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Welcome to

Erin Fortin Photography

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Hey you! My name is Erin, and I’m a wife, mom, runner, PhD chemist, and photographer. I am a huge dog lover (especially of our black lab, Cabo), I’ve been known to spontaneously book plane tickets, and when I’m not photographing weddings, we’re usually on a backpacking trip in the mountains somewhere.

I’d love to get to know you!

Welcome to

Erin Fortin Photography

Specializes in

Weddings & Family photography with a photojournalistic touch.

My bright and airy aesthetic strives to capture your adventurous elopements, beautiful weddings, and growing families so you can smile back on the memories in real color.

Based in

Portland, Oregon & traveling often!

I love love and adventure, and don’t believe those two are mutually exclusive which is why i’m always traveling with camera in tow. 

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Friday Feels time! I gotta take a hot second to tell y’all how thankful I am for this ridiculously kind, funny, and brilliantly talented bride, @samazingfranky. (As a quick side, she and her now hubs are singers in the @landersmarshallduo - if you live in Austin TX, you gotta check them out!) 💜I love that they found me for their destination wedding (having flown up from TX for it) and for their crazy awesome friends and family. ✈️I’m headed to DC to run the Marine Corp Marathon on Oct 28, and while I’m there, I’ll get to reconnect with Sam’s MOH/sister, as she reached out to meet for a family session while I’m in her neck of the woods. I couldn’t be more stoked! 📷To all the brides and grooms and families who’ve referred me (you know who you are! 😘), thank you thank you thank you from the bottom of my heart! I love my job and it’s quite literally because of folks like you. . . . . . #oregonweddingphotographer #destinationweddingphotographer #referralsarethebestcompliment #portlandfamilyphotographer #dcfamilyphotographer #washingtondcphotographer #realweddings #bridebook #aisleperfect #insideweddings #featuremeoncewed #shesaidyes
It’s family photos season, y’all! And folks like the @mcbees_cafe Family clan are exactly the people I love meeting. They hadn’t updated their family photos in DECADES and came to the session probably just a bit nervous. 🍂 I told them what to expect: 30-60 minutes of us just meandering the park, warming up with the comfortable (and nice to have) “smile and pose” shots, me being my usual goofy self, then eventually we’ll find ourselves joking around and having a good time together. ✨ My cheeks usually hurt after family sessions from sharing smiles like these, and my favorite compliment after the session itself is how much more fun that was than they expected. 🧡 That’s why I share so much of my personal life on IG because I want my families to know ME and who they should expect to work with, because personalities matter. And trust. And respect. And honesty. Those traits matter to me. And they matter a great deal to my clients, too.
🍃As my final tribute to the glorious summer months that I love and cling to until the end of September, I’m posting one last bright and summery bouquet from earlier this year. 🍂 I’m just as excited for fall as the next PSL-loving chica out there, but I’m feeling nostalgic about the end of summer. It really was a good one. 🌪We camped 2 weeks in Moab, Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Crater Lake National Parks. We didn’t go on nearly enough backpacking trips. We ran in the Italian Dolomites and swam on the Cinque Terre coast. We shot an elopement in Crested Butte. We volunteered at Bigfoot 200 with my brother. We’ve hosted visitors in our home every week. I left my engineering job at Intel and went full time photo. We hired babysitters so we could train for the MCM this month. It was a beautiful whirlwind. 🔥And now we’re here, in October, Reese’s birth month, and I can’t even begin to believe that our baby will be ONE soon. Commence the tears. Big ol’ alligator happy tears. . . . Flowers: @flowersbydiana Model: @littleberky Gown rental: @daniellenicholepdx
🍃Weez and I didn’t get married in a church. We chose to get married under a great big weeping willow (see the photo a few posts back!), which I absolutely loved. ✨ But I will admit, photographing weddings in Oaks Pioneer Church is just the most darling thing. The grounds are immaculate, the church is beautifully maintained, and it fits a nice, small number of guests
This was one of those wedding receptions I photographed after the ceremony (opposed to sneaking in to get photos before the wedding day started), and the staff had just done such a pro job getting the place ready to go, that when I (and all the guests) arrived, I was able to speed through my detail shots before the guests settled in. My second shooter and I might have been rushing, but we got it done all thanks to the staff! Plaza del Toro is a fave of mine because of those floor to ceiling windows, the industrial-modern vibes, the friendly staff, and not to mention an epic bar you gotta see for yourselves. If you haven’t checked out PdT for your wedding reception, what are you waiting for!
Okay, so this post totally isn’t wedding related but I think the cake lovers here can appreciate it. When Laini told me she had created this beaut of a cake by herself, having NEVER DECORATED a cake before, I literally couldn’t believe her. But she did! This mom created this cake for her daughters 1st birthday, which she hired me to come by and capture family photos first and all the gorgeous birthday decor before the guests arrived. I kind of loved it.
Feeling incredibly grateful tonight. Grateful for our incredible community. Grateful for my clients and peers that make me laugh, encourage me to improve everyday, and support my little business as I build it from the ground up. I didn’t get my PhD in photography nor an MBA but I hustle like crazy, take critique with the compliments, and never make the same mistakes twice. I value feedback and truly believe in learning something new each day. I’m slowly getting into the groove of full time entrepreneurship and honestly? I can’t believe we didn’t do this sooner. I’m having the time of my life.
7 years ago, under a great weeping willow (my favorite tree) on a cool and breezy fall afternoon, Weez and I put on our very best, exchanged personal vows in front of our favorite people, and started the adventure of a lifetime. I wouldn’t have ever known, kissing him that day, that we would hurt and struggle and cry in ways I only feared. But I did know with no uncertainty that we would laugh, explore dozens of new countries, run thousands of miles, hike mountains and sleep under more stars and support one another through it all. Even though he’s not on IG, I want the world to know I couldn’t imagine doing this thing without him. He’s the kindest man I’ll ever know and the reason I strive to better myself each and everyday. Happy 7, My Love. 🎉 . . 📷: the brilliant @redgalleryphotography
Happy Thursday! It may be just another day of the week. But it may also be someone's biggest day of their lives or scariest or hardest or most exciting. Maybe you're waiting for big news or have an important meeting. Something extraordinary or profound is happening right this second. You never really know what someone's going through on the inside. So today, I'm going to pay extra close attention to those I love and the people in my world and try to be as present as I possibly can. Because after all, maybe today isn't just a Thursday. Let me know if you've got something special going on today and I’ll be thinking of you. 📷: Weez // August 2018 . . . . #portrait #thisislife #realtalk #lifestylephotographer #liveauthentic #portland #oregon #photography #businesswoman #womenwhowork #hustle #makeithappen #ladyboss #ambition #risingtide #womenwithambition #theeverygirl #portlandphotographer
This is why we get a second shooter! The flawless @katiedessinphoto captured this epic moment as Laura and Patrick made their way out of @oakspioneerchurch as husband and wife, through an impromptu cheering tunnel of family and friends. I’m forever grateful for the strong community of badass photographers I have worked with out here and what we’ve learned from each other. Like, always be ready at the end of the church, for spontaneous and epic moments like these.
This fall weather has me wanting to just cozy-up on the couch, light the fire place, and sip hot tea all day. It’s been so chilly first thing in the mornings now, that the first thing I do is make a cup of tea/coffee, throw on fuzzy socks, and light a spiced candle. And then work on cozy photos like these from the most wonderful of weddings this summer. . . . . . . .
#dirtybootsandmessyhair #loveintentionally #elopementphotographer #intimatewedding #adventurouswedding #oregonwedding #oregonphotographer #loveandwildhearts #adventurebrides
#destinationweddingphotographer #pnwedding #wildelopements #communityovercompetition #wedventuremag #wanderingweddings #outdoorwedding #horningshideout
“More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together.” // Kofi Annan, United Nations 7th Secretary-General. . . Remembering those who lost and sacrificed their lives on September 11, 2001, and those whose lives were changed forever.

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