Monthly Archives: September 2009

    Imperfect Perfection: the wedding of megan & patrick

    Megan and Patrick’s wedding was lovingly different in oh so many ways. For starters they decided to to tie the knot on a beautiful September Thursday evening. They choose McMinnamin’s Edgefield because not only was it beautiful they loved the historical significance of the place. When I met up with them on the big day their rooms were not ready, so they were having a laid back lunch with friends in the pub together. Not ones for lots of traditions the whole seeing each other before the wedding thing took a back seat to having a nice time with friends & family. Spending the day with these two was pretty much awesome.

    Every little detail was just how Megan wanted, “perfectly imperfect”. I think she said that about the bows on the flowers, but I thought it was so fitting for the day. If the rooms were ready late, so great time for a lunch with friends. That is just how the day went, these two were there to have a lovely event, and they did.

    I could go on, and on about great Megan & Patrick were, and how fun their day was, but really lets get to the photos! I think they will speak for them selves.

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    Megan had such great details. From her beautiful peach colored dress, to the amazing pearls made by a friend, it was all unique and elegant.

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    Megan also has some awesome friends who hooked up the hair and make up.

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    Patrick was also had some pretty cool details. I dug the boating shoes. :)

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    Patrick was also cool and calm, these two were the most laid back couple.

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    The whole energy in Megan’s room was so calm but full of joy, I just love her mom & grandma’s face seeing her all dressed up. These women are all soo wonderful, I loved seeing their bond.

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    this might be my favorite photo of Megan from the entire day, I just love her smile here.

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    our first look set up was fun, I could tell these two were happy to be back together and start the celebration.

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    We did a lot of laughing during our time together.

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    I loved shooting them together, they were so sweet and chill.

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    Edgefield was also a great place to shoot, even the garden shed was a lovely backdrop.

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    This image while it was suppose to be romantic completely cracks me up. The thing is when even I asked Megan & Patrick to get “nose to nose” they would start laughing, I had no idea why, well finally they told me. While I was trying to be romantic, apparently if their faces were that close it was all blurry.  Duh, well from then on I just asked them to “get blurry”!

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    I love all the colors of the day, fresh and beautiful.

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    We had a lot of laughter can you tell.

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    Once were done with the portraits we made our way to the most important part of the day, the ceremony.

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    The whole ceremony was beautiful and moving. Their officiant (and a personal friend of mine) Sally did a wonderful job. I have to admit even I got a little teary. It was short, sweet and incredibly moving.

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    While the happy couple enjoyed their party and the delicious spread I had a little fun with their rings. Like I said Edgefield is an amazing place to shoot.

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    The best part of the reception though really had to be the dancing. Megan, Patrick and their friends were so fun! I could do an entire post of just dancing photos!

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    Like I said, fun fun folks.

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    and one last photo of our happy couple. We got a chance to take a little walk at sunset.

    Megan & Patrick, thanks again for having me out to be a part of your special day. I truly loved capturing it for the two of you. I will have much, much more for you tow very soon! Any friends and family checking out the peek please do leave me a comment below and I will be sure to send you the log in, information as soon as it is ready.

    xo em

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    love all the way around

    Aimee contacted me just a few months back inquiring about wedding photography. I happily sent her my information packet and went along my merry way. When just a few short weeks ago she emailed again saying she was getting married and wanted to meet & book me I have to say I was a little excited. While I adore getting to know my wonderful clients over long periods of time, it is also very exciting to get a last moment booking! It pumps the adrenaline and gets you started for the mad dash of learning as much as you can about the couple & event before the big day. We are still just a couple weeks off from the big wedding, but this last weekend I met up with Aimee, Dan and Aimee’s adorable little boy for an engagement/family combo session.

    I loved taking them to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and capturing some fun images of this adorable couple and little family. The way Dan & Aimee look at each other is adorable, but the way they both look little dude is just heart melting. :) I can not wait to capture images of their big day! But for now here is a sneak peek of our session along the river.

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    check out “E” such a little charmer, he is 5 and full of energy!

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    Yep these three have lots of fun together!

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    Aimee & Dan are also incredibly sweet on their own.

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    The way Dan looks at his beautiful future wife is pretty darn sweet.

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    And the opposite side of that is I got the best smiles out of Aimee when she was looking at her man.

    So looking at these two cute love birds you might be wondering, where is the little man during all this smooching?

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    Mr. E made a little furry friend! I love the smile on his face, he was o into the little fuzzy guy.

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    :)

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    This one might be my favorite of our lovely couple. I love Aimee’s huge smile, you can not help but smile back!

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    Another adorable smile belongs to this silly boy. Such a ham!

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    One last set of the lovely couple.

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    And one last one of the cute little family.

    Aimee & Dan I am so looking forward to your big day in just a few short weeks! I am excited about all the rad details you have planned, but mostly about seeing you three again. I had a wonderful time with you guys, little Mr. E charmed my socks off, such a great kiddo. I hope you enjoy your little sneak peek. I will have the whole gallery up for you very soon. And of course as new clients I have to hook up the comment challenge. If you can get 30 people to comment on this post I will throw in a 11×14 on me of your favorite from the set! So leave some love people!

    xo em

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    Baby N is back and cuter than ever!

    Ok for real, he is!

    When chatting with D, baby N’s mama before our second session she told me “watch out he has gotten even cuter!”.  You remember his off the charts cuteness last spring right?  Well I did not think it was possible, he had already stolen my heart. Well when they arrived to meet me for this falls session in NW Portland I was proven wrong.

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    See he did get cuter, still not sure how that is possible. Surely not legal. At this rate I have no idea how we are going to top this for his one year photos!

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    his little toothy smile absolutely melts my heart.

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    The whole family was just adorable. Clearly this child is loved to bits.

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    :)

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    Baby N’s little giggle is also completely infectious! He is thoroughly enjoying daddy’s tickles here.

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    Little dude is also a big fan of moving, and fast! He has my on the run anytime we did “alone” photos. He has this crawling thing down.

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    but as much as he likes going, he is happiest nestled into the arms of Mom & Dad.

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    I adore the daddy son interaction here.

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    Seriously this entire family is just a joy to hang out with.

    Mom & Dad thanks again for having me out to see your little dude. It is so very fun to see him though the year as he grows. His smile melts me every time. Thanks also for your patience with getting the peek up! I hope these made it worth the wait. :) What do you say, shall we do another comment challenge? If you can get 25 people to leave a comment here I will throw in a cute little wallet brag book for both mom & dad! Have fun! I will have the whole gallery for you very soon.

    xo em

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    style you say?

    Adored Portland Wedding Vendor

    Not too long ago I was invited to be listed as a vendor with the fantastic local blog/website Portland Style Unveiled.

    For me it was a privilege, the other vendors listed are some of (in my opinion) the best in the business locally. I just adore their blog and all around website. To all my 2010 brides, this site is a fantastic resource for planning a Portland wedding!Click the link above and take a look around. You will see little ‘ol me listed under photographers now!

    xo em

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    to heck with the rain, we came to have a wedding!

    Anna & Matt are rockstars, there is no way to get around it.

    On their wedding day it poured buckets, and they still brought the fun. Back a few months ago when we had our engagement session at the coast, you remember right? Our beautiful sunset beach session ended up a freezing fogged in session. We had fun anyway, and A&M rolled with it.

    So when the weather reports started coming in mid week for rain on the big day I knew we would be alright. You see Anna & Matt are rockstars, a little rain, most couples would cry and move inside, Oh no, not here Matt went to target and bought 100+ umbrellas, and Anna bought cute rain boots! Rockstars I tell ya. A&M got married at the beautiful (albeit soggy) Oregon Gardens, in Silverton, Or.

    Another Rockstar of the day would be my oh so talented 2nd shooter Ms Jenifer Johnston. Not only did she take some of the beautiful photos you see below, she endured a mini monsoon with our hardcore groom Matt, ran full speed through the gardens caring important gear, and also played florist when a boutonniere was crushed in a mad dash to escape the rain. Jen, you are also a rockstar.

    I had an absolute blast with these two, so of course sit back this will be a super long peek.

    Enjoy!

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    Anna’s details were all stunning, her dress, jewelry, even hair pin were just divine.

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    See what I mean? I loved her hair detail. She found it on one of my favorite websites of all time. www.etsy.com, ahh love it.

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    Anna is a physical therapist, so she spends most of her days in comfortable clothes. Well for her big day she went all out GLAM, and dang girl looked good!

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    See what I mean, glamorous!

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    The flowers were also incredibly beautiful, Anna you need to tell me the name of your florist again so I can give them some link love!

    So while the girls were getting all glamorous, across the way the boys were… well.. getting ready with all kinds of fun.

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    Check out Matt’s details, you can tell his mind was on the weather and a certain pretty lady.

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    Matt is a pretty handsome bloke right!

    ***WARNING*** at some point during our “getting ready” shots Ms Jenifer’s camera was hijacked by a certain grooms man…

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    There are many, many more. Even some of the camera’s owner & yours truly. I could, and might at some point do an entire blog post about what happens when your camera gets hijacked by a charming and devious groomsman. FA I can not for the life of me remember your real name, but please do leave a comment below. I have some images that BEG to be tagged with you on facebook k!

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    I am pretty sure Jen took this one of Matt & his dad, but one can never know with all the camera thievery going on. :)

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    So to follow shortly I will be the first look photos, but really we have to set it up first. When Matt & Jen left the resort it was clear. It had been raining but we thought we had a little break going our way, so down the path they went. Anna and I were to follow a few moments later to set up a beautiful first look.  Well about half way though the path the sky opened up and a mini monsoon let some crazy rain loose. Poor Jen & Matt had zero cover. They literally had to sprint through the gardens to find cover! This is also when Jen got to play boutonniere doctor.  In between the downpours Anna & I walked down to the front of the garden, we got as far as the gift store when the sky opened up again. Uh yeah, we waited it out for a while. Poor Matt was probably wondering where the heck Anna was, and if we were going to show!

    Well anyway, we got down there, and they got to see each other in their soggy yet glamorous glory.

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    I am pretty sure once we got the first look the weather decided to give us a break, from there on our during the portrait session around the garden it was clear skies with maybe a little sprinkling. Well… until the wedding that is.

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    Weather aside, they are so very lovely together!

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    We actually had lots of fun walking around the gardens. There are some amazingly beautiful spots there to shoot.

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    Have I mentioned how beautiful these two are? It always helps when a couple is not only fun, but smoking hot.

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    So pretty, you would never know it was just a bit after a downpour!

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    I had to get a few of miss Anna on her own. Girl you really did look  amazing!

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    I loved these old trees, perfect for positioning a beautiful couple under.

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    And one last one of our lovely couple. They are just so awesome to roll with such a crazy start to their day. Much, much more to come for these two. They really did have the most amazing reception I have ever been a part of. I did peek just a few of them last week, more of the rockstars that are Anna & Matt soon! Thanks again you two for having us be there to capture your day. I will have more and then the whole gallery for you both soon!

    xo em

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