Hi, I'm Sam.

 

a photo-taking, baby-making, adventure-seeking mama, artist, designer, + photographer.

I would love to take your portrait.

 

Weddings

Together with my husband Matthew, we offer award-winning wedding photography services worldwide at a flat all-inclusive rate, no matter where in the country you're getting married. If our work reflects your personal style, we would love to learn more about the celebration you're planning.

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a day in your life: family

Life moves fast, kids grow quickly, let’s take the time to document it before it all changes again. Using photo journalism style techniques, I document your family as you really are to tell your unique visual story, unscripted and full of life.

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Portraits

Over the top whimsical portraits of children? Yes, PLEASE! I love to play dress up, make believe, and use computer composite techniques to build photographic experiences. Share your dreams with me + let’s make them real, at least just long enough to take a photograph. .

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Birth

The moment you meet your child is easily one of the most powerful events in life. I love to document and support women while they traverse the empowering experience of birth.

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Waking Back Up to the World Wide Web
Waking Back Up to the World Wide Web

After a one year break from the internet at large, So Many Moments is back and So Much More then it’s ever been before! Photography and beyond, I’m delving in to all the things that bring my inner creative weirdo joy : interior design, party planning, DIY home projects, gardening, styling, & So Many More Moments

Florida Life : Nostalgic + Exotic
Florida Life : Nostalgic + Exotic

It’s been two months since we moved 3,000 miles into a house we bought sight-unseen and we’re surprised at how much we’re enjoying making this familiar landscape home again.

Oregon Family Yurt Camping
Oregon Family Yurt Camping

We love to go camping with the whole family, and all our friends too, in the Pacific Northwest. This group yurt camping trip was a blast, and I've got a few favorite camping things and tips to share too.

Comadres Adventure +Thoughts on Friendship
Comadres Adventure +Thoughts on Friendship

Girl's Weekend Getaway to visit the Umpqua Hotsprings and a night out in Eugene, OR with thoughts about friendship and what makes mine work for me.

We're Moving
We're Moving

We're moving... to a house 3,000 miles away we've never seen before in real life, only on the internet! Our Portland Milwaukie home will be our new Air BnB rental home, the Hill Top House, and we can't wait for the adventure this next chapter of our lives together.

Thelonious : A Healing Birth Story
Thelonious : A Healing Birth Story

My second natural midwife led birth story; this time with a far better labor and delivery, but a much more turbulent pregnancy.

EuroBlog : Traveling with a Toddler in Europe 2
EuroBlog : Traveling with a Toddler in Europe 2

Part 2 of our travel adventure blog through Europe and Iceland with a toddler. From the beaches of Spain, through the old streets of Brugge, and finally the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, this travel diary chronicles the second half of our adventure as destination wedding photographers traveling with our toddler.

EuroBlog : Traveling with a Toddler in Europe
EuroBlog : Traveling with a Toddler in Europe

A very big trip with a very little girl. After booking a destination wedding in Normandy, France, this Portland family packed up their toddler and hit the road for an adventure. Part destination wedding photography team, part family reunions, all fun.

Amelie : A Homebirth Story
Amelie : A Homebirth Story

Birth Story of my first midwife led natural homebirth for our daughter in Portland, Oregon.

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Super FUN camping activity: a friend brought paper to make solar prints! . . The kids gathered all kinds of things from nature, but supplemented with some of her shapes and things brought from home, to create scenes on the light sensitive paper. They carefully laid it out, in the sun, wash the paper in water, then hung it to dry. . . My kid is so proud to hang his up under his bed now that we’re home to remember the trip by. . . Thanks, @lamerrilee ! #createmore #sunprint #solarpaper #campingfun #campingactivities #oregoncampingtrip #campingwithkids #kidsbeingkids #slowyourselfdown #makemoreart #freshairkids #floridamoms #travelingfamily #momswholovetotravel #myown #creativekids
The first time I was invited to go “hiking” was our first summer in Oregon. I was still very much a FL girl and didn’t really know what that it meant, but said yes. I did know well enough to just say yes to everything, even back then. . . We drove hours outside of the city and it was raining. Not FL rain, but Oregon drizzle. We parked on the side of a forest road and started walking, following a path over slick rocks and into a little mud here and there. I suppose I’d simply never considered, but it had never occurred to me before that “hiking” was just ...walking. Nor had I anticipated finding out walking could be so incredibly enjoyable. . . I learned I loved hiking that day. I also learned that even just drizzle, on a long enough timeline, will get you soaking wet. . . We’ve been hiking ever since, and so our kids certainly know and love hiking themselves. Especially this trail in our old neighborhood to the “witch’s castle”. I hope they always find ways to visit this special slice of Forest Park; their very first homeland. . . #walkmore #hikeitbaby #slowyourselfdown #getoutside #familytimefun #exploregon #forestpark #lowermaccleay #oregonian #oregonkids #backtoroots #momtographer #clickinmomshunt19 #walkinthewoods #portlandfamily
How silly strange that this was so very recently and yet already feels eons have passed since. Traversing the country on no sleep will do that to a mom. . . Oregon still has a solid block of my heart cordoned off. I’m excited to see all the photographs I made this trip and finish tidying up the galleries for my Pacific Northwest clients. I’m excited to announce my spooky Halloween minis and then Christmas minis. I’m excited to plant my garden beds tomorrow. I’m excited to decorate for Halloween soon. I’m excited for ALL THE THINGS, but mostly right now, I’m excited to sleep in my own bed again. Goooood night! 🌲 . . . 📷 Matthew of #SoManyMoments husband a co-shooter extraordinaire #motherandson #hikingoregon #santiamriver #stopandbreathe #slowyourselfdown #campingvacation #oregoncamping #campingwithkids #justmeandmybaby #getoutside #outfrombehindthecamera
Future gamer? 🤷‍♀️ My own kids had never played a video game, but vacations are terrific for firsts. Then, I ended up listening to the John Carmack Rogan episode with on one of our flights home. As usual: #mindblown Any other Joe Rogan fans? #babygamer #futurekids #documentaryfamilyphotographer #familyphotojournalism #joerogan #johncarmack #reallifefamily #portlandfamily #hightechkids
This is a story that repeats daily for this family: getting squishy little toes tucked safely into teeny shoes. . . In focusing on these types of portraits, my hope is to bring this family back here. Not right now, but far down the road. I want this dad to see this photo years past when his daughter needs help with her shoes and for him to remember, for an instant, exactly what this was like. . . The boots, the bench, water bottle and doormat; they’re all creating the environment where this routine takes place, time and time again. And it’s small, perhaps even mundane right now. But, the shoes will change size, as the girls will as they grow. The mat will get worn and the walls may change color. What matters to me is that in this photo, it’s preserved. . . It’s where I find value in my work. The visual stories I tell may seem small today, but my hope is that some day it might be so much bigger and mean so much more to someone down the road. . . #littlemoments #thedetails #realfamilylife #somanymoments #shamoftheperfect #beautyintheroutine #allthelittlethings #childhood #documentaryfamilyphotography #oregonfamily #travelingphotographer
Snuggle-chops and her “doggo” make quite the duo. . . Snuggle-chops may very well be my all-time favorite baby nickname. I love it almost as much a taking children’s portraits in this way, in their own environment (& in this case, with their own fancy, fluffy pup!) . . #documentaryfamilyphotography #reallifefamily #somanymoments #dogsandbabies #babiesanddogs #shamoftheperfect #familylifephotography #familyphotographer #goldendoodlesofinstagram
Reunited with another prior bride and this one is MAKING A BRAND NEW HUMAN! It was such a blast reuniting with these sweetness pies. I love taking Caren’s photo because she is never not smiling & laughing. Some people just GLOW! Even still, her dog did manage to steal the show once or twice during our session. ☺️ #pregnantmama #pregnantstyle #maternityportraits #contagioussmile #beautifulmamatobe #pregnantandhappy #familyphotojournalist #oregonphotoshoot #sarasotafamilyphotographer
Sometimes people just click. From the beginning, it’s been easy-going with this sweet lot! . . We had the honor of being their wedding photographers, but now also their friends. What a joy to continue photographing the same growing family! I can’t wait to share some favorites from their “Real Life Family” session, but this pack of kids has kept us busy! . . Our first stop in Oregon and we are already spoiled rotten. These kids were treated to glitter slime making, zoo exploring, a catered football party, Korean bbq, & slumber parties: all topped off with homemade raspberry-lemon sorbet. We can’t thank you enough! . . #kidskidskids #crosscountryfriends #documentingchildhood #reallifefriends #shamoftheperfect #stylishkids #familyphotographer #floridaphotographer #oregonphotographer #travelingphotographer #suchsweetfriends #littlefriends #clientsturnedfriends
YOU GUYS!!! 🤭 I recently joined the @familyphotojournalists just in time to enter a few portraits into their 2019 volume 3 contest and... this morning saw that I won my first 4 awards from the FPJA! 🙌❤️ check out their website for beautiful, authentic portrait work from around the world. You’ll find my name in both new collections for Family and Birth, along with loads of other artists doing what I aim to do: tell real stories with portraiture. I’m so excited a group like this exists and proud to be among them. Even more jazzed to be shooting back to back sessions this weekend on the West coast! . . . #fpja #timetopack #familyphotojournalist #birthphotography #floridabirthphotographer #homebirth #womensupportingwomen #birthphoto #sarasotabirthphotographer #sarasotamaternity #floridabirthphotographer
Excited to share a bit more from my Sunday morning spent documenting a Real Life Family. They opted for a “breakfast session” (I offer both breakfast and bedtimes) and once everyone was dressed for the day, I played along at Selby for a while, feeding fish and on the swings. It’s such a nice way to capture a chapter in someone’s lives, to just sort of hang with them and take photographs as things truly happen rather then orchestrating it all. Thank you for inviting me over crack of dawn, @llmayhew 🤗 . . . #reallifefamily #documentaryfamilyphotography #fpja #shamoftheperfect #breakfastsession #somanymoments #sarasotaflorida #floridafam