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new website!

sara montour — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:54:36 +0000

I have a new website + blog! Please head to saramontour.com to view it and update your feed readers to reflect the new RSS.

Heck yes!

holga . plastic magic

sara montour — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:26:47 +0000

We finally dropped off some of our film to be developed, which is always fun because I’m horrible at remembering to do it, so by the time we get around to it I’ve completely forgotten what’s on the rolls.

Enjoy these holga frames from our drive around Mount Rainier, snowshoeing with Scott + Jacqui, Kass + Eowyn’s maternity session, and Ocean Shores with Eliesa, Kass + Eowyn!

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.

jennifer + harley . olympia maternity photography

sara montour — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:56:10 +0000

We met Jennifer and Harley last week at Tolmie State Park to document this super exciting time in their lives. I was so impressed by how sweet they both were, to us and to each other, and it made for a beautiful evening (with GORGEOUS light!) of getting to know them.

Congrats, you guys, I can’t wait to meet the little babe! Huge, huge thanks to Erik and Patti for making this all come together!

double rainbow over tacoma

sara montour — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:08:38 +0000

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

the key family!

sara montour — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:22:55 +0000

You may recognize a few of these faces because we recently did a family portrait session for Lisa, Daniel, and Owen. A couple weeks ago we were lucky enough to meet Daniel’s entire family and capture the great connections between all of them.

Editing through these definitely made me miss my family back in Minnesota, and just reaffirmed, once again, that capturing these fun moments between families is absolutely my dream.

Thanks, Key family, we can’t wait to see you again!

kass + eowyn + logan scott

sara montour — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:52:02 +0000

He’s finally here!!!!

2010!

sara montour — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:21:20 +0000

I’ve spent all week trying to wrap my head around 2010 and somehow transform those thoughts and experiences into the PERFECT blog post. As I keep going through photos, blog posts, tweets, Facebook updates, etc., all I can think about is how happy I am that I’m continually choosing to live my dream as a photographer. It’s not always an easy dream, but it’s mine and I can’t imagine spending my days and living my life any other way.

To my clients in 2010, my first year in Tacoma, I can’t tell you how much I adore you all and how thankful I am that we connected and I was able to document your lives. After a rough 2008 and a really rough 2009 I decided to move here, a place that had been in my heart for nearly 20 years, and you all made my heart soar; I’m so excited to call Tacoma my home. 2010 was exactly what I needed in so many ways.

I CAN’T WAIT for 2011. I have so many dreams and goals and I am beyond excited to push myself in every way possible. I can’t wait to see you all in the new year, thank you all for a truly inspiring 2010:

laurel + paul + natalie . seattle family portraits

sara montour — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:02:28 +0000

When Laurel first contacted me to schedule a family session she said that she had heard of us from Nancy and Buck and immediately I knew there was a 99.9% chance that I would adore her. I was right.

A couple days before our session Laurel and I talked on the phone and she asked me what we did in case of rain and I simply said “well! Mostly we just embrace it!” On the day of our session nature decided to test us and threw us CRAZY rain and INSANE wind. I was so impressed and thankful for how much Laurel and Paul did, indeed, totally embrace it and how they insisted that we grab the umbrellas and go down by the water.

Natalie was the sweetest little lady, with the most gorgeous blue eyes. She also thought Scott was HILARIOUS (she’s right).

You can see the full session over on our proofing site.

nancy + buck + bennett + rachael

sara montour — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:45:36 +0000

If you follow me on twitter or on facebook you probably already know how much I adore this family. As I was editing these photos I couldn’t stop myself from uploading a few sneak peaks; they’re just so incredibly cute!

We photographed Nancy, Buck, Bennett, and Rachael for the first time in May and both Scott and I were ridiculously excited to meet up with them again last weekend to get some new family portraits. Rachael has definitely moved on to independent + walking toddler, and Bennett always amazes me with how smart he is and how intrigued he is by everything around him.

You can see the entire set of photos on our proofing site, and I had to include this great moment that Scott caught of Bennett and I watching the ferry boats.

We already can’t wait until next time!