010

Julie and Jonathan had their rehearsal dinner at Calypso Restaurant  in the heart of Sayulita, Mexico.  Calypso is an amazing place with great food that’s perfect for these gatherings.  The next day we headed to the beautiful Villa De Oso for the wedding.  What a spectacular venue!  We got a chance to work with our friends at Sayulita Dream Weddings, they are great!  The wedding …

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