Portland Oregon Wedding and Portrait Photographer
I know this is a photo blog, but I just could not help myself…
The seal hunt is going on and it looks so bad 
(I won’t post photos, just too gross)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3752567.html
If you want to do something, here is a link:
http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/protect_seals_what_you_can_do/
So unnecessary…
I just got back from shooting Renee and Savio’s wedding at Madonna Inn, San Luis Obispo. It was a very fun event. This is the first of the two photographer’s wedding I am shooting this year. Renee is an accomplished photographer at Fresno Bee and Savio is a pilot. They were a very nice couple, with great family.
The day of the wedding it rained quite a bit in the morning but then it turned into a gorgeous day. We were able to go to the beach (Pismo Beach) and got some great shots.
These are some first look images:
The following photo-essay won honorable mention at NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism 2006. I have to admit I was teary eyed at the end.
Note: The link is not working right now, I will fix that by tomorrow.
I realized I never posted an album design here so I will be posting some from my archives as we go along. Here is a nice 10×14 album from this wedding:
The way albums work with my studio is very simple - you chose the images, I do the design. Simple as pie. Best of both worlds! One thing to keep in mind is that albums are not an overnight process - selecting images from hundreds of great images we give you will take time, and then design takes a bit time as well, and then depending on season, bookbinder can be from 1 week to 8 weeks out! Some studios prefer outsourcing the design, but we do it all in-house. The results come out fantastic.
Here is Mandi and Brian’s album design from Joseph, Oregon:
Let me know what you think!
Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) is a professional organization composed of photojournalists and wedding photographers from around the world. They have quarterly competitions and usually there are thousands of entries. They also now have a Artistic Guild which is a perfect fit for me I think. Their first competition I was invited to be a judge and it was really fun. The second one I was able to enter (as I was not judging) and got a 4th place and a 9th place out of over thousand entries. Here are the two images:
At the Portland White House Wedding
At the Portland Art Museum Wedding:
Some of you might know that I am an avid swing dancer. I have been doing it for about 9 years now. I attended some of the Portland Lindy Exchange this past weekend. The two events I attended were hosted at the Crystal Ballroom, my favorite place to dance. we had to leave a bit early the first night since we were super tired and I could not attend the other events because I was shooting a wedding on Saturday. But Sunday’s event was great. The organizers did a tremendous job in general and that night was no exception. They hired Art Abrams, a terrific big band. The place was rocking.
So what is a lindy exchange anyways?
Quoting from Virginia Swing Dance
“A Lindy Exchange is where a Swing Club from a certain city invites out-of-towners & locals to come dance for an extended weekend. Traditionally it has DJ’ed Dance Parties and/or Live Bands from the afternoons, evenings to the wee-hours until daybreak.”
Portland’s lindy exchange website is: http://portlandlx.com/
Here are some of the photos from that night, the rest can be found here.
Please note that all images are coprighted and registered with copyright office so do not use it without my permission.
