Mary & Colton are getting married in Mexico in February (lucky ducks!). Congratulations, you two! Can’t wait to photograph your reception in Oregon next year!

Check out this video trailer by Moving Picture Weddings up at Mt Hood Bed & Breakfast!

Gorgeous Video by Moving Picture Weddings…

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What a great wedding! We had a great time with William and Mary at their beautiful Maui wedding. We started with Mary in the salon surrounded by her friends and family and ended the night with an amazing fire dancer performance! The couple had family fly in from all over the World to celebrate and there was a lot of love in the air!

Moving Picture Weddings also came along to capture the big day. We will soon post some footage so be sure to check back!

I am always amazed at couples who have to spend massive amounts of time apart yet still keep their love thriving. Chelsea and Anthony is that couple. Anthony residing on the east coast while Chelsea is in Portland. Even though they are apart, they seem so comfortable with each other. We decided to do their Engagement Session in Downtown Portland because they wanted something to contrast their Oregon Coast wedding next year. It was sunny but man was it cold. They took it in stride as we walked from one place to another eventually ending up on South Waterfront by the place Anthony proposed. We ended nearby as twilight was upon us as well as lower temperatures. I’m looking forward to their Canon Beach wedding because they’re awesome and the temps will be a tad bit higher.

I love Holly and CJ, they were so fun to work. We were faced with extremely cold weather but they were troopers and smiled the whole time! I am looking forward to working with them on their wedding next summer.

I met Kellene and Matt at my favorite bakery one night. Off the bat I could tell these two were easy going and some of the nicest people you can ever meet. We discussed the details of the wedding and how it was going to be Thanksgiving weekend. An image kept popping into my head and I had to spill the beans. I kept imagining them being announced into the reception by triumphantly running through smoke rising between two huge inflatable Thanksgiving Turkeys. After having a good laugh at that we continued on. The day of was great, crisp and clear and everyone in good spirits. After the ceremony, someone surprised the couple with a bag piper leading them out of the church. Now that in addition to the turkey thing would have been pretty awesome. The rest of the day went off without a hitch. Congrats to Kellene and Matt!

When I moved to Oregon I remember going to the coast for the first time. I remember thinking to myself, ”This is the most opposite beach weather ever”. It was in the spring so it was kind of cool and windy. Coming from more Southern states, this was such an anomaly. After a couple of years I’ve gotten used to it and have actually come to appreciate the dedication by which Northwesterners enjoy their beaches. On this particular Winter day, it was no different. Brandon and Andi braved the weather and made the most of their Engagement Session at Canon Beach. It was actually a really nice day. The clouds provided an awesome canvas to show the colors of the sunset. Heck, they even took off their shoes to run through the sand and water. We had a great time and a positive to winter beach going is that you are pretty much the only ones on the beach. Even though Brandon and Andi took their shoes off, I did not and continued to photograph them while wearing a million layers of clothing. Yes, beach going in the Northwest requires dedication. That’s love!

It’s really cool when you meet a couple and you have something in common that most people don’t. We all have 11 fingers. Just kidding… it turns out that we all have spent some extensive time in Southeast Asia. It was great breaking from the normal wedding talk to discuss were we’ve gone and what experiences we’ve had abroad. Since Josh and Celeste were getting married in February we figured that the next couple of days after our first meeting would be prime time to do an Engagement Shoot. We took full advantage of the weather. We went from North Portland where we may have stumbled on an Occupy Caboose movement all the way to Powells Bookstore and everywhere in between. I also got to meet Abby and Stella, their two wonderful dogs. One thing that I noticed was that Celeste and Josh had an awesome easiness about them. We had a blast. I am really looking forward to the wedding, like really really looking forward to it.