Welp, as Joelle would say, we’re off to “MOW-MOW!!!”… I think she’s even more excited than we are to visit our “home land” ;) We’re headin’ out again for what has become our biannual trip to Maui to lay low (take a breather from an intensely awesome wedding season), party with friends, and soak up...
This last weekend we had the privilege of flyin’ on over to Colorado to photograph Maggie and John’s wedding at the vast and beautiful Spruce Mountain Ranch near Colorado Springs. What wasn’t to love about this wedding? Epic location, stunning bridal party, awesome family, loads of time set aside for photography, big white puffy clouds,...
We hopped down to Mexicoland last weekend to grab some images of Krysta and Vince’s destination wedding… which was A) ridiculous amounts of fun with overly entertaining people, and B) a photographers playground for great imagery. Courtney and I’ve been looking forward to Krysta and Vince’s wedding since we hung out and shot their engagement photos...
‘Bout to hop on another flight bound for the beautifully complex continent of Africa. This will be the third trip to Africa in less than five months… there’s just too many amazing projects going on to pass up another opportunity to document the stories of the people that we’ve been fortunate enough to meet throughout Africa (Ethiopia...
Here’s a few more images from the last couple weeks in Hawaii… which is always bucket loads of fun (but our time spent there is never long enough). Joelle was completely stoked on the weather, beaches and warm water. We’re so thankful that she loves the beach as much as we do :) We really...
Here’s what we’ve been up to lately on our Maui vacation: Joelle and the West Maui Mountains (above), and below Joey is throwin’ sand on our lens – awesome :) Love me some sandy camera gear. A few barrels here and there. Did some whale watchin’ Got up close and personal with a pod of...
It’s that time of year again… time for Team Christenson’s annual pilgrimage back to the motherland. Back to the place where Courtney and I lived, met, fell in love and got engaged… MAUI!!! The place that holds some of our dearest friends who are as close as family. This trips agenda is pretty much the same...
Our trip to South Africa was wonderfully refreshing in many ways, but one of my favorites was being reminded of the simplicity of singleness and bachelorhood. Gary and I as a couple interrupted a group of unmarried guys that was made up of our fellow travelers, our host and the many surf buddies that stopped...
Courtney and I just returned from a very inspiring trip to South Africa. It was a media gathering/creating venture for a ngo called Themba International. Jeff Johnson is the founder and was kind enough to take us along as he returned to his “home away from home” to continue researching eco friendly ways to help...
Well, we made it safely to South Africa and back again. What a great trip! We have TONS of content to go through and edit for Themba International (the nonprofit organization that we traveled and worked with (photo/design/video) while in S.Africa – we’ll post more about that at a later date). What a stellar group...
We’re hoppin’ on a flight this evening that’s bound for NYC, then Johannesburg, and ultimately George, South Africa (just a few hours from Cape Town, the southern most tip of Africa). South Africa has a population of over 50 million, and has the second-highest number of HIV/Aids patients in the world. Around one in seven of...
Here’s a picture of little ole Joelle being really cold up here in Oregon. We’re up here shootin’ a wedding (Jonathan and Hannah: ephotos, wedding preview) and celebratin’ an early Christmas with Gary’s side of the family in southern Oregon. It can basically be summed up using these words: frigid, copious amounts of food, movie watchin’, relaxing,...
Although Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Africa, its people are beautiful, trustworthy and full of hope. They take an enormous amount of pride in their country, and have good reason to do so (it is Africa’s oldest independent country… and not to mention, breathtakingly beautiful). When walking through the city streets of...
Gary and I leave today for Ethiopia. We are going to help a wonderful non-profit over there called AGAR (which is the Ethiopian word for “helper”) that does incredible work with the segments of society who cannot care for themselves. They do a lot of work with the elderly and just recently obtained a grant...
As much as we are lovin’ California, our adventurous spirits are still in Oregon… the land of never ending outdoor fun. We’ve experience SO MUCH in the Pacific Northwest together as a couple. Our first 3 years of marriage, birthed our baby up there, and had countless adventures in the snow, sleet, rain, and sunshine that we’ll...
What else can we say, this wedding was EPIC in every single way. Sara and Andy were a complete pleasure to spend the day with, the views were unbelievable (good thing we have photos to prove it, ’cause you probably wouldn’t believe just how insanely beautiful this destination wedding was), and the friends and family of the bride...
This past weekend we traveled the long trek to Joseph (Oregon’s “Little Switzerland”) for a destination wedding that took place right where the above photo was taken (wedding images will be posted on this blog in a few days – minds will be blown, babies will cry and faces will melt off – FYI). Behind...
(ABOVE: Downtown Seattle from Kerry Park. 50mm, 30 sec at f/22, ISO 100). Well folks, we’re still on our massive road-trip around the Pacific Northwest. We came up to Washington last week to shoot a fabulous wedding (pics coming next week), and we decided to take some time off of work to visit friends, family and some insanely beautiful locations around...
Had a spare second and whipped up this little slideshow (below) that documents emote360′s documentary trip to India. I was fortunate enough to be the photographer on this trip (we were there this last January). Since then, emote360 has sent a media team to Rwanda, Burundi and Congo (visit the emote360 blog to see updates). We’ve also been...
(PRESS PLAY to view the above video) You just got time-lapsed!!! Here’s a little Maui sunset for ya from the weekend. Love the colors at the end… breathtaking, and I love the natural fade-out with the clouds at the end… radtastical. That literally just happened. Sorry about a few of the jiggles on the video…...
