Back in September I had the opportunity to shoot an amazing woodsy wedding up near Mount Rainier. Laura and Aaron contacted me looking for a photographer to shoot their small forest wedding and when they told me the venue there was no way I could say no. It was the same place my husband and I honeymooned two years ago! It was so beautiful and I knew it would be a ton of fun to go back and share someone else's newlywed joy.
It was supposed to be raining the whole day but thankfully it held off for the most important parts and only started in when we were enjoying the reception under the cover of tents. I loved how handmade the whole wedding was. It was super low key and simply beautiful. One of my favorite moments was shooting the reception details before the ceremony and seeing all the women in the family icing the cakes together!
![This print feels even more relevant today. We all joke about the dumpster fire of [insert year here], but the important message of this image to me is that *we persist* through the horrors. We stand, we fight— maybe for ourselves, maybe for oth](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574dddd6d51cd4bc35c1609a/1730935170369-03GPKQ5NF73VAE65RHO6/image-asset.jpeg)
