Matt & Oralea: Love

Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending time with Matt & Oralea. As I do with all my wedding couples we were out and about in Portland to shoot some engagement photos. I think it is really important to do these sessions for a few reasons. One they are fun, we usually tromp around and spend most of the time chatting and getting to know each other. Another reason is it is fun to make beautiful images with out the stress and rush of a wedding. I always love doing these engagement sessions, and Matt & Oralea were no exception. This adorable couple was up from San Francisco to do wedding errands so we took advantage of some beautiful Oregon weather and hit the industrial east side. I loved that they were up for anything. Oralea just had one request , that we come away with at least 5 good photos. Well I think we got allot more than that. 🙂

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Oralea’s rings are just beautiful, designed by an artisan in San Francisco.

The industrial east side has some wonderful spots to shoot, I love this run down old building.

During our session we talked a lot about the wedding, DJs, dancing, food, cupcakes. Oh how I love cupcakes, I am excited these two share my love. 🙂

We also share a love old buildings with ivy, as Matt said it is “very Portland”.

Oh! and we celebrated national train day apparently, did you know?! After Matt informed me we just had to incorporate the local trains into our session.

and the train tracks of course.

🙂

After we were done with the trains and old buildings we hit the east side esplanade. Sunset on the river is beautiful, and even better with an adorable couple to capture.

Matt & Oralea thanks again for meeting up with me last weekend. I had a great time with the two of you! I am very much looking forward to your wedding in just a few weeks! I would also love to offer you a little blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this post I will throw in an 11×14 of your choice on the house. 🙂

xo em