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Welcome!

Hi there and WELCOME to my brand new & improved Blog!!  hang in there with me as I'm still getting this designed and playing around with the new look a bit.  Check out recent sessions and updates as well as a tidbit into
my own life so you may get a feel about who I am and what my style of
photography is. I am a Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer
based in Portland, Or but I Love to travel and go all over the place
with camera in hand. I am MADLY in love with my husband of 7 years and
we have two gorgeous munchkins that ofcourse I will be braging about on
here as well!  I absolutely adore capturing my clients in
natural light and Love Love Love sun flare, I love color, romance, and
fun people who will allow me to do my thang and work it. Be Fabulous,
Be fierce, Be fun, Be YOU! and most of JUST BE........Thank you
thank you thank you for browsing around, because that way I know you
are interested in my journey and for that I appreciate you more then
you know!

Photo done by Soul Mates Photography



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Leaving on a jet plane….. WPPI

Sooooooooo for those of you who do NOT know about WPPI and what it is, it is the largest Wedding and portrait Photography conference and trade show! It will be filled with classes, parties, awesome new products, great friends annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd its in Vegas! Im stoked and can say this is my first year going and have no clue what to expect! I will be doing a Photo Shoot-Out on the strip my last day there on the 11th and Im super excited about it! cant wait to share pics when I return! I will have access to my email and phone and will tweet about all the fun things Im doing because I know your all curious, right? LOL So if your not a follwer on Twitter, get your butt on there and follow!! :) http://twitter.com/deylahuss

I will be gone from March 7th-11th and will be roaming around this place looking like a complete tourist in aw of all that WPPI is about! Soooooooo if you see this wondering girl looking oh so overwhelmed, please stop and say hello, I may grab ya and squeeze!

Because Blog Posts are so much better with photos, I thought Id share a few from an adorable one year old session I had a few days ago! Ciao for now!!!

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Portland Wedding Photographer- Carrie & Todd

I got an email sometime last year saying just this:

” Hello. I love your work. I have been holding on to your name for a year or so now and the time has come to get in touch with you.  I would like to get some engagement photos done in October or November. My soon to be husband does not like getting his picture taken so I figured getting them done by you would be easy on him and we would end up looking good. ”

First of all….. How awesome is Carrie for holding on to my name until the day came for her to book an engagement shoot and her wedding!! Carrie and Todd went to tell me about how they met, and well lets just say he literally was her night in shining armor and “rescued” her in a snow storm. How romantic is that, a snow storm, a shiny truck coming to her rescue, him whisking her away to never-ending bliss… ahhhh sounds like a movie I would watch!

What better way to shoot their engagement session but up in a snow storm at Timberline Lodge ! Sure we were hoping for some blue skies and not so windy and snowy weather but seriously this is how they met so why not? Carrie & Todd, I cannot wait until your big day and toast to your beautiful marriage!

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We found this little teeny bar in the lodge, and I swear it was so tiny we passed it tiwce before noticing it! I couldnt resist but to shot in there :)

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ON to some outside, and did I mention these two make eachother laugh, they are so sweet!

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Cheers!!!!

Portland Wedding Photographer ~ Birdcage veils and headpieces Yum Yum!

I love birdcage veils and headpieces, not that I don’t adore the traditional veil but there is something about having that classy headpiece that gives it that something extra and fun. I love doing projects, I get an idea in my head and love to produce it and its so awesome when we can also work with other talented people to make those projects come alive. Shooting for yourself is so important, and for me, doing these “projects”  allows me to rev up my creative juices and get the ball rolling! I had the opportunity to use some of these gorgeous designs below from the lovely Tessa Kim! We found each other through Etsy.com and I have been in love with her designs. Lots of feathers, lots of bling, its really heaven for me :)  I will be using some more of her designs on a bridal shoot coming up as well as giving away one of these beautiful pieces, so please stay tuned for that in the very near future!  Have a FABULOUS week!

Please visit her Etsy store   http://www.TessaKim.etsy.com

or her website http://www.tessakim.com

Beautiful Model Sara Friedman!!

Makeup and Hair by Tiffany & Heather from Ever After Special Occasions

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Portland Family Photographer ~

I received an email from Joahna saying she would like a family shoot done and that there would be 9 people in it. Did that scare me? NOPE! I laugh at the challenge! HAA HAAA! She was referred to me from one of my fabulous brides Stacie from last year and I absolutely ADORE referrals! after all it is what drives about 80% of my business and it tells me I may be doing something ok if I keep getting referrals.

Joahna wanted to do this session while her family was in town, so we had one day to do this and crossed our fingers for some decent weather. Alas we went to plan B on the weather being bad ofcourse (its Oregon!!), I chose to take them into Union Station for a few indoors, I absolutely love the vintage feel behind this location, And best of all it was completely empty! After we shot inside, we scooted on over to Oaks Bottom to skip some rocks and play a bit. It was Cold and they were troopers! Thanks so much for allowing me to capture this time in your lives!!

On to the session…

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Meet these little Mr.’s, seriously they were so much fun!

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Seriously stoked for the big day in October!

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So the story with the next couple of photos, I was playing with the kidos and the adults were on the other end of the station waving and laughing at them! so the first shot…

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And what was happening behind the scenes… notice the Dutch Brothers Coffee in the photo, yep advertising for them LOL

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The sisters, gee do you think they look alike??

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Portland Boudoir Photographer~ Boudoir Marathon

I had SUCH a blast with all the ladies that came out for the Boudoir Marathon I had at the ever so fabulous Nines Hotel! A huge thank you to the talented ladies Tiffany & Heather from Ever After Special Occasions! And a HUUUGE thanks to all you gorgeous ladies whotrusted me to capture this fabulous time in your lives!

I have decided that I will have two more of these Boudoir Marathon’s this year and will keep you updated on dates, so be sure to subscribe to this blog to find out as soon as I post info!

I wanted to share a select few from the day **All images have been pre-approved by each client :)

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Portland Boudoir Photographer- Sneak Peak

I had such a fabulous time with all the fabulous ladies that came out to the Boudoir Marathon this last weekend! I know I havent blogged in forever and I promise I will get to it, It has been crazy busy this last week with lots of exciting things! But in the mean time I thought I would share one from the Boudoir Marathon! More to come! and I promise these were posted only with permission from the client!

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Portland Children & Newborn Photographer~ PROMO

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Now on to some more good stuff, I have tons to blog about in the next week or so, more from 2009 favorites and some awesome Promos! One in particular I will start you off with below! email me if you would like to grab a a spot!

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2009 Tender moments and faves

I know its been a couple of weeks into the new and I should have done this earlier but the studio has been crazy busy and starting a New year is like eating the most delicious cupcake on the planet!! Super exciting and lots of sprinkles! I love going into the New Year and always plan plan plan on getting all of my new and exciting things ready by the first of the year but low and behold that just doesnt happen most of the time.  I have tons of new and exciting things happening this year so far, Brand New yummy albums to offer, an addition to the website “Only Weddings” , New Slide-shows, gallery images, A Boudoir event this month and hopefully more to come, tons of awesome Promos this year, a newsletter, and I could go on and on….

Weddings are now being booked for this year and I’m excited to say Ill be doing a couple of destination weddings this year as well. Im excited to also announce we will be buying a new home this year with a much larger office and shooting area so I’m stoked to get going on the design for that!

I had fabulous weddings this last year in 2009 and wanted to share some my fave tender moments.

I adore laughter and these two were adorable! she had the most infectious laugh, and made him smile every time.

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They were so excited to get married, Kayla could not help herself but shout “YES!” when she first saw him

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This was probably one of the most sweetest moments to date to watch. The Bride’s  Grandmother was watching Kendra as she and her new husband were cuddling and laughing together, she had the sweetest smile on her face while watching this and then came over and gave Kendra some hugs. It was truly a tender moment for all!

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Oh how I have a certain place in my heart for these two! Stacy decided she wanted something a little different for her first look without actually have them see one another, does that make sense? well it will, once you get my drift here. She thought of coming up behind him and pinning on his corsaige and never letting him turnaround. It was ADORABLE!!!

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It is moments like these that remind me about how much I LOVE love. the moments in between the kiss is truly the most real moment of them all.

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This is my FAVE mother and son moment, just before he gets ready to meet his new bride down the aisle, Love it!

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Ahhhh the first look, it is truly an amazing experience if you are thinking about doing this for your wedding. This particular couple was so cute, all the groom could do was tell her how beautiful she was and then yell it to everyone else “Aren’t I marrying the most beautiful women on the planet” “doesnt she look beautiful!”  so sweet!

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This is one my fave father and daughter dances of the year, they couldnt have been holding eachother any tighter, they have a very beautiful

relationship and he was so proud of his daughter

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The way he looked at her and touched her was so tender and true, and she looked at him so adoringly, it melts my heart to see that.

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All he could do was just hold her, he didnt want to let her go ever and she was quite content with that.

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They had so much love at their wedding, they were surrounding my people who absolutely adore them and would do anything for them,

but that is also the story of these two, two of the sweetest people I have ever met!

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“I have cake all over my face and I have never loved you more then I do right now!”

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Jewish Blessing, the signing of the Ketubah.. He could not stop looking at her so lovingly and as you will notice in the reflection his mother and father were so happy for them

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All I haveto say is I love these two!

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What can I say the first look is absolutely amazing and this particular moment was shared with their family

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Beautiful location, gorgeous couple……………. I LOVE love

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What more can I say but I believe sun flare is God’s way of showing us his approval, dont you :) Can I get an Amen!

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Thank you so much for a fabulous year! stay tuned for some fun Bride time and the funky chicken dance moves later!

Cheers to 2010!!!

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Wedding Albums

If you have thought or are still thinking about adding an album to your wedding package, I highly suggest it because you will not regret it! I look at all the awesome albums that come through my door and regret not doing it at the time for our wedding photos  8 years ago! but HEY!  were going to renew our vows so we will be getting an album for that!

I love it when I get a knock on the door as I have patiently waited for the tracking info to say delivered!!! I open up the box and with a huge smile, I only wish it were mine, buuuuuut no they must be delivered to the ever-so- patiently-waiting bride and groom, because common! it would be weird to have all these albums of other couples all over my coffee table! HA! dont worry Steph its on its way! Before I packaged it up all cute, I had to take some snaps of this gorgeous 10×10 Leather Craftsman album and share it with all of you.

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