It was a gorgeous day in Sayulita, Mexico when Bonnie and Sean tied the knot at La Gran Villa at Villa Amor. The day before they had a wonderful rehearsal dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Sayulita, called Los Afortunados. When I walked in to the courtyard at the Grand Villa at Villa Amor to start shooting, I was impressed with how great a job Karen Rueza, the wedding coordinator at Villa Amor did. It looked gorgeous!
The rest of the day ran very smoothly - Sean looked great in his suit, and gave his groomsmen each a personalized cufflink based on their hobbies! See the photo below!
The ceremony was at the beach front. I love beach weddings in general, and here they had the best of both worlds, a private beach and beautiful Sayulita bay at the back!
I loved how there were so many little details that obviously took a lot of time in planning. For example, there were many pictures of their romance displayed on a line stretched between two trees. One of my favorite touches was something I have never seen. Bonnie and Sean printed a photo of them and turned it in to a photo jigsaw puzzle! The guests then used the pieces as guestbook pages and wrote behind and put each piece in the appropriate location! And another awesome moment? Bonnie and Sean treating the guests to their super fun salsa choreography!
The night ended with made on the spot churros and fireworks!
Here is their proofing and ordering site, where you can see the rest of the pictures (You will need the password from the couple!)
Villa Amor Wedding
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The Elysian Ballroom is the new name of the Crown Ballroom - same location, different owners and completely different look. I was sad that Crown Ballroom was closed as I loved working with Ravel and Julian (the previous owners) so I was excited to hear that highly respected Mr. Mike Piper took over the location, and sure enough, did a tremendous job!
Darcy and Joil were referred to me by a good photographer friend of mine. I was immediately warmed up to their warm personality and knew that it would be a really fun time. And it surely was. We had a great time working together. Raven, who was one of the previous owners still helped with coordinating and she is a delight to work with. The getting ready was at the Hotel Vintage Plaza, a favorite location to shoot for me as well!
One of my favorite details was the desert table - I like that approach a lot as a good alternative to having a large cake! So many great ones from Pix Patisserie!
Vendors:
Coordinators Raven Wilde , Officiant: Richard Probasco of New Song Community Church , Caterer: Connor Catering , Cakes: Pix Patisserie , DJ: Crown Entertainment- Jerry Becker, Florist: Laurelhurst Florist , Make Up: Jodi Vaughn (503) 901-1158, Hair : Salon 27 Toni Newberry 360-852-7681
You can see the full set of photos here. You will need the password from the couple!
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Yassi and Ali’s Persian wedding at the Portland Art Museum was an amazingly fun event. Traditional Persian weddings have lots of details and Nora from Bridal Bliss did a wonderful job executing the vision of Yassi and Ali. The sofreh was exquisitely designed and decorated. On the table there was honey, and other pastries (ghrobiye and baklava) along with a mirror. The fantastic invitations explained the various phases of the aghd (the ceremony). Yassi (who was looking fabulous thanks to Kathryn from Event Costmetics) and her dad were escorted by Pourya Khademi’s beautiful violin playing and soon belly dancers followed! Nilou, the officiant, helped the guests understand what was going on and later we did photos around the sofreh.
I have never seen Portland Art Museum’s Kridel Grand Ballroom looking as amazing as this. Kim with Geranium Lake decorated with beautiful flowers and the lighting was done with intricate detail.
We did some portraits in the Portland Art Museum and then Yassi and Ali were escorted in by the belly dancers. The rest of the evening was filled with music and dancing. I also loved the ice luge for the drinks.
Enjoy!
Coordinator: Bridal Bliss, Catering: Devil’s Food Catering, Baker: Dream Cakes, Floral: Geranium Lake, Officiant: Nilou Nouri, Ceremony Music: Pourya Khademi, Belly Dancers: Sedona and Claudia, Reception DJ: Julius Nemovi, Make up: Event Cosmetics, Videographer: Moetic Films (You can see the full set of pictures here. Please ask for the password from the couple.)
Sofreh
Aghd
Ice Drinking Luge
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Kacey and David’s wedding at Sayulita, Don Pedro’s Palapa - Brisa del Mar, was an amazing party. Kacey is one of the most positive people I ever met. David is just so in love with her that they are amazingly cute together.
I love photographing at Villa Amor’s Grand Villa. This time the day started with getting ready at the Grand Villa and ended up at Don Pedro’s Palapa, or otherwise known as Brisa Del Mar.
Their party had everything - cigar rollers, mariachi band leading them for the processional, champagne toast at the beach, al pastor taco’s, churros, fireworks, you name it! Kacey’s dress was from Barcelona and it was definitely a highlight.
I had the pleasure of working with Yazmin from Sea of Dreams again and she is fantastic to work with!
Coordinator: Yazmin - Sea of Dreams, Caterer: Don Pedro’s Restaurant & Bar, Baker: Charme Reposteria, Florist: Vodax Detalle by Francisco Salazar, Bride’s Dress Designer/ Boutique: San Patrick of Barcelona, Make Up / Hair: Funky Diva
(You can see the full set of pictures here. Please ask for the password from the couple.)
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Samantha and Jeremy are one of the sweetest couples I ever met! They are very much in love and they just adore each other. I was very happy to photograph their wedding at the Timberline Lodge, one of my favorite places in Oregon to photograph. This Oregon winter wedding had it all - and tons of snow!
I loved that their officiant Rob came in a Santa costume basically and he even tried to have the wedding outside, but the storm picked up it’s pace and the ceremony got moved indoors. Still, it was very emotional as you can tell from the photos. I also really enjoyed how Samantha included some details of the holiday season in to her wedding: her bouquet is made with pine cones, and she had winter and holiday themed Starbucks cups filled with goodies!
After the dancing, everybody got together under the Christmas three and opened their presents!I thought it was really neat! We also did some awesome portraits at the ski lift. Many thanks to Timberline staff for being so accommodating and easy to work with!
Venue: Timberline Lodge
Officiant: Rev. Rob Figley
Baker: JaCiva’s
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Megan and Jeff tied the knot at Methven Family Vineyards, a beautiful all around venue. The wedding group was super fun, as you can see from the photos! Their wedding favors were some of my favorites! Check it out!
Venue: Methven Family Vineyards, Caterer: The Lamb’s Table , Baker: La Joconde , Ceremony and Reception DJ/Musicians: Encore Mobile DJs , Florist: Swan Island Dahlias, Bride’s Dress Designer/ Boutique: La Belle Elaines, Make Up/ Hair: Allure Obsession Artistry
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I think this was the best I have seen lawn at the Blackberry Hall at McMenamins Edgefield ever. The vision of Jessica from Bash! Weddings and Events and Shana&Sam was executed brilliantly with help of Lora from Sophisticated Floral.
One of my favorite bands, Trashcan Joe, was part of the cocktail hour. We saw some great dancers during that time. They also had a DIY Photo Booth. Another thing I have never seen at Edgefield was seperating part of the dance area and making it a guy’s lounge, complete with a LCD TV and showing of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes, including Bride of the Monster (Sam?). Another nice touche were the milkshakes towards the end of the evening to cool the guests down!
There was also wedding Bingo! The winners got a bunch of fun little prices! Everybody enjoyed this one! They also gave out books as wedding favors!
Sam wore cufflinks with his parents pictures in them to honor them. There was also a chair with their pictures as honorary guests during the ceremony. The groom and groomsmen walked down the aisle holding white russians and dancing, a homage to Big Lebowski!
Venue: McMenamins Edgefield, Coordinator: Bash! Weddings and Events , Officiant: Scott Polhamus, Caterer: McMenamin’s Edgefield, Baker: Papa Haydn, Florist: Sophisticated Floral, Make Up: Face Body Beauty
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Shohreh and Samie’s wedding ceremony at the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church was a blend of Persian and Iraqi customs. It was wonderful to see the multiple customs, religions and traditions come together! Another part of the day I really enjoyed was the toasts! It always makes me very sentimental when I see good friends toasting to the wedding couple.
I also loved the priests shoes during the service. We also utilized his truck for some photos! And many thanks to Oswego Lake Country Club for driving us around in the golf carts!
Enjoy!
Venue: St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, Reception Venue: Oswego Lake Country Club, Coordinator: Bride & Groom, Officiant: Fr. James Kolb, Caterer: LOCC , Baker: La Joconde, Ceremony musician: Laurel Freeborg, Reception DJ/Musicians: Behzab Talebi, Florist: Blooms Flowers, Make Up: Diane Johnson, Hair: Oranj Studio
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