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just one…

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:31:41 +0000

from my session with Amber & Brady.

The light, the couple, the setting, it was all kind of amazing.

Much much more soon,

xo em

Laughter & Rooftops: Lilly & Calder love session

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:52:41 +0000

I first met Lilly & Calder at one of my super fun 2009 weddings. You remember Scott & Bryn at the Mt. Hood B&B right?. I remember thinking “they are adorable, I should slip them a card”. Well a few months later Ms Lilly emailed me asking about 2011 wedding details. We spoke over email and then over the phone, I knew this was going to be a fun wedding after our conversations. Due to her school schedule and my maternity leave we had to wait to meet in person again until this summer, we this past week we did a meeting/Beer/album viewing/engagement session meet up all in one hot summer night. It also cracked me up that one of my current sample album is actually from the wedding of Scott & Bryn, so Lilly & Calder were actually in some of the dancing photos! That is a first. I have to say this couple is FUN, we had a great time laughing (allot) and running around NW Portland. Sometimes couples take a while to warm up, but these two really felt like old friends.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Check them out, they are so adorable! Lilly has the most infectious laugh ever, I can hear it now.

These two are fantastic together. I loved the way they interacted, you could tell nothing was forced, they are just totally completely in love.

That night the Portland weather was HOT HOT HOT, and so were my clients!

I love this one, you can tell Lilly has comfortably rested her head here many, many times.

The light that night was pretty fantastic as well.

The architecture in NW Portland is fun, a little something different around every corner.

And one last one of our adorable couple. Lilly I know this one is your favorite. Check out the fantastic view we got from the rooftop of a sweet loft building. Thank you to Calder’s mom for letting us access her building for shooting!

Lilly & Calder thanks again for meeting up with me last week. I know the drive from Bend was a long one, I think it was totally worth it! I am so looking forward to your wedding next year, gah a whole year I can wait! I will have the whole set for you very, very soon. For now, you know it is comment challenge time. If you can get 25 people to comment on this little post, you will get an 11×14 on the house. So leave some love folks!

xo em

Jenny + Matt = LOVE

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:34:22 +0000

Jenny and I started chatting about her wedding last year before my maternity leave. We made plans to meet and it ended up being just the two of us talking weddings over truffle french fries. One of my favorite ways to get to know people. Jenny talked about her wedding, family, how she and Matt met. I was completely enchanted. The only piece missing was meeting this specific price charming, you see he was out of town on business and could not make the meeting. So this past week, on a beautiful evening in North West Portland I met up with Jenny and Matt to do some engagement photos. These two are so charming together, it was my pleasure to capture them as a couple in one of their favorite Portland spots.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

See how lovely they are!

Miss Jenny actually ran/biked/swam an iron man competition just 2 days before out session, impressive right!

The rose gardens have some beautiful paths and old brick work around.

I just love this grand staircase. I do believe there it was Matt’s job to make Jenny laugh, and he did all evening.

The light that evening was beautiful, almost as lovely as our couple.

The way he looks at her here is super sweet.

After a bit at the Rose gardens we headed down to the PGE park area to catch some city backdrops.

I loved the way the light was coming through the city here. This might be my favorite set.

We also had to use some of the on site sculptures, again I love playing with the light when i have a beautiful couple to work with.

PGE park was super quite that night so we got to roam the front where ever we liked, I loved this ivy covered wall near the front.

Jenny & Matt both have great smiles, it is almost too easy.

weee!

And one last photo before the light left us.

Jenny and Matt thanks for meeting up with me and being up for anything! I am so looking forward to capturing your wedding in just a few short weeks time! I hope you have enjoyed the peek, I will have the rest for you very soon. And of course as new clients you are officially issued a comment challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this blog post, you will get an 11×14 on the house.

good coffee & lots of laughs

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:51:28 +0000

So the sun has come out in Oregon, and when I say it has come out I mean that it is HOT these days. Not that I am complaining, dear sun I love you! Don’t go away, I can deal with the heat.

That said we are in the middle of an Oregon style heatwave, we are a few days in now, but back at the beginning of the heat wave I spent the day in Portland doing a few sessions with some super fun people. One of those was with the lovely Monica & Jordon. These two were refereed to my by the uber fun Megan & Matt who were married just last year, so I knew they were going to be fun. Down from Seattle we decided to meet at a cute coffee shop on N Mississippi street in Ptown. You see Jordon has a thing for good coffee and funky little shops, I was of course happy to oblige. So we spent the afternoon walking around the fun artsy district and snapping a few photos. I had a great time getting to know these two better.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

aww they are so cute right!

The allies of N Mississippi have some of the fanciest drain pipes around, Jordon spotted this one so we had to capture it.

we also hid from the heat in this great parking structure. I just had to capture some silhouette love.

These two are pretty funny together.

We did some laughing did I mention that?

This one might be my favorite, I love Jordon’s smile at his lovely fiance.

We kept laughing and walking, Monica was such a sport in her killer red shoes!

Jordon let his inner goof ball out a few times can you tell?

and one last shot of the lovelbirds. I just adore these two!

Monica & Jordon thanks again for meeting up with me! I will have the whole set for you very soon! Thanks again for being so fun! I even have a little blog challenge for you. If you can get 3o people to comment on this post I will give you a 11×14 wall print on me. Leave some love folks!

xo em

just one

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:12:50 +0000

from my session with the uber wonderful Monica & Jordon

more tomorrow

Happy Birthday Redhead!

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:05:15 +0000

5 years ago today a sweet, sassy, loud, kind, ball of energy came into my life.

My life, my work and my world has forever been changed.

Miss Scarlett bear, thank you for making me a mommy, and thank you for making my world the wonderful place it is. I can never explain how amazing you are, and how much I love you.

xo mommy

the best of blind dates….

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:59:03 +0000

I booked Katie & Charlie’s fall wedding when I was off the grid on maternity leave. Not up for a in person meeting yet (Katie I think you contacted me literally the day I gave birth) they signed a contract, wrote a check and sent it in the mail. Not usually how I book a couple, but I loved the confidence they had that we would work well together. Well after a few months a few tweets & few emails later we set up their engagement session. Again Katie was super trusting with my ideas and location choices, I was getting super excited to work with them. So when the night came to actually meet Katie & Charlie it felt a little like a blind date. I was actually nervous, but man I had no reason! Katie & Charlie are two of the nicest, cutest, more lovely people I have ever had the chance to point my camera at. They were up for anything, and completely adorable together, it just does not get any better.

Here are a few from our session:

Katie wanted rustic, I had been dying to shoot this old barn for a while now so I convinced them to come out to rural Newberg. Rad right!

did I mention they are adorable?

yeah yeah private property, would you kick these two adorable love birds off?

and then we hit the magic light spot.

they. are. so. cute.

Katie really hooked up the vintage feel with her killer accessories. Loved it!

She also brought her (film gasp!) camera, so we had to use it as a prop.

we also found this great run down fence at a local farm. I tell ya if you want rural, come to my neck of the woods.

and another magic light spot at sunset, how great are these two.

Katie & Charlie thanks for trekking all the way out to Newberg and being up for my crazy ideas and tromping through the countryside! I just loved meeting you two, I can not tell you how stoked I am for your wedding! And of course as new clients I would love to hook up the blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this little post I will have a 11×14 wall print for you on the house! Leave some kind words people.

xo em

pretty skies and lovely people make me happy

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:25:49 +0000

Is there anything better than spending time with people in love on an amazingly beautiful night in downtown Portland? I think not.

This past weekend I had the chance to hang out with the adorably lovely Catherine & Heather. I am so looking forward to thier wedding just a few short months away.

It was important to these two to capture some of their favorite spots in the city so we took quite the trek, but my was it worth it. We walked, we talked, we took some photos. It was all around a wonderful evening.

Here are some of my favorites so far:

Did I mention how adorable they are?

the Portland waterfront is just beautiful this time of year. We had to dodge rose festival crowds, but the north end was just lovely.

we also found some wonderful sculptors like this metal wall.

ok this cracks me up. Catherine was forever fixing Heathers hair. I had to capture the cute picking going on.

I don’t know why but I love this one, the silhouette of the two women is just beautiful.

clearly there is allot of love here.

we also ran into a random flower show in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Portland’s living room was quite fragrant that evening!

Check out this cool “tree” in the park blocks. Their wedding will have a tree theme so I thought it was fitting to capture this.

ahhh and the bubblers, so Heather LOVES bubblers. As I hear it if she walks by one she has to get a drink out of it. So it was mandatory we find one for our session.

there was much cuteness, and even some skipping.

this set might be my favorite, this wall is outside the art museum. Their smiles at each other in the second shot just make me happy.

and our last stop atop a parking garage to get the wonderful city in the last bits of sunset light. The city and these two were just glowing with beauty.

Catherine & Heather thanks again for trekking all over town with me. I had a wonderful time with the two of you. I can not wait to capture your wedding later on this summer. Of course for all my new clients I have to throw down the blog comment challenge. Catherine & Heather if you can get 25 people to comment on this post I will throw in an 11×14 on me. I think one of the cityscape portraits would look great large in print. So leave some love people!

xo em

two frames

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:56:45 +0000

from my engagement session with the lovely Catherin & Heather.

more very soon, in the morning perhaps.

xo em

when people you love fall in love…

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:07:53 +0000

I have known Jacob for many years, though good times and hard times, through preppy, hippy & trendy hipster phases, through the birth of children, even through poor facial hair choices. Jacob is the kind of friend that becomes family. So when my defacto little brother Jacob told me he was in love I was super excited to meet miss Martha. Miss Martha did not disappoint, she is just as sweet and kind as Jacob, so it was my pleasure to celebrate their engagement with them over the weekend with a few photos around my home. It was an honor to capture their love with my camera.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

it is kind of annoying how ridiculously adorable they are right.

there was much smooching…

Jacob’s son Quin also got in on the action. Clearly little dude stole the show!

aren’t they just so sweet together.

I also nabbed Quin for a few on his one. Dude has eye lashes to die for.

and I had to get a few of father and son. I just adore these two.

Martha, Jacob & Quin thanks for coming out and letting me point my camera your way. I can not wait to capture your wedding in just a few months! I just adora all of you, it makes me happy to see you all so happy together.

xo em