Portland Oregon Wedding and Portrait Photographer
I wanted to post some of the recent maternity pictures I did here in Portland, Oregon. I love how artistic and unique they turn out. I think pregnancy is a beautiful thing and I strive to capture this beauty and emotional connection. I strongly recommend all pregnant women to document this unique time in their life. We offer great packages that offers both maternity photography and new born sessions! Please contact us and ask for such packages!
I was hoping to attend the ball when the phone rang and I was invited to cover this event at the beautiful Tiffany Center! What a coincidence! The decorations at the Tiffany Center Crystal Ballroom was by FireWorks! events. I have done couple weddings there before, but this was my first non-wedding event. As a bonus, Stolen Sweets were playing so I had a chance to practice my swing dancing! In addition, BodyVox dance company did a great performance on the stage!
You can see the full set of pictures here:
Portland Tiffany Center Inauguration Victory Ball
Here are some quick picks:
Autumn and Guy contacted me couple years ago to shoot their wedding. Unfortunately I was already booked. Couple years later, they touched base again for me to take some maternity pictures for them. Here are couple!
Portland has a great swing dance community and they came together to host the 2008 Portland Lindy Exchange. Some of you might remember the pictures from the 2006 exchange here. I can’t believe it has been two years!
I was able to attend all three nights, however, the second night was right after a fantastic but long wedding I shot, so I didn’t bring my camera that night. Since I have not been out dancing as much lately, I didn’t take as many photos but rather took advantage of the great crowds and got my dancing fix in. Despite that, there are still over 200 photos.
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Here are some favorites:
Mike and Jessica had a crazy fun wedding at the Riverside Golf Club - even the rain didn’t stop this wonderful couple from having a great time with their friends. The ceremony was at the Oaks Pioneer Church at Sellwood, a historic church. Then the party moved to the gorgeous Riverside Golf and Country Club. Mike is a regular at rodeo’s so Jessica surprised him with some cool cowboy boots.
You have to check out the bouquet toss sequence below!
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One of the best places to take dance lessons is Northwest Conservatory of Dance in Hillsboro. I had the pleasure of photographing their dance recital a little while ago, and got some great images. This time it was time to photograph the young dancers at the studio! Check out what we came up with. Parents of the dancers can see the whole set here (password required).
We stopped by a great swing dance in Portland at Imago Theater. It was beautifully organized and the bands were great. Here are some photos, and even more can be found here.
Swing Dancing
Annie and Tom took the plunge in San Pancho, Mexico. Well, the day after the wedding they took the plunge, into the swimming pool! You will see what I mean.
The wedding ceremony was at the garden of Villa de Roja at San Pancho (or San Francisco), overlooking the ocean with a beautiful sunset for accent!
We then proceed to Mar Plata restaurant, a beautiful restaurant, located right across the street (near Costa Azul Hotel as well).
Sayulita and San Pancho area has some great wedding planners, as I mentioned at Mercan and Joel’s wedding, and this was not an exception. Debbie Barran, of Down the Isle, did a great job at the rehearsal, wedding day and the breakfast the day after.
So more about the pool plunge and couple other photos taken the day after the wedding. I started offering day after sessions for my couples as part of some packages, especially works for multi-day destination weddings but this is not just limited to destination weddings. I have done some in Portland as well. It does not have to be the day after either. The idea is to do a fun photo shoot without the stress and time constraints of the wedding day. You can see some at Stephanie and Jared’s wedding (towards the end)and also Christina’s bridal portrait session. Another option I offer is something you can see at Mercan and Joel’s photos. We covered their welcome party the day before the wedding.
I also want to note that Villa de Roja and Mar Plata were fantastic locations. According to Virtual Vallarta, the prestigious American magazine Conde Nast Traveler ranked Mar Plata restaurant as a Hot Table, a classification of 95 new restaurants made by anonymous correspondents around 30 countries. Pretty cool for a restaurant in a tiny little town.
Here is a small selection: (note: to see the full set, go to here - password required)
Dad steaming the dress
Floating candles for the pool
Place cards were little notes on the glasses
off to Mar Plata
Annie’s dad secretly wrote, sang and recorded a song for her on his computer with multiple tracks! This is the cd:
Stealing a little kiss
During the toasts
The day after sessoin. I got in trouble again a the ocean. These waves find a way to get me (camera ok this time)
Another resident of Villa de Roja:
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