Jed and Christa

January isn’t known for a month with great portrait weather in the PNW, but after several days of rain, the sky cleared enough to let the sun shine through and we had a perfectly beautiful Sunday afternoon portrait session. When you live in the Pacific Northwest, you learn to watch the weather channel and plan accordingly. Jed and Christa are great sports who were willing to get wet if it rained, but we had the added concern of our gear getting wet, so while we can work around it, it’s always a blessing when the weather cooperates.  

Jed is another former youth choir student I had when he was in high school. What a cool opportunity to have two engagement sessions in two week’s time, and both for former students. Meeting the ladies they have chosen to spend their lives with has been super fun and special. What an honor to get to do this engagement session and we can’t wait to capture their wedding in a few short months.

We gave Jed and Christa some choices of locations and they chose a country setting with backdrops of rolling hills, snow capped mountains, tall grasses, old barns and beautiful trails and walking paths. This location is to photographers, much like a candy shop to kids. It’s amazing!  

As we traveled to the destination, we got to hear all about their love story. They met while away at an educational camp a few years ago and became better acquainted the second year they attended. He is self employed and she heard about a business opportunity he presented and decided to jump in on the opportunity. She soon found herself packing up and moving to be able to get a good business start and their friendship blossomed into romance. He surprised her in December of 2020, with a Christmas season proposal and she said “yes!”  We couldn’t be happier for them! They have a lot of fun together and this along with their sweet romance was easy to capture at their engagement session.