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Skamania Lodge Wedding- Sheena & Kelly

owner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:02:54 +0000

I had the honor of photographing Sheena & Kelly’s intimate wedding at Skamania Lodge and it was perfect. The warm sun was on our side for this very beautiful evening wedding, their ceremony placed right where the view is magnificent! What more can you ask for? Their details were simple and elegant, colors of deep pinks, greens and who says you cant wear black to a wedding? Sheena chose to wear black shoes with her beautiful wedding gown and I think it gives it an added elegance to the whole look.

Sheena & Kelly, thank you for being you! Love you both!!

Vendor Props:

Venue: Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA WEBSITE HERE

Dress: Ania Bridal WEBSITE HERE

Suit: Men’s Wharehouse website here

Floral: Bloomsbury Shop Stevenson, WA WEBSITE HERE

Hair : Individual Creations by Leslie individualcreations@verizon.net

Cake: Beaverton Bakery WEBSITE HERE

Caterer: provided by Skamania Lodge

Now on to my faves from their evening!

OK so this is Carson, hes basically one of the cutest little ones on the planet! He loved watching mommy get ready for the big day!

Sheena you are gorgeous!! and may I say Fierce! Roar!!

A little quiet time with eachother before the ceremony begins, Um yeah this is the life!!

OK so this was a surprise to me, because after the ceremony concluded, they started skipping out of the aisle, it was hilarious and so fitting!

A few more details, a perfect way to end the ceremony with a quaint and private dinner on the patio of Skamania Lodge.

Hes pretty darn happy!

Oregon Vineyard Wedding Photographer- Jenny & Jason

owner — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:05:01 +0000

WOW have I been MIA or what!!??? Well I guess then you can tell it has been a crazy summer so far and as much as I ADORE showcasing all the fabulous weddings I have shot this summer right away, alas my time has been limited and blogging hasnt been top priority.I want to finally share a wedding I shot with a fabulous team of people at a gorgeous Vineyard in Dayton, OR. Jenny & Jason both live in Texas and wanted a destination wedding in Oregon at one of our awesome Vineyards. Why Oregon you ask? Well because Oregon is Gorgeous thats why!!! we have some of the most beautiful scenery in the US and I feel very lucky to live here and breathe our rainy but fresh air.

Allow me to give you a little background on how these two adorable people met, Jenny loves animals, she lives on a ranch in Texas, Jason comes along and delivers hay, their eyes meet, he couldnt resist but to drive all the way to Texas and deliver some more just to see her again. Yep folks you got it, they fell madly in love and I couldnt be prouder to be a part of this awesome event. Um by the way did I mention they have the best support system ever and a fabulous family!

Props to all the team of Vendors working to make this day even more awesome |

PLANNER/COORDINATOR: No Ordinary Affair http://www.noordinaryaffair.com

Wine Country B&B http://www.winecountryfarm.com

Flowers: Perfect Petals

Officiant: Judge Collins john.l.collins@ojd.state.or.us

Videographer: Focal Point Digital Media http://www.focalpointvideo.biz/Main/Welcome.html

Carriage rides: Equestrian Wine Tours http://www.equestrianwinetours.com/

Music: Lady Harp http://www.ladyharper.com/services.html

Caterer: Haagenson’s BBQ/Ribslayer www.ribslayer.com

Cakes: Custom Cakes http//www.customcakesnw.com

HAIR & MAKEUP: Technical Artistry http://www.techartsalon.com/

Jenny Had the most adorable purple shoes! Love them!

Jenny you are beautiful!

Jenny & Jason chose to see each other before the ceremony which I adore!

There was this fabulous barn on the property and I decided to take a looksey inside to see if by chance there could be some photos taken in their, it was dark, REALLY dark but it was all worth it when I saw Jenny with the horses, she was in her relm.

ON to some yummy details, The floral was stunning!

Thats right ladies and gentlemen, she arrived in a carriage with her dad, how sweet is that!

And they danced down the aisle, I mean Common! your killing us here! (tears)

Yep I think Jason is rather smitten with his Jenny (sigh)

Congrats to the new Mr. & Mrs.!!

they immediately left on a horse & Carriage ride

On to some more yummy details, No Ordinary Affair did an AMAZING job!

After Jenny & Jason got back from their Carriage ride, the rest of the guests got to also enjoy a ride in the valley, what a great idea!

The toasts were rather emotional and so full of love and laughter as well, Their family and friends had some pretty amazing things to say about them.

Wedding Cake……. Grooms Cake

So I wish I had a video of this, they had planned to surprise the guests with a choreographed dance with the song “I got a Feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas, it was … awesome!

Cheers to you both, seriously theres a whole lot a love coming from Oreeeegon!

Bliss Portrait Session | Roy & Christy

owner — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:51:06 +0000

Christy and Roy flew out from Ohio for their Bliss Session and I couldnt be more honored! They have been married for 9 years and wanted to celecbrate eachother. This is what truly defines a Bliss Shoot and Im so uterly tickled pink about these shoots. Christy and Ropy have three gorgeous children and have so much love in their family. I have to quote a section of an email Christy sent me about their relationship that I adore:

” The grass is as green as it gets with each other”

I love this and think thaa whether you have been married or together for 1 year or 60 years, these sessions are about your relationship with one another in pure Bliss.

On to the fabulous shoot, they met me at the wee hours of the morning before sunrise on the streets of downtown Salem and we walked around in all the nooks and crannies and captured some awesome moments of them. They wanted their shoot to sort of a walking around Salem before the world wakes up. I had such a blast! here are some of my faves from our shoot.

And lastly my Fave Fave Fave from our shoot!

Portland Wedding Photographer | Sara & Jonathan

owner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:43:56 +0000

I was so excited when Sara emailed me and said we are flying to Portland and that I was their photographer for their special day! They both live in South Korea so you can say this was quit the treck for them. They chose to get married in familiar stomping grounds, Imbrie Hall and not only that they wanted their wedding to be nothing short of Awesome with a week full of family & Friends before the wedding day. They had a non-traditional wedding with splashes of vintage Portland and beautiful colors. They began at the spectacular The Ace Hotel and chose to see eachother before the wedding which I adore, because that leaves for so much play time with photos before and you can scoot right on over to party and be with your wedding guests. The details were so fun and everyone involved in the planning process did a FANTABULOUS job! Sarah & Jonathan, I love you both and wish you both infinite bliss!

Ceremony & Reception Location: Imbrie Hall http://www.mcmenamins.com/664-imbrie-hall-home

Hotel for preperation: The Ace Hotel http://www.acehotel.com/portland

Hair & Makeup: Salon 220 http://www.220salon.com/

Floral Design: Anna Mara Flowers http://annamaraflowers.com/

Bridal & Groom Attire: JCrew Wedding http://www.jcrew.com/wedding.jsp

Cupcakes: Saint Cupcake http://www.saintcupcake.com/

This was cracking me up, Steph was trying to put lip gloss on Sarah and Sarah was trying to be serious and still but couldnt and I think there was several trys! HA!

Sarah chose to have both of her parents walk her down the aisle! I love that!

Jonathan, I love how you look at Sara, you love her so adoringly!

Ill take a little of those Toasted Coconut Cream cupcakes, so delicious!!! Thank you Cupcake Gods for bringing Portland Saint Cupcake!

Its really all about the Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich and a juice box

owner — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:06:56 +0000

Your probably like WHAT??? HA!! thats the fun part and honestly was trying to get your attention and also I couldnt really think of a title for this post, so there you have it

Its been a fabulous Summer so far with some awesome awesome shoots and weddings, I have had the privilege of working with some amazing people and making some great friends through the process. I really was going to place a full post about a wedding or two but I really haven’t had the time it takes to post a full blog post this week because its been a CRAZY busy wedding season and I am darn proud of that! So instead I thought I would show you some sneakers from some of the weddings and shoots I have been working on in the last couple of weeks. Stay tuned for full posts to come this week!

And also I wanted to share with you one my favorite Love songs EVER! Cheers!

Portland Children’s Photographer ~ Grayson

owner — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:22:52 +0000

I haveto be honest I havent done many children’s sessions in a the last year, well atleast not as many as I useto, because I have been focusing on weddings but every time I do, Its Love, truley, I adore kidos and especially because I love how their personalities shine right through my lens. Grayson is a super fast and completely happy 2 year old, he had me running like no other I think I pulled out some ninja skills in the grass to sneak up on him and ended up playing hide and sneak in the grass! HA! His mom entered a contest I had going a while back for a free Children’s Session, you can see that HERE. Sarah, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking time to enter and show some love here on the Blog, it means the world to me!

Here are some of my faves from our session.

This is wear I get soaked with a water gun

Ofcourse he loves his parents so much, I love this shot of him and his Daddy!

And with his Mommy!

Bliss Session- Sarah & Jonathan

owner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:58:48 +0000

Such a fun photo shoot! Sarah is a Teacher in Korea and Jonathan is a middle school Counselor in Korea, they met, they fell in love, they rock, their fabulous, Jonathan likes plastic swords, Sara likes to laugh at him, its a win win situation I think dont you? You guys are the Bomb-digity and I had a blast shooting your Bliss Session, cant wait to blog your wedding!! Love you guys!

What did I tell you about the plastic sword, see!!!

After a quick clothing change, we went to a fabulous bridge!

SO Silly!!!

Then another clothing change in her fab foral dress and under a bridge we go!

They truly love to laugh together! it is so them!

Destin, Florida Wedding Photographer ~ Rachel & Drew

owner — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:26:21 +0000

The air was humid, the afternoon Florida sun was bright. Rachel sat in her vanity chair looking so very calm and getting makeup and hair done by the fabulous Wendy from Pure & Couture. The calming waves from the Gulf in the background was simply to die for. I was speechless on the stunning location and couldnt have asked for a better couple to shoot for. The day was very hot and as I mentioned very bright, so we did most of our shots indoors until the ceremony. Then ofcourse after they were officially Mr. & Mrs. we set out to the shoreline with the beautiful pink sky as the sun was setting. I had such a blast and haveto say this was definitely up there with my fave couple vote! Thank you Rachel & Drew for making me feel so welcome and sharing this completely awesome day with me! I know you had a blast on your secretly planned honeymoon (yes folks, Drew planned a secret fabulous honeymoon to Mexico)!! Love you both!

I absolutely LOVE it when the Bride & Groom decide to see eachother before the ceremony, it makes the day go by so much more smoothly in my opinion.

Something a little sassier and Post processing with a little funk for fun and I like it

I haveto say this is usually my favorite time during the whole day because of how the groom looks at his soon to be bride walking down that aisle! It always gives me chills! I Adore how he is looking at her!

Congrats to the New Mr. & Mrs.!!!

I haveto give props to Drew for wearing his jacket long enough in the heat to finally take it off and may I say looking pretty dapper!

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This is Rachel’s Brother whom she planned her date around because he shipped off to Iraq the very next morning!

They didnt have some of the regular traditional aspects like the first dance and such and it was perfect for them, they danced with everyone and it meant just the same.

Get this party started! the circular dance they did was halarious!!! Everyone did their own thing and it was awesome!!

I haveto share a few from their rehearsal Evening the night before, the first one is MY FAVE!! I love how happy they look!

Oregon Children’s Photographer ~ Kennedy turns 3!

owner — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:15:14 +0000

I had such a blast with this fabulous little 3 year old! Her sister decided to come along and join us and may I say, both of these young ladies are Gorgeous! Yep As always I randomly found a remote spot and decided this is good for our shoot, HA! Fabulously sunny day & Lollipop & Big Sister= Happy 3 yr old!

I wanted to share my faves! enjoy

Kalysta you are beautiful!

This series I adore! She decided to lick her sister like a lollipop! LOL

ANNNNNNNNNNNND Im done….

Monday Q&A Part II

owner — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:05:19 +0000

Wow has it really been 3 weeks since my last Q&A? my goal was to do these every 2 weeks and for that I apologize but I have an excuse… shooting like a mad women! Its been an awesome few weeks with so many fabulous shoots and weddings to share very soon! But first I thought I’d do another Q&A to hopefully help those out there that need it. Nope not saying I’m just super rad and all but when I get questions from clients, other photographers, etc.. I feel like I should share them, so here it goes…

And THANKS so much for the awesome questions, if you dont see yours here, just keep an eye out on future posts.

Question:

“Your images seem so crisp and clear, I am struggling with getting my photos like that, could you explain the editing process or in camera settings you use to get your shots like that?”

Emily S.

Answer:

Emily, Thanks so much for your question! As I mentioned in the last Q&A, practice makes perfect and just getting out there and playing with your settings and also different lenses is a great way to find your shooting style. In order to get crisp images, it really hasto do with the right lighting, the right lense and maybe a little bump in the sharpening settings in your camera. Its easier for me to show you with photos, the first photo is SOOC (straight out of Camera) with no editing done what so ever, the second image I adjusted the curves 5% for a little jump and adjusted the contrast +12 because I wanted to get a higher contrast for this particular photo. for the more technical notes on this photo, I used a Nikon 50mm at f/2.5 ISO 200 and shot at 10am during the day. I love my Nikon 50mm, its the Lens I use probably 90% of the time on Portrait sessions.

Question:

“This may be a dumb question to you but I was wondering how you go about packaging your Products? I received my album (which I lovvvvved!) and did not want to even open it because it was so beautifully packaged!”

Kristin M.

Answer:

“First off, there is never a dumb question, I believe that is how we all learn by asking questions right? Im so glad you loved your album! I have always been a stickler on packaging and can be kinda crafty and looove personalizing each of my clients packaging with their own personal flair. I have collected my packaging products over the years but keep getting new products as I see them. The albums always come to me in their own boxes, I just add some flair to it when it arrives and I send it to my clients. A great place to get ribbon, tissue, or anything else that strikes your fancy is honest to God, JOanne Fabrics. I have made my own album covers with fabric that relates to my clients session or wedding as well. I truly believe that its the little touches like that, that show a little something extra for your clients.

I also make sure to send thank you notes as well as Anniversary cards for their one year for all of my couples and sometimes a little something extra, because again its those little things that truly make your branding stand out even more.”

Thanks again for all your questions! Keep em coming!

Cheers!

Deyla