Light By Iris Photography

Between Frames registration is officially open. 🤍
Date: September 19, 2026
Location: Portland, Oregon
Light By Iris Photography and Olesya Alferenko Photography are hosting an intimate film-inspired retreat for artists and photographers drawn to atmosphere, emotion, storytelling, and images that feel like they belong inside a film.

Throughout the day, we’ll create the way filmmakers do — slowing down to study the space, notice changing light, observe quiet details, and explore how movement, framing, emotion, and atmosphere shape an image and make it feel alive.
We’ll begin inside a romantic light-filled home with an intimate family session and creative portrait exchange, creating space for open conversations about artistry, inspiration, storytelling, and seeing more intentionally. In the afternoon, we’ll head to the Oregon coast for a cinematic couple session led by Olesya, followed by a slow dinner together in Seaside.
This gathering is intentionally small and designed to feel immersive, thoughtful, personal, and creatively inspiring rather than rushed or overproduced. A space to slow down, create with intention, connect with like-minded artists, and rediscover the feeling behind why you fell in love with creating in the first place.

If this speaks to something in you, we would truly love to have you there. ✨
Seats are very limited.
Registration is now open through the link http://lightbyiris.com/betweenframes



Portland newborn photographer
Portland Family Photographer
Portland photography retreat
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🌿Most people think family photos have to happen somewhere “special.”But the places that matter usually aren’t.
It’s your backyard.
Your kitchen.
The coffee shop you always go to.
The beach you keep going back to.
A field you didn’t plan for.
The places where your life is already happening.
That’s where your story feels the most like you—
honest, effortless, and real.
My sessions are relaxed and unforced
We can meet anywhere, at any time—
wherever feels natural to you.
I simply work with what’s already there:
the light, the space, the way your life moves.
And I shape it into something that feels like your own film.
Something you can come back to.
Something that feels like a warm hug.
If you’ve been thinking about documenting this season,
this is your sign.
Spring & Summer sessions in Portland are now open.
Local + travel sessions available.
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Inquire through http://lightbyiris.com/contact ✨

It’s so cool and honored to have placed 3rd place in the .magazine 2024 Voice Competition.✨With 40,000 submissions, this means so much to me. And three other photos got honorable mentions.
This winning shot was taken at SoHo in Manhattan, with beautiful Katie Davis’s family. 🖤