Brooklyn Maternity Photography - We're Pregnant!

After moving across the country, a long sabbatical from photography, a worldwide pandemic, and a whole new season of life later, we find ourselves loving living in NYC, and even planning to start a family here. We are excited to say that we’re expecting our own little babe in March! A girl. And we couldn’t be more excited!!

Since baby girl will be born in winter, we felt it was fitting to capture maternity photos in the snow. We didn’t necessarily mean to do an entire maternity shoot. We just looked out the window one day and spontaneously said, “It’s snowing!! Let’s grab the tripod and go take some photos!!” It was nearly 15 degrees outside, but the photos came out so cute, we just kept snapping more!! And that’s the story of how we accidentally captured our own maternity photos, haha! I love how they turned out.

Thanks Joe, for enduring the cold, and venturing on this wild journey to parenthood with me. Love you!

Farewell For Now….

It is with a heavy (but excited) heart that after 8 years in business, I must say goodbye… for now. In an unexpected turn of events, my husband and I were offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and as a result, we are excited to announce that:

We Have Moved to New York City!

It was totally unexpected, and a massive leap of faith, but we are SO excited for this fun, new adventure in the Big Apple. Sadly, my business will not be coming with us, so I am no longer booking photography sessions. We absolutely adore Portland, and still think of it as home, so there’s a chance we may move back in a few years’ time! But until then, our new address will be in New York City.

After over a decade of dedicating my life to photography, and capturing the incredibly heartwarming life-events of my clients, I just couldn’t part with my website, (which I spent many, many hours working on, haha!). So for now, I will keep it alive, here on the interwebs, in remembrance of my years spent capturing moments in time, and of all the amazing people I got to meet along the way.

To my clients, thank you for all the wonderful memories.
I hope to see you again someday.
— Shelley Marie

Washington Park Engagement Session - Kristin & Andrew

Columbia River Gorge Engagement Session

Shauna and Michael were long distance while dating, but planned a weekend to be together, just to shoot their engagement session. They picked the Columbia River Gorge for their photos, and I couldn’t have been more excited! After all, the gorge is one of my absolute favorite spots to shoot in Oregon! We planned to meet, for the first time, in the parking lot of Latourelle falls. When I looked across the parking lot, and saw a stunning girl in a flowy red dress walking my way, I knew instantly that this session was going to be one for the books! We spent the next couple hours wandering the historic Columbia River highway, dancing in the street, and watching the sun set at Crown Point. In a word, is was simply magical. These two definitely get the “best dressed award!” I mean LOOK at them!! Just gorgeous.