Ashlie Behm

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Neutral Baby Nursery

Read ALL the baby books. ✔️ Schedule your maternity and newborn photos. ✔️ Build your registry so family & friends can  plan your baby shower(s). ✔️ Now, what about that nursery?  Today, I’m excited to introduce you to a local interior designer who’s got some fantastic tips for decorating your nursery. Jessica Reynaud is a Portland-based […]

5 Tips to Decorating Your Nursery

Creative Interiors

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Preparing older sibling for newborn photo session

I recently shared some tips for prepping your newborn for their photo session. But how do you prepare when there is also an older sibling involved? Today I’m sharing five tips for preparing older siblings for newborn photos.  Most people want to include the entire family during their newborn photography session. I’m all about it! […]

5 Tips for Preparing Older Siblings for Newborn Photos

Newborn

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family photos at Nature park with blue wildflowers

As a portrait photographer in Portland, Oregon the question I get asked the most is: what location should we go to for our outdoor photography session?  While I’ve got a long list of outdoor photography locations that I’ve scouted over the years and absolutely love going to, the location of your portrait session is completely […]

Picking Your Outdoor Photography Location

Family

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Five Pregnant Mamas in Pink Blush Dresses standing in a field of flowers during their maternity photography session in portland oregon

Maternity photo sessions are the perfect opportunity to memorialize this stage of life. And your little one is going to LOVE seeing these images one day. They’ll get to see how excited your family was for them to enter the picture (pun intended!).

Maternity Photo Sessions

Maternity

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Mom and child photos at portland photography studio

There is something uniquely special and oh so beautiful about photographing motherhood. While I’m not a mother yet, I very much look forward to the day I can take on that title. As a maternity, newborn, and family photographer in Portland, Oregon I have the great honor of being invited into some of the most […]

The Joy of Photographing Motherhood

Motherhood Photography

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sunflower opening up in a backyard garden at a portland photographer's home

One of my favorite things about gardening is watching it progress throughout the season. I spend time each morning checking in on everything and watering when needed. It’s a peaceful way to start my day, helping me clear my mind, bringing me joy in such a small but intimate and beautiful way. In my mind, […]

Watching our Garden come to Life

Garden, Personal

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own backyard garden? Or do you already have one started?  Gardening is another passion of mine outside of maternity, newborn, and family photography, of course! When my husband and I were searching for our first house, we had two things on our […]

Planning Our First Garden

Personal, Garden

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Portland Oregon Photographer - Custom Linen Albums

When’s the last time you printed a photo?  If you’ve worked with me before, then your answer to this question is likely more recent than most. As a maternity, newborn, and family portrait photographer, I am very passionate about printing photos! Photos were meant to be seen, not cooped up on your computer. Which is […]

3 Reasons Why Printing Photos Matters

Family

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Nine month old milestone session in white photo studio

When chatting about this little guy’s nine month milestone photography session, his mom and I considered  our location options for the family portion of their session.  We knew we would do the first portion of photos of just him in the studio. But we also wanted a family photo session with all three of them, […]

Nine Month Milestone Photo Session

Milestone

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Danielle LaSusa Ph.D. Practical Philosopher

Did you know that there are philosophical coaches?  I had no idea until I met Danielle LaSusa. Once I knew I needed to learn more about her and what that actually meant. At our first coffee meeting she opened up to me about her experience with postpartum psychosis after the birth of her daughter. Her […]

Woman Warrior – Danielle LaSusa Ph.D.

Womxn Warrior Series

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