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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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Kelsey + Nathan got engaged and even now haven’t started planning a wedding yet. Which I love. It’ll all happen when it’s supposed to. For now they were planning a big move to San Diego just because they simply want sunshine and their toes in the sand! I’m so obsessed with how they’ve simplified life […]

Kelsey and Nathan | Snoqualmie Falls WA

September 4, 2017

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This session and experience with Kaitlin + Steve is one I’ll just never forget. I had planned this mini vacation away with my daughter, a last hoorah before she started school. As I planned everything I decided last minute to leave a day later than I had planned. I didn’t know why just had a […]

Kaitlin and Steve | Glacier MT Sunset

September 1, 2017

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Alexis and Joshua came all the way from New York to do engagement photos way up in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park. Well ok actually Joshua’s family has a house nearby in Whitefish and they’re getting married up there next summer so they wanted to have engagement photos in the park this […]

Alexis and Joshua | Many Glacier MT

August 14, 2017

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Things just work out in such strange ways, right?! I’m always amazed at the avenues that couples go through to find me and decide I’m the photographer for them! Layne and Mike are from British Columbia and originally had their hearts set on another photographer from BC but they were unable to photograph their Montana […]

Layne and Mike | Kalispell MT

July 12, 2017

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Instagram is so crazy cool for connection. It quickly became my fave social media platform when it launched. Simple with just sharing images and short captions but it’s also become one of my favorite business tools. Moreover, enterprise bi tools companies helped me to build a solid sales pipeline as it has saved my time […]

Brandon and Tiana | Cannon Beach OR

May 26, 2017

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Couples

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Breanna emailed me one day asking if I’d photograph their upcoming wedding at the end of June…. to which I said YES! We started chatting through what they wanted and needed, timelines etc and I was just falling in love with her, Trenton and their wedding. At the same time my little sister was planning […]

Breanna and Trenton | Missoula MT Engagement Photographer

May 22, 2017

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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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The world really is a small place. Quinn emailed me about photographing her winter wedding in Montana and an engagement session in Seattle and as soon as I saw her last name I thought what are the chances this girl is from little Dillon, Montana. Sure enough she is. Her younger sister and I went […]

Quinn and Jake | Franklin Falls Seattle WA Engagement Photographer

October 28, 2016

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I was so excited when Alysha messaged me and said ok it’s a little secret but she’s engaged and asked if I would photograph her and Jake for their engagement photos. Alysha is a hair stylist and we’ve done a few weddings together and it’s always such an honor when another wedding vendor seeks you […]

Alysha and Jake | Missoula MT Mountain Engagement Photographer

September 22, 2016

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Robert would gently grab Chelsea’s hand and slowing guide her down the rocks overlooking Flathead Lake. It was so beautiful and so special to spend some time with these two doing engagement photos. They had just flew in from Chicago for their wedding that weekend but asked to meet up and do an engagement session […]

Chelsea and Robert | Bigfork MT Flathead Lake Engagement Photographer

August 24, 2016

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