Oregon Coast Family Photography Session with Colorado Based Photographer
Coastal Oregon Family Session with Colorado Based Travel Photographer
This family photography session on the coast in Oregon was goals for me, friends. I actually got to photograph two families on this beach on the same weekend while taking my daughter on her 16th birthday road trip and it was glorious. Bristin and her crew are one of those families that I got to hang out with in Colorado but then the military took it away, haha. That happens a lot in Colorado Springs with it being home to several military installations.
I try to always find the good parts of what feels like a sad situation, like when families move away. I think the biggest perk when this happens is traveling to them! I LOVE traveling and seeing new spaces and most of all, I love seeing old friends and documenting their authenticity in their new home.
I have wanted to photograph a family on this coastal Oregon beach for over two years. The first time I ever journeyed there was with my lovely friends during a Dear Photographer Elevate + Grow Workshop. Space, the people, the weather, the plants, and small insect friends, I fell head over heels in love. Don’t get me wrong, I love our Colorado mountains (and showing all my vacationing clients an amazing time in them) but there is nothing quite like experiencing something new for yourself.
This session and time with friends was a restart to my heart. I truly enjoy my job and every one I get to meet and spend time with but there is something extra special and freeing about just letting it all go and being fluid in the moments you are in. I can pretty much predict what will happen at a family session in Colorado. At this new space, there were things to discover around every corner. Caves, rocks, the ocean, the pines. Who knows, maybe one day we will make the move to Oregon and play with families on this beach often.
Traveling away also allows you to revisit the appreciation you have for where you live. Our mountains are breathtaking and I need to remind myself that they are always majestic. Who knows what my future will hold or where I will live. I just know that wherever that is, it will be filled with nature and earth and good friends.
Are you a past client of mine reading this? Please know that I MISS you with my whole heart. I loved getting to know you while you were in the Springs AND I would love to still hang out with you in your new space too! Let me come to you. Show me around?
