Once again it is so lovely to be featured on one of my all time favorite wedding blogs.
Kat does an amazing job of gathering the most fantastic wedding eye candy on her blog, if you have not visited you have to check it out. Kelsey & Stephan’s engagment session is being featured today!
xo em
Kelsey & Stephen rock.
When Kelsey first contacted me I asked her to tell me about herself and her wedding. She told me that she and Stephan were both artists, very laid back and will be getting married at the beautiful Garden Vineyards in Hillsboro later this summer. It all sounded wonderful, by the time we finally got together to go over album samples and chat I knew I had to shoot their wedding. I am soo looking forward to it!
We had a great time in inner SE Portland at their engagement session last week. Here are some of my favorites so far:
Check out Stephan’s beautiful work. My photos do not do it justice. He also showed me a few more, he is so talented!
The loft is still under construction as you can tell, we took the opportunity to get some really different images inside.
We also found some fun grungy buildings in the neighborhood to use.
The neighborhood is in the produce district so we found lots of great colors and textures to shoot. They are so sweet together.
You have to love the heart graffiti right! Perfect for these two love birds.
This one might be my favorite of the set. Kelsey just fit so perfectly all snuggled up next to Stephan.
As the sun started to set we headed up to the roof of Stephan’s building. I have to admit the rickety old staircase scared the crap out of me. I was not sure if it was going to be worth it, but then we reached the top at it was amazing! The perfect sunset over the city.
So worth the hike up the scary stairs.
They are so sweet together, and so fun!
and I had to post this last one, it is really more of a blooper, but you have to love the real un-posed laughter. We had so much fun!
Kelsey & Stephan I had a wonderful time tromping around the city with you. Thanks again for sharing the loft with me and being up for anything. I hope you are as happy with the set as I am. I will have the while galery for you very soon. And of course I could not be more excited about your wedding day! Like all my new clients I would love to offer you a little comment challenge. If you can get 25 people to comment on this blog post I will hook you up with an 11×14 wall print of your choice! So get commenting kids.
xo em
Happy Birthday to my sweet, lovely, kind, sassy, infuriating, wicked smart, hilarious, goofy, perfectly imperfect, little girl.
We had a grand day of delicious food, shoe shopping, zoo animals, toy stores, visits with friends and pajama-movie parties.
We are a little tuckered out, but I could not let the day pass with out posting some birthday love for my little diva on the blog.
Here are a few snaps from our ZOO visit this afternoon.
such a goofy girl.
We saw some super cool things at the Zoo, including the brand new baby elephant! He was so very cute. We even brought one of the while beasts you see above home. 
and a rare appearance of the rarest of all beasts, the Mommy/Redhead photo! Even if she is being grumpy and refusing to smile, and it is not so flattering of me, having a photo of the two of us is so nice.
We still have a few social events tomorrow and then the big PARTY on Saturday. It is going to be quite the long weekend, I am sure I will be posting more, but for now just a bit of birthday love. You are my favorite person in the whole world honey, and I would not change anything about you for the world.
xo mama/em
I had the pleasure of shooting Sarah & John David’s wedding this past Saturday. I will do a full peek or two here soon, but I had to share this one.
I hope you are having an amazing honeymoon guys!
xo em
adorableness.. is that a real word?
If not I have made it up because Emily & Stephen deserve something special. Not only does Emily have an extra special cool name, these two are simply wonderful. So full of love and fun. When we met for the first time last year I and I got a chance to hear all about their September wedding I knew I had to be there. They are smart, funny, quirky, silly and well adorable. I have been looking forward to our Mt. Tabor engagement session for some time now and we had a great time. There were so many images to choose from for this peek it was a little ridiculous, so I was forced to pair it down. E&S many, many more to come!
Here are a few of my favorites so far:
We met up at Mt. Tabor park in SE Portland, the spot of their engagement, how cute is that! They were a bit nervous at first, but we got giggling and having fun pretty quickly.
Their lovey-dovey cuteness just melts me.
One of the reasons we came to the park was the play set, these two are super playful and fun! I hear emily is even making her own coloring book together for the smallest guests at the wedding! Such a great idea!
I loved emily’s floral hairband, so stylie it gave the perfect pop of color to the pretty field.
and of course mad props to Mr. Stephen for his wardrobe as well! This shirt kills me, I am thinking my cute hubby might need one. Because well, Science rocks!
*sigh* and this one has to be my favorite of the whole bunch. The adorableness is clear.
that right there is the spot of the proposal, cute right! And of course with shoes like that I had to do the custom “shoe shot”! Em I love your style!
and this last one is honestly kind of a mistake. I turned around quickly, or was walking down the path and caught a quick smooch. I love how the edges ended up a bit blurry and just had to post it. Turned out kind of cool right?! At least I think so 
Em & Stephen thanks for being up for anything and tromping around the park with me. I had a great time, and thanks for the delish lemon aid! I can not wait until your wedding in a few months. I can already tell it is going to be a great one. And of course like all my other couples I have to hook up the blog challenge. If you can get 25 people to leave a comment on this here post I will hook up a 11×14 wall hanging of your choice! SO leave some love people.
I will have the rest for you very soon!
xo em