Portland Family PhotographeR
Emilie PHillipson Photography
My goal is simple: give families and mothers the same kind of photos that I love and cherish of my own babies and family. Photos that make me not just remember, but feel.
Wondering what it's like to work with me?
Wife and mom, believer that faith & family always come first. I'm a PNW Oregon Native. Lover of finding beauty in simplicity, old soul, and your new mom friend.
Meet Emilie
"The struggle is part of the story" are words that I have tattooed on my arm. My first pregnancy ended traumatically two months prematurely. The first years of my son's life were filled with colic, feeding issues, therapies, and a lot of internal struggle for me.
It was so hard. But I loved him with a fiercer love than I'd ever known, and that season shaped me as a person and mother so much.
I fell in love with photography because of Motherhood. Fast forward nearly 10 years, after doing all kinds of photography and gushing over all of the "perfectly" assembled weddings and florals and outfits, I realized that I needed *more* in my photos.
More feeling. More soul. More real. Why? Because this life is beautiful, but oh so fragile. Life includes pain, and a lot of blessing. Children grow. People pass away. Seasons change. Life does not go as perfectly as we'd wish.
And what is the point of photos if we're only documenting a fabrication of real life without a lot of supporting emotion? The real struggles and victories, the real looks, places, people and the real essence of who we were at the time?
I don't know every part of your story and I don't pretend to "tell your story for you". But I know enough about life through my experiences to know that every story has ups and downs and wherever you are at any time is a valid part of your growth journey.
I'm so passionate about working with families and giving them photos that aren't just a reflection of current trends, but of their family, wholly and authentically, as they are now.
“The process of shaping the child, shapes also the mother herself." -Elizabeth Elliot
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Emilie maintains a certification with Providence Medical Center in Portland, Oregon and a third party non-profit organization to work and volunteer at Providence St. Vincent's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit regularly. Read more about Emilie's NICU affiliation here.
Let's Get
What's your ideal day?
If you weren't a photographer...
Favorite sweet treat?
A recent good read?
Your favorite season?
Favorite Words to live by?
The hope and potential that come with Spring, and the heat of Summer!
Ice cream, preferably homemade with a warm fruit crisp.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2
I've been loving to read classic literature lately as my "fun" reading before bed. I am a Christian and also love to study God's word, along with books by those much wiser than me about the bible and various topics!
Definitely at home or nearby enjoying the outdoors gardening, hiking, boating, working hard and playing hard with my family.
Realistically, I'm not sure, but I've always loved helping and encouraging people in their work and especially the work of motherhood!
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