Mio Sison Studio

You do not photograph Mount Hood. You wait for Mount Hood to decide if it wants to be photographed.

Lizzie and Juan are mountain people. They got engaged on top of a mountain in Spain. One of their first dates was a fourteener in Colorado. So when they planned their elopement around skiing and l ice climbing on Mount Hood, it was never really about the photos.

It was about who they are.

We started the day before at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland with both families together. Juan’s parents in from Spain, in the United States for the first time, meeting Lizzie’s family for the first time. That part of the trip mattered as much as the mountain.

The next morning the lift was closed. It had rained the night before and the precipitation had frozen the run. Despite being unable to take the chairlift up, the lodging we stayed at had its own authentic chair built into the house.

Conditions were not what we wanted. But they hiked up in their wedding attire and skied anyway, and that part was entirely them.

I take on a small number of weddings each year. If yours is built around a place that matters, reach out.

Styled shoots are how I show couples what’s actually possible.

This one was at - a hotel built around sustainability, architecture, and a design point of view that already had something to say. We didn’t have to manufacture a concept. We just had to listen to the space.

Desert palette. Stone textures. Pops of yellow. Gold where possible, even through paper detail. sourced sustainable suiting from , found his ceremony tie at a thrift store for $7, and then also ended up being our groom, with his actual girlfriend as our bride. That’s my honest preference for styled shoots: real couples, because you can’t fake that.
design built the ceremony arch mechanics out of repurposed trees from her own collection. The shoes Katera wore were thrifted. The jewelry was from including a watch for Glenn. The contrast of that is kind of the whole point.
Chaco from showed up because yes, is dog friendly, and that felt worth showing.

Playing a role in the creative direction and planning for shoots like this has given me real empathy for couples planning a wedding. Negotiating with vendors, holding a concept together, making sure everyone’s working toward the same thing; I’ve done it enough now to understand what it actually takes-in a compressed timeline of just a month or two. And it makes me better on your wedding day.

When the vendor team is aligned, you feel it in the images.

Creative Team
Venue:
Planning & Design:
Photography:
Florist: .design
Videographer:
Stylist:
Pipe & Drape:
HMUA:
Cake: .emily.bakery
Models:
Signage:
Rentals:
Dress:
Suit:
Jewelry: