Kai Hayashi Photography

Kai Hayashi Photography is a Portland, Oregon-based wedding and engagement photographer serving the Pacific Northwest, with a style described as playful, colorful, and timeless. Kai photographs weddings, engagements, and elopements with a focus on candid moments and storytelling, and includes a photo booth as part of his wedding packages; he also represents diverse couples and highlights the rural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Kai is a Japanese-American photographer born in Tokyo who picked up a camera at 18, and has since worked as a photojournalist, music photographer, event photographer, and wedding photographer. Based in Portland, Oregon, serving Oregon and Washington across the Pacific Northwest. Couples consistently describe Kai as flexible with changing plans, calm and unobtrusive during the wedding day, skilled at drawing out personalities on camera, and attentive to the specific moments that matter most to each couple.