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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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If you want the answer to my all-time favorite family photo ideas, it’ll always be in-home sessions!! Especially in YOUR home. You might be asking yourself, “wait, Jackie does family photo sessions?” Yessss I do, but not very often. So when my schedule is free and a family reaches out who has a fun vision […]

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Family Photo Ideas: A Day at Home

February 15, 2023

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Couples

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What’s better than splashing around in the creek for some outdoor family photos with your bff’s family? As a Missoula photographer, I get to spend my days hanging with my crazy-in-love couples, honeys saying ‘I Do’ and nature lovers visiting for their annual dose of the mountain magic, but some of my favorite shoots are […]

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Outdoor Family Photos in Missoula, MT

November 21, 2022

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Couples

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When you go searching for the best engagement photo ideas, you’ll likely find endless big views and epic scenery and curated spaces. But what if I told you that it can be more simple than that? This session with Marissa + John was at a quiet spot alongside a river behind their property and it […]

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Engagement Photo Ideas: Choosing a Sentimental Location

November 12, 2022

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Engagement

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There’s a reason White Raven is a favorite Montana wedding venue and Olivia + Josh’s summer wedding was absolute proof of why. Their dreamy destination wedding weekend just outside of Missoula, MT started with exploring the area with some outdoor fun like whitewater rafting, celebrated the couple in a stunning ceremony, and ended with a […]

Summer Wedding at a Fav Montana Wedding Venue

November 4, 2022

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Weddings

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There’s nothing like a spring engagement photoshoot after a long winter in the mountains! And Ky + Sky brought some bubbly spring time energy to their session in Missoula. Seriously, it was almost an entire shoot of cracking jokes and being total idiots goofing around!!!! If you’d meet these two, that wouldn’t surprise you at […]

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Spring Engagement In Missoula MT

July 30, 2022

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Engagement

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A morning hiking elopement in Montana means an early wake up call! Now normally I’m all about slowwww mornings, but this elopement was definitely worth the alarm. I mean getting married on a cliff overlooking the mountains in their morning glow?? Come on!!  Kayla + Wyatt knew what they wanted when they came to me […]

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HIking Elopement in Montana

July 12, 2022

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Elopement

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I realize that I say I have the sweetest couples quite often. But each time, I swear, they’re the sweetest couples! How they end up with me at their wedding is mind boggling haha. Chris and Tessa are so sweet, so generous and just want to have a good time, with everyone. They had a […]

Tessa and Chris | Missoula Montana

July 17, 2018

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Weddings

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It feels like forever since I wrote a blog post. Cause it’s basically been forever. Life has been AWESOME you guys! I’m going a hundred miles an hour at a steady pace so I’m not dying and I’m so stoked for all the projects I’m working on, new clients I’m working with and everything to […]

Lorissa and Derrick | Missoula Montana

April 24, 2018

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Couples

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After months of barely ever seeing the sun it finally started to come out from the clouds for a few days before Jacki + Justin’s engagement and I was sooooo excited!! The snow had started to melt and I couldn’t wait to finally do a session where it could possibly not look like winter. JUST […]

Jacki + Justin | Winter Missoula MT

March 20, 2018

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Engagement

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Last year I decided to run a special on portrait sessions around Christmas and I was so stoked on the people who booked I did it again this year. So many couples jumped on the opportunity to use them for anniversary sessions, which is amazing cause most couples don’t get photos together after their wedding […]

Leah and David | Missoula MT

January 22, 2018

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Couples

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