Come walk with us through magical Moulton Falls in Washington and lets enjoy the love between Sean and Bre!

The Couple: Sean & Bre

I was so excited to photograph this engagement session at Moulton Falls for Sean and Bre. They are a beautiful couple who love the outdoors. They have so much humor in their relationship. Very silly and also kind, they are thoughtful and intuitive people who see each other for who they really are. They were game for anything, going anywhere for the best pictures. Moulton falls has a bit of walking and their love for adventure really showed through their excitement to experience it by traversing the environment. In the end, the pictures we got are beautiful, and I am so excited that their love shines through them as much as the beautiful nature at Moulton Falls.

The Location: Moulton Falls

Moulton falls is one of my favorite places to be. I love the iconic bridge and the blue-green water, and the rocky section at the other end is gorgeous. I’m always excited when a couple says they want to do a session here. You only have to walk a few feet from the highway before you’re immersed in a wild and magical wonderland.

The falls sit on a 387 acre park and the iconic bridge is over three stories high. There is something unbelievable about the space and when I get there I’m always floored by the immense beauty. I often have to remind myself that this is real life as I stare at the beautiful scenery or climb the short hill to the bridge.

Sean & Bre’s Engagement Story: As Told by Sean

We met during Covid while Bre was working at a coffee shop in the building I lived in.  I would go in for a coffee and she would be there behind a mask, with incredibly kind eyes.  One day In January we struck up a conversation about hiking and waterfalls. I loved to hike, she wanted to get out and explore, and I had a waterfall I liked to visit in the snow to take photos. The first time we hung out was an all day adventure visiting this waterfall on Mt Hood along with a couple other of my favorite stops on the loop.  It was an innocent hike with no intentions.  After that I went on a 2 week snowboarding trip and spent a lot of free time texting back and forth. Conversation was so easy, and we had a lot of laughs.  It was like we’d been friends forever.  When I got back we went on our first date to the Portland Night Market and we’ve been inseparable since.

We connected over our love of travel and exploring, so I knew it would be important to see how well we meshed on a trip together.  We visited my sister in Maui and decided to drive the Road To Hana aka the “Divorce Highway”. It was here that I think we both knew we were incredibly compatible in all the ways that were important.  There was no singular “a ha” moment where we knew each other was the one, but a number of small moments that started when we took that first hike, and haven’t stopped since. Every day is a reminder that we are each others “one”.

Maui became a regular visit and one spot in particular called “Dragons Teeth” we found ourselves at each time.  It was a special place to watch the waves and Bre really loved it.  I hatched a plan to propose to her there when her family came along on the trip.  I told her I wanted to be there just after sunrise to get some photographs, and while we were there we should try to practice taking some together with the tripod.  It had been raining a bit, so when there was a break we hurried down and  I set the camera on timelapse mode.  In the middle of pretending we were just taking photos, I got down on one knee and surprised her. We got rained on a tiny bit shortly after and a rainbow passed by.

Moulton Falls Engagement Pictures