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tyler + christie . portland family photography

sara montour — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:39:09 +0000

A few weeks ago I went down to Portland for a mini Vagabond Bond gathering (also known as one of the best 48-hour segments of my life. Or was it?). While I was down there Kristy let me tag along for an engagement session she had planned with the adorable Christie + Tyler. It’s so interesting to see how another photographer works and interacts with people while they’re shooting and it’s reinforced time and time again that photography has little to do with a camera and everything to do with how a photographer sees the world around them.

I have the coolest job ever.

Check out how I saw Tyler and Christie below and then jump on over to Kristy’s Blog to see what she saw.

james + rachelle . engaged!

sara montour — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:25:21 +0000

This session is a perfect example of why I love to do engagement sessions before weddings and why I always include them in my wedding package. Scott and I met James and Rachelle last spring in Bellevue to meet about their wedding. It was a great meeting on a beautiful day, but we didn’t really get to know THEM. We’ve exchanged emails and phone calls, which helps a little, but it doesn’t really paint the whole picture. On Wednesday, though, we met at Parsons Garden in Seattle for their engagement session and by the end of the session I was totally in love with them and SO EXCITED to shoot their wedding next month.

Rachelle and James are adorable and have so much fun together, which made for a perfect session for Scott and I because everyone knows we’re totally ridiculous. They scouted out some perfect locations for us and were willing to climb trees and roll around on the ground; dream clients!

To view James + Rachelle’s entire Seattle engagement session, view the slideshow here!

Proofs and ordering available here.

lana + jt . tacoma engagement photography

sara montour — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:53:49 +0000

Lana was one of the very first people I met when I got to Tacoma, and we all actually lived together for the first few months I was here. Since I grew up with a giant family I think that constantly having people around, especially Lana’s awesome girls, provided me with a certain comfort level that I probably wouldn’t have had without them. Lana and I use to laugh over coffee every morning and then most days Hailee and I would hang out while everyone else was gone.

I’m so happy that Lana, JT, Lindsey, and Hailee are part of my life here in Tacoma and am super excited to hang out with Lindsey and Hailee all day tomorrow!

Tonight, though… a little love via Lana + JT. Enjoy the moments!

krista + ben . engagement photography

sara montour — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:47 +0000

Krista and I haven’t known each other for that long, but she quickly became one of my favorite people in the world while we were road tripping to Austin in an RV for SXSW:

Krista and I pretty much laughed our faces off the entire time, and she was also 1/3 of our electric trio that got caught stealing power from a mental institution. Throughout our SXSW adventures Krista kept referring to this mysterious Ben creature, and she always had a giant smile on her face when she was talking about him. Apparently Ben enjoys Krista rad smile, too, because he asked her to marry him a couple months ago and I was super excited when she asked if I would capture some engagement photos for them.

We met up at Lake Harriet only an hour after I got back from my road trip to the east coast, and it was an awesome way to be welcomed back to the homeland.

As I was driving up to the band shell on Lake Harriet I noticed that no one was around the picnic area at the bottom of the hill and the light looked amazing, so we decided to start there:

We soon realized that there was a reason no one was there. It was infested by swarms and swarms of ~~pterodactyls~~ gnats, so we ran for our lives out onto the docks:

I informed them that under no circumstances were they to create a hand heart, but Krista couldn’t resist:

Then we went to the beach where Ben showed off his sweet skillz:

And we bogarted the lifeguard’s digs:

As we walked to the Rose Gardens the sun was just setting below the trees and gave us the most delicious light:

Thanks so much for letting me steal some adorable moments for you guys! I’m so excited for your move to Austin, and can’t wait to see where it takes you!

Check out the slideshow below for the full adventure (with a little help from Explosions in the Sky, of course) and click here for prints.

bobby + carrie . engagement portrait photography

sara montour — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:53:17 +0000