{"id":597,"date":"2015-01-06T17:46:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T00:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/208.131.131.202\/tempwordpress\/wordpress-2.8\/wordpress\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2017-05-10T04:07:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T04:07:17","slug":"about-portland-photographer-evrim-icoz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.evrimgallery.com\/Portland-Wedding-Blog\/about-portland-photographer-evrim-icoz\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Portland Wedding Photographer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.evrimgallery.com\/Portland-Wedding-Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/evrim.jpg\" alt=\"Portland Wedding Photographer\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am a freelance photographer based in Portland. I mostly photograph weddings, along with some seniors and family photography too. 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