Seaira Skinner calls herself your local hype gal, and the phrase is accurate. She is the photographer who makes a nervous couple feel like the best pair ever to stand in front of a camera, then keeps that energy going through a full wedding day. Grooms who arrived skeptical have written her testimonials.

Based in Eastern Oregon and open to travel anytime, she photographs weddings and elopements in their rawest, most honest form: vows on a mountaintop, dancing in the desert, the quiet minute between two people while the wind does what it wants. Her rule is that the laughter and the small intimate moments matter as much as the epic landscape behind them.

The work is adventurous without being staged. Come ready to move, and she will handle the rest.