Instantly Forever
catching up on blogging…
one of my favorite couples, 10 years and five kids later.
i met these two for the first time when the flew me out to their home in oklahoma 4 years ago. i am thrilled they have moved back to the pacific northwest!
they make my job so super easy. <3
enjoy,
xoxo
Welcome to the Morris Family’s Session!
As you all know, the beautiful Elizabeth is my sons piano instructor. She has been teaching him since he was just a little guy. You can find her business HERE, and I highly recommend her if you or your child is interested in piano, guitar, or vocal lessons.
Elizabeth and Joshua are always up for something new and unique when it comes to their family images. And this year was no exception. They were looking for more of a lifestyle feel, as opposed to the posed which we generally do. I was pretty excited for that!
She knew she wanted the water, but also to be IN the water this year. We chatted and decided that Cottonwood Beach in Washougal would be the perfect location for her sunset family session!
Since this was the end of the summer, Elizabeth was wanting to create the warm feel that usually comes with this time of year. She chose sunset, which I absolutely love. For her clothing choices, Elizabeth wanted rich and bold colors that would compliment the end of summer sunset feel. She chose to wear a dress from my studio closet, which I ordered from The House of Flynn.
To go along with their lifestyle session feel, Joshua packed a cooler filled with ice creams and cones for a fun ice cream family time. I loved how the children just dug in to their ice creams, and how Joshua and Elizabeth started feeing each other from their own cones.
I hope you enjoy The Morris Family’s sunset family session!
hello readers!
this is something that i’ve been thinking about for a while, but never really jumped on board with… until now.
i love newborns. i love how peaceful and innocent they are. i love their little personalities, which are very obvious from the moment they enter my studio.
most of all… i really love to teach. i love when i have photographers ask me questions about lighting, wrapping, props, the perfect vendors…. and i want to share!
i am currently offering newborn mentoring sessions with an emphasis on wrapping. i am often asked about my wraps… where i get them and how to achieve the look created. these mentoring sessions are going to be at an introductory pricing for a short amount of time.
you will spend the entire day in my studio. we will talk about lighting, wrapping, posing, safety, styling…. anything you would like to learn. this will be hands on, meaning you will be able to wrap these babies yourself if you so desire.
these sessions are available to photographers who are wanting to take their business to the next level, and dive into newborn photography.
there is a 90 mile, non compete radius on these sessions.
i have something to offer local photographers as well <3
if you are interested in learning more about newborn photography, feel free to contact me for details at hello@briennekristen.com
**i offer a discount for 2:1 mentoring, if you want to bring a friend to learn as well.
one of the most beautiful and extraordinary mamas i know <3
proverbs 31:10
love this sweet mama and her precious littles! <3
xoxo,
olive
sweet mama and her littles!
hello friends!
mother’s day is rapidly approaching! here are the first of the mommy and me mini sessions for this year!
enjoy!
xoxo,
olive
hello friends!
meet stella marie!
i was so trilled when her mama contacted me for her newborn photos! i did her older brother’s images as well, and it’s always super special to me when i get to photograph siblings <3
how beautiful is this little angel?
enjoy!
xoxo,
olive
hello everyone!
here is the first session of two that tori and i did during my trip to louisiana last month!
tori texted me before i flew out, and asked me if i would consider doing a milk bath session when i came down! i was SO excited! this is my first attempt, and i am very pleased
with the results! we had a lot of fun planning this out, and also during!
we sent her eldest boy out on a mission to cut us some wisteria blooms for this session. he also got us some gorgeous azaleas out of her yard. i love that we were able to use local flowers!
i hope you enjoy tori’s beautiful milk bath maternity session!
xoxo, olive
hello friends!!
i just got back from louisiana this week, and what fun it was! i’ve been to the south 7 times, and this was by far the most fun experience yet!
my friend tori, of tori courtney photography is expecting her baby girl in may! she asked me to come and take her maternity images at her favorite lake… and of course i couldn’t say no!
i headed out fairly early from pdx on thursday morning, with my beloved house of flynn bags. if you’re a photographer, or just even a bag lover… you should totally check out maureen’s bag collections. you can find them HERE. i love the evermore bags, the backpacks, the shoot cases, and of course the travlers wallet.
my flights were great, and my seatmates were all amazing. i love how the Lord always has someone for me to sit by. He never fails, each time. <3
friday was our photo day, and we were super excited! however the weather was a little uncooperative! there were thunder showers all day long! but we got a quick break and headed out to fontainebleau state park, and did some quick shots before the rain came back! both mom and dad LOVE to fish, and really wanted to incorporate the water in their session. how gorgeous is this location? so in love! <3
after our session, tori started talking about something called a snowball…. and low and behold it’s a SNOWCONE, but better! these have such a velvety texture!! they are so much better than the snowcones you get up here in the pnw! and the have a million flavors and add ice cream to them as well! i loved the little gummy bear on top too. needless to say, i was in heaven with the drive through snowball places…. and we sure went a few times!
the next day we had tori’s best girlfriend come over with her new little baby boy. tori and i had a mini newborn session in her house! we worked on lighting and posing, and wrapping. i am SO proud of my little grasshopper! (thanks sabrina! 😉 )
that night, nate went out and got crawfish. for the life of me i couldn’t figure out what crawfish was, until tori showed me a picture.
crawdad. it’s a crawdad. we used to catch these in the river up here and bring them to my mother, and she would eat them.
needless to say, this was an EXPERIENCE for me.
like a teeny tiny lobster…. but not.
mister nate showing me how to uh, “shell” them. tori took a video of me as well, but we shall leave that one out. 😉
**omgosh tori the toothbrush! her little man would carry around two toothbrushes all day long! he loved the way the suction cups would make a sound on everything!
so let’s talk southern bugs…
i’ve been to tennessee a couple times and oklahoma once, and south carolina once. and never ever ever in my life have i seen such giant bugs like there are in louisiana. i’m hunting a carpenter bee in these images, because i’ve never seen such a large bee!! we have bugs up here, but we also have a million types of spiders… so it’s kinda like natural pest control. 🙂
tori also took video, but we will leave that out as well.
i’m not scared of bugs, but DANG.
the day i flew out, tori and i took a trip to noew orleans.
now, i’ve been before. and i swore i would never ever go back. i do not like bourbon street. at all. you couldn’t pay me enough money to go back to that hell. and i REALLY didn’t like all the voodoo places. it’s not funny, and it’s not cute. it’s not something to play with. just walking by those places gets your spirit on guard.
however going to new orleans with a native was completely different. we hit the french market, which i had been to before… but it was different this time. she showed me all the fun things that i NEEDED to try while i was here. this market reminded me of pike place market in seattle, one of my favorite places. 🙂
she took me for a muffuletta sandwich! i’ve never heard of this before and it was amazing! they even had gluten free bread for me! i took the cheese off though… no cheese for me.
and now i’m addicted and desperately trying to find the olive salad and i can’t find it!
we hit aunt sally’s for praline’s which i had never had either! i will be ordering these for delivery…
i couldn’t pass this gem up.
and NO i didn’t try any.
our trip couldn’t be complete without a picture of us together.
i just love this woman. she has a special place in my heart.
she is such a beautiful woman of Christ, and she definitely has a divine anointing on her life. i cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for our friendship!
so my flight home… sucked.
i’ve never had such an awful experience with southwest airlines.
my flight out of nola was so delayed, i would miss my connection in LA. so they gave me a different flight with a connection in oakland airport.
that flight was delayed two hours.
we get to oakland airport, and all of us pdx travelers have a 3.5 hour delay…. because the last pdx flight had left 5 minutes prior to our arrival. couldn’t hold it?
needless to say, i was pretty ticked and tired. i toured all over the oakland airport wing i was in, got decaf and oatmeal because starbucks was the only thing open.
finally it was time to go, and we all landed at pdx at 1am, which was 3am my adjusted time.
our luggage had been sitting out in the rain, so everyone’s items were soaked, and my case was broken.
it was like living in the twilight zone. way to go southwest, you’re winning it.
overall i had a wonderful trip, and i am really looking forward to returning when baby lakeleigh arrives in may! i’ve not had super wonderful experiences in the south, but i have to say i do love louisiana.
i’ll be posting images from tori’s outdoor AND indoor images this week!
xoxo, olive