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I'm Jackie

Traveling wedding photographer + photography/small biz educator.

Mesmerized by the way two people love each other, each so uniquely.  I always leave room for dessert. Believe swear words are just sentence embellishers. Think indulgences are necessary in this life. 

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Love stories in all forms without the white dress... or maybe they wore white, it happens.

Just my little thoughts on different topics of planning your wedding day big party or just you two.

Stories of two lovers making it all about them, as they should.

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I’ve been wanting to do an in home portrait session for so long! So happy the first one was with my best friend, Amanda, and her man. We started talking about doing this a year ago. Maybe longer. I was wanting to do them and she was seeing photos of them on insta and wanting […]

Amanda and Ryan | Missoula MT In Home

October 20, 2017

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Couples

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I photograph my best friend and her man and her twin girls several times a year. Early this summer Amanda & Ryan said I do and Amanda had this vision of beautiful images of the two of them on the tables and around the wedding. But she wanted photos that no one had ever seen […]

Amanda and Ryan | Missoula MT Engagement Photographer

November 18, 2016

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Engagement

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My best friend is getting married… But first comes engagement photos. Last week we road tripped our way to Seattle for a weekend away for photos. Loud singing, very off tune by Amanda, lots of laughter, too much take out, and a lot of rain. But we made it to the Seattle WA area hoping […]

Amanda and Ryan | Seattle WA Engagement Photographer

September 24, 2015

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Weddings

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Amanda and Ryan have been drawn to each other from the moment they met. Undeniably. And with Ryan came a smile on Amanda’s face and a joy in her heart I hadn’t yet seen before. And the way he is with her children is amazing. We all knew it was only a matter of time […]

Amanda and Ryan | Missoula MT Proposal Photographer

July 28, 2015

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Engagement

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Amanda is my best friend. A couple times a year I photograph her and her growing twin girls. But since Ryan came into her life we’ve also started doing couples sessions every year. Or twice a year. That happens sometimes too. They are the easiest people to photograph in that they’re absolutely gorgeous and the […]

Amanda and Ryan | Missoula MT Couples Portrait Photographer

May 8, 2015

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Engagement

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It’s really the greatest honor when my friends ask me to photograph them. That they pick me. Then they always want to work around my work schedule whenever it works for me. They just want me to photograph them. It’s the greatest honor. These two… Amanda is my best friend. I won’t get all sappy […]

Amanda and Ryan | Missoula MT Couple Session

September 25, 2014

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