I had the pleasure of photographing the Portland Art Museum’s Disquited exhibit opening reception/gala. The exhibit itself is fantastic (runs until May 16th), and the reception was too. It was catered and designed by Vibrant Table Catering
, and the lighting was exceptional. The wine was donated kindly by Hawks View Cellars, a wonderful vineyard in Sherwood. I had the pleasure of actually working with Kemp family couple years ago, and it was nice to see them again! There was a nice speech by Brian Ferriso, the director of the Portland Art Museum as well!
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Portland Art Museum’s recent exhibit, La volupté du goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour will be open from February 7 - March 17, 2009. To celebrate the exhibit, Portland Art Museum put on a gala. Curated by Philippe Le Leyzour, Director, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Consulting Curator of European Art, Portland Art Museum. The Portland installation design and interpretation were led by Chief Curator Bruce Guenther and Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs. This exhibition has received major organizational support from FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange).
Vibrant Table did a tremendous job in decorating the event. Everything was top class. The resulting affect was amazing and it was one of the most wonderfully designed events we’ve ever seen produced from Vibrant Table! Music by Ruslan String Quartet and Design Band!
Here’s some of our favorite highlights from the event:
Recreation of Les Confidences Pastorales by François Boucher with live models
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We had a lot of fun at Lauren and Keith’s wedding! Cowboy boots and hats, mariachi band, gay and lesbian party going on upstairs!
We started the day at Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop’s Close, a fantastic place! The ceremony was at the Christ Church Episcopal Parish in Lake Oswego, and then the reception was at the beautiful Portland Art Museum Fields Ballroom. The planning was done expertly by Amy from Blush Bridal, flowers were by Francoise Weeks. The museum looked beautiful with all the decorations and flowers. The couple even had a mariachi band to entertain the guests during the cocktail hour. Event Team NW entertained the guests with expert DJ’ing.
Meanwhile another fun event was happening at the Kridel Ballroom - Coronation 2008 by Rose Court. This provided some interesting photography opportunities. Everybody had lots of fun, and Lauren and Keith even got to check out the upstairs party for a bit. The night ended with a beautiful dance by bride and groom surrounded by guests holding candles. (The whole wedding can be viewed here)
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Vesna and Tony had their beautiful ceremony at The Grotto - the setting was very serene with sun peeking through the trees. Afterward the reception was at the Portland Art Museum Kridel Grand Ballroom, decorated beautifully by Vibrant Table. There was no shortage of awesome music, punctuated by Tony’s own band!
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Last Saturday, Christina and Milto had a full on Greek wedding at Portland Art Museum Kridel Ballroom - it was a high energy wedding full of emotion. The ceremony was at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Here are some quick picks from the wedding:
The single ladies names are written on Christina’s shoe.
The guests throwing lavender buds on the happy couple!
Milto’s mother singing a few songs to the guests.
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One of the most fun weddings we photographed this year was Kim and Chris’s wedding at Blackberry Hall. The group was super fun, easy going which always makes our life easier! We even stayed for the after hours party!
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There was so much to shoot at this Portland Indian wedding. Here are some of my favorites from this Indian wedding at the Portland Art Museum:
Vendors
Wedding Planner Marilyn Storch www.portlandweddingplanner.com
Catering Salvador Molly’s www.salvadormollys.com
Floral Artist Page Bender www.salvadormollys.com
Salvador Moly’s Vibrant Table
DJ A Sound Choice Entertainment www.asoundchoiceentertainment.com
Hair and Makeup Artist Tonya Powell hairstonya@msn.com
Cake JaCiva’s (Pam) www.jacivas.com
Venue Portland Art Museum Doug Froman www.portlandartmuseum.org
Nanny Service NW Nanny www.nwnanny.com
Western Culinary Institute Henna Party Staff 503-233-2245
Red Star Tavern Post Wedding Brunch www.redstartavern.com
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Here is a very cool wedding I have done over the New Year’s eve and wanted to share. The theme of Chris and Alexis wedding was Great Gatsby. It was at the First Congregational Church for ceremony, and then we moved to the Art Museum to Fields Ballroom. The processional was escorted by guests with sparklers walking to the Art Museum.
The event coordinators Blush Consulting did a fantastic job and there were gambling tables, a live period gypsy jazz/swing band (Stolen Sweets), and even swing/charleston dance instructors. The drinks were cooled in an old claw foot tub. Portland has quite a few great event planners/coordinators and I am lucky to work with quite a few of them!
We also did a unique set up this wedding and had a portrait booth set up. The bride and groom provided the props and a second photographer took photos of all the guests in their cool flapper/zoot suit outfits with this decor. You can see a funny one of such a set up shot below.
So I rang the new year’s at the Art Museum. Towards the end, guests were served with chocolate cups with Bailey’s and also mini burgers and fries in martini glasses. Nice!
Venue: First Congregational Church, with reception following at Portland Art Museum Fields Ballroom
Coordinator: Blush Bridal Consulting
Band: Stolen Sweets
Dance Instructor: Ann Marie Hathaway
Catering: Salvador Molly’s
Label: Swing Dance Wedding, 20’s Wedding, Great Gatsby, Portland Art Museum, Portland Wedding Photographer
