Central Washington Desert Bridal Session

Morgan and Jarin are some of the sweetest, friendliest, and most natural people in front of a camera that you will ever meet. So I did a little (ok, pretty big) happy dance when Morgan asked us to do their bridal session as well as their engagements (which were also, I should add, hella epic). They wanted some beautiful, natural photos of them in their wedding attire in a location they wouldn’t be able to access on their wedding day, someplace with a big meadow and even bigger open sky. So, after searching back and forth for locations and dodging rain and snow in the forecast, we finally settled on the wildlife refuge a few minutes away from their home. It turned out to be the perfect location. Not only were we totally alone in the huge park as we were shooting, our only visitors being the occasional sound of a coyote and some geese, the weather was as perfect and spring like as you could hope for in early March. As the sun set over the desert lakes and canyons that Morgan had often been to growing up, I was in rapture the entire evening. I love forests and mountains as much as the next person, but there is something about the desert and the huge open sky that captures my heart every time.

Film scans by The Find Lab.

Photo of a bride & groom walking through a field by Forthright Photo Diptych of Central Washington Desert Bridal Session by Forthright Photo Diptych of Central Washington Desert Bridal Session by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride & groom standing a field by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride & groom standing in a field by Forthright Photo Diptych of a bride and groom standing in a desert canyon by Forthright Photo Diptych of a bride and groom standing in a desert canyon by Forthright Photo Photo of a wedding ring in sagebrush by Forthright Photo Black and white photo of a bride and groom walking by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride and groom standing by a desert lake by Forthright Photo Black and white photo of a bride and groom standing by a desert lake by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride and groom sitting by a desert lake by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride and groom sitting by a desert lake by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride and groom sitting by a desert lake by Forthright Photo Close up photo of a bride and groom by Forthright Photo Black and white close up photo of a bride and groom holding hands and running by Forthright Photo Black and white photo of a bride and groom walking along a road by Forthright Photo Photo of a bride and groom in a meadow at sunset by Forthright Photo Photo of a Bride twirling in a meadow sunset by Forthright Photo Photo of a Bride twirling in a meadow sunset by Forthright Photo Close Up photo of a bride and groom in a meadow at sunset by Forthright Photo Large panorama of a bride and groom standing in a meadow at sunset by Forthright Photo

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