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Adventure Engagement Photos | Samantha & Adam on the Oregon Coast

July 17, 2015

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Oh, Oregon. I can’t believe it’s been just over a week since this dream of an adventure engagement session on the Oregon coast with Samantha and Adam! We fell 100%, completely head over heels in love with the Oregon coast during a brief visit several years ago, and ever since, I’ve been dreaming of photographing a session at Cannon Beach. When Samantha and Adam contacted us about their wedding at CJ’s off the Square for next spring, I was so excited to hear that they currently live in Portland. Then we got to talk with them and found out how amazing they are, and we were ridiculously excited when they agreed to roadtrip to the coast with us for this epic adventure session! It was seriously a dream come true. Couples who love adventure are the best! These two are just so easy going and have so much fun together. They met at a brewery in Colorado (mountains, good beer, and good food–best!), and have lived all over the country, as well as spending some time long distance, and are currently in Oregon for Adam’s job with an outdoor brand. For their session we started with a hike through Oswald West State Park, explored Ecola State Park, then ended on Cannon Beach, which totally delivered with moody clouds and misty weather!

These are some of our favorites from our time exploring with them! (I’ll be here pretending to still be in this amazing 60 degree weather, instead of Nashville where the heat index is over 100 degrees this weekend 😉 ):

Oswald West State Park

Couple walking on bridge

Ferns at Oswald West State Park

Couple kissing on bridge

Walking through the woods couple

Nature engagement photos

Girl running through woods

Couple hiking to beach

Best beach hike Oregon

Epic engagement photos

Woman laughing in forest

Hiking engagement photos

Purple flowers on tree

Holding hands in forest

Best hikes for couples

Adventure together session

Best relaxed engagement photos

Best Oregon engagement photos

Couple adventuring together

Relaxed engagement photos

Couple hugging in tall grass

Hiking to the Oregon coast

Ecola State Park

Oregon coast engagement photos

Travel photography couples

Best destination engagement photos

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Couple hugging on beach

Haystack Rock engagement photos

Engaged couple on Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach engagement session

Couple walking on beach

Romantic adventure photos

Walking on Cannon Beach

Best engagement photo outfits

Epic engagement session

Sam and Adam-Thanks for adventuring with us! You two are awesome, and we are so thankful for our time together and all the wonderful conversations we had! We cannot wait to celebrate with you in the spring (and hopefully see you in August!). And I’m forever grateful for the Pine State Biscuits recommendation 😉

Thank you all for stopping by the blog! Join us on Instagram to keep up with all our latest adventures, and I hope you are all having an amazing summer!

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  1. […] As I mentioned, we started out the trip on the coast with these awesome humans. We hiked through ferns and tall trees to hidden beaches. We had burgers and beers and made awesome stuff together. People who are willing to road trip to awesome locations with us are the best kind of people. You can see more of their Adventure Engagement Session. […]

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Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...

I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.

And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.



And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.

Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen

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