The Amazing World of Martha Zschock

Two medium sized flat rate boxes showed up on my doorstep a few months ago. They weren't too big so I attempted to pick them both up at the same time. Bad idea. The size of their exterior was definitely not proportional to the weight of the contents inside, not to mention my arm strength is pathetic. Nevertheless, I dragged them inside, one by one, excited to see what was inside. What was inside you ask? Oh they were just filled to the brim with A BUNCH of children's books!! 

A few months ago a woman named Martha Zschock contacted me about wanting to spruce up her website with some new photos. She is a fantastic children's author in Cape Cod who has made it her mission to teach kids through the books she writes and illustrates. What a talented woman!! Each page of her books is filled with knowledge about different states and adorable little characters who bring each place to life!

After talking with her for a while, she revealed that she really wanted to re-design her whole website as well which, lucky for her, is my husband's area of expertise! She sent me her books so I could photograph them, and my husband got to work on building her new website. It took a few months to set it all up and publish it online, but Martha's website has never looked so good! 

Below are just a few of the images I captured for her, but be sure to go check them out on her brand new site too!

And if you're in the need for a new website, logo design, or business rebranding, don't forget to check out my husband's business as well, Bahar Creative.

San Francisco in Black and White

These photos are a bit more "fine art" than my usual photographs, however, I can't help but love them in black and white! These images were taken just as we entered San Francisco, on my very first trip to California. It has taken me a while to post them, but I think they were worth the wait. :) Enjoy!

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Just out of curiosity, who would be interested in having prints like these in their home? The more landscape photos I take, the more I think, "Wow, this would be so pretty on my wall!" I'm considering selling prints of these and other photos from my portfolio.

Comment below to tell me if you think I should!

NEW Engagement & Wedding Gallery

You may have noticed a new gallery at the top of my website! In the last several weeks I have decided to officially offer wedding and engagement photography!! I have enjoyed shooting couples and weddings in the past, but never really chose to advertise for it...until now! Recently shooting one of our best friend's wedding has reawakened me to how much I truly love photographing couples and weddings. All of the excitement and anticipation gearing up for a wedding could not be more fun to photograph; not to mention the plethora of details and beautiful decorations just waiting to be captured! I just love it!! So go check out my new Engagement & Wedding image galleries; full of blissful love, stunning details, and beautiful moments between loved ones. Enjoy!

Pacific Coast Highway

I have exciting news!!!!  I quit my day job!

It has been a long time coming. I loved my part time job working at a local Portland print shoppe, but with the new year blazing onward it soon became clear that I was meant not to print other people's photos, but to photograph and print my own.

So what am I doing now you ask?! Working, silly! And working from home to be exact! I've been working on my business and reevaluating my pricing, editing a lot, and most importantly--photographing. It is wonderful and freeing, and also a little bit scary! But I am so excited for what 2014 will bring and all of the beautiful images just waiting to be photographed!

Speaking of beautiful photographs...I just realized that I never posted our San Francisco trip pictures (from almost 6 months ago)!

So without further ado, here are just a few of the highlights from our road trip to San Francisco to celebrate our 1st Wedding Anniversary:

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In all honesty...this only covers about 2 1/2 days of our 8 day trip, haha. I didn't even get to all our city shots! If you've never had the chance to drive down the Pacific Coast Highway...it should definitely be added to your bucket list! Best. Trip. Ever!!

More city shots to come! So, stay tuned for more images! 

P.S. What are your favorite trip locations? Or places you've yet to go, but have on your bucket list to visit? Comment below to let me know where you'd love to go!

Happy Travels everyone!