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Disclosure: In the photography industry there’s been some recent controversy about photographers hiring models & staging weddings then posting them as actual weddings. So I feel like I have to explicitly say: These are real people, not models. I know you’ll look at them & think otherwise, but I assure you Tiana & Matt are an actual couple who are absolutely in love & hired me to shoot their wedding. ;)
I’m thrilled to finally be able to post photos from this wedding that took place a mile down the road from my house in the backyard of Tiana’s mom’s Spokane Valley home. I spent an entire day being surrounded by some of the sweetest people I’ve ever met. The day went off without a hitch & everything about the day was amazing. Thank you Tiana & Matt for the opportunity to photograph your wedding.
In addition to being one of the most beautiful brides ever & a total sweetie, Tiana’s an amazing hairstylist. She just gave new back-to-school haircuts to all the female members of the family & they all LOVE them. You should call her if you need something new.



























































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nice fun relaxed images. love the images.
Gorgeous, Matt. The light in these is just beautiful. And I love the ‘first look’ portraits!
Classy.. I don’t know how anyone could mistake them for models purely for the real emotion scattered throughout the set. Beautiful work, Matt. I love how you photographed them both looking at their cards in the same way — and you rocked a gorgeous location out in the woods.
Stunning! I love so many of these, you rock!
Amazing as always! Love the shots of her getting ready. You did a great job capturing their day!
These are seriously unreal Matt. I love the crap out of #25. The bride is super gorgeous too
They do look like models, suuuuuper photogenic, and the chemistry is obvious between them. AKA, you hit the photographer jackpot!
This is a beautiful set. I especially like the first look photos, you captured them with much feeling.
Rocked it. Beautiful couple and a great job capturing them.
I am seriously going to wake up in the morning and visit you blog for my daily dose of awesome. Or, as it will be soon known in the Von Rieter house hold “dose of Shumate”. Seriously brotha, this set is pure rock n’ roll…. the b&g ain’t to tough on the eyes either ;-)
wonderful set Matt. you really captured the essence of the day. love your style. so simple and clean
so gorgeous!
You killed it Matt!
WOW! A beautiful couple, and a gorgeous location, and you ROCKED it!!!
Pure Elegant Sexiness! I think that’s the best way I can describe it. I can’t believe I didn’t have you on my feed list, error corrected. Fail on my part – I was missing out :)
matt, ive said this before but everything you are doing is absolutely stunning. i love this whole set. what a gorgeous couple.
awesome shots, really nice emotions and colors.
Stunning! I love the first shot- golden fields are the best <3
Awesome ;) Love the sky in your photos!
That first one is gorgeous!