hello from your wedding + elopement photographers.
We are Mike and Jill.
We are a husband and wife wedding photography duo based in Washington state. We are adventurous, outdoor-loving photographers who are passionate about photographing love stories through candid, natural, heartfelt, and photojournalistic imagery.
A little bit about OUR story - we’ve been together since 2011 and married since 2019. We were a long distance couple for years and we were still living in two different states when we started our photography business together. This challenged us both personally and professionally. But it has also made us stronger, becoming solid partners in life, and in this craft!
From the beginning, we both fell in love with exploring outdoors and going on many adventures from hiking trails, mountains, canyons, waterfalls, to various campgrounds. Together we also fell back in love with photography, documenting the places we go and explore.
Together we love rainy days, creating art, hiking, camping, perusing through bookstores, finding new coffee shops to obsess over, and finding a good show to binge-watch.
We currently live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest where we enjoy the great outdoors anytime we can with our sweet baby boy, Oliver, and our golden retriever best friend, Aspyn.
Mike
Passionate about photography, the outdoors, conservation, and science.
I am passionate about landscape photography and photo journalism. My goal with my images is to encourage others to get out there and explore their own environment. In these adventures outdoors, I hope that they are inspired to respect, appreciate, and care for the natural beauty on this planet. After all, we come from nature. We live in it, and we inevitably will return to it. Our greatest and best legacy must be the preservation and protection of what is left on what is currently our one and only home. Other than that, I love hiking, dogs, cold weather, camping, wildlife, National Parks, and glorious sunsets.
Photo by Cedar & Pines
Jill
Passionate about education, literacy, creativity, books, art, social justice.
Photography came to me because I believe in the importance of storytelling. Stories can be transcendent and transformative; it can be a tool that can change people’s outlook and perspectives. Whether they're from books or photographs, I have always appreciated the power of a story well told.
Some other things I love aside from photography: dogs, mountains, writing, road trips, rain, bonfires, plants, hiking, nerdy things, forests, and kind people.
Photo by Cedar & Pines
