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Marriage Equality in Washington State

emily — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:36:43 +0000

I am thrilled to hear Ballot Measure 74 (Marriage Equality in Washington State) has passed. What a momentous time in our country! I said it yesterday on my business facebook page, but I wanted to say it here too. To any of my wonderful previous clients, I am so thrilled for you all and what this means for your families. If any of my Oregon couples decided to hop across the river to make it legal I would be happy to (If my schedule allows) capture it with my camera at no cost to you. Please let me know if you would like to talk dates & times once it is all in place.

xo em

Alison & Erin are married!

emily — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:03:59 +0000

Last year about this time I met up with Alison & Erin for engagement photos. I totally fell in love with these two that day. Their dynamic is so fun, loving and awesome to capture with a camera. Erin’s silly faces, Alison’s giggle, I just adore these two. So when the big day rolled around last month I was really looking forward to it.

The wedding was held at one of my favorite venues in NE Portland. Decorated to celebrate the couple’s love of the outdoors and combined with some traditional naval flags to honor Erin’s service for our country. You will also notice a certain “stuffed family heirloom” making an appearance in some of the photos. It’s a long story, but it made the night even more fun. Seeing the mixture of both of their out of town families, and in town friends was wonderful too. Clearly everyone was overjoyed for these ladies, and their love for each-other. It was hard to not just smile the entire day.

Venue: McMenamen’s Kennedy Schoold

Planning & Floral: Your Perfect Bride’s Maid

Alison’s Dress: David’s Bridal

Erin’s suit: United States Navy

Delicious Doughnuts: Voodoo

Erin & Alison, thanks again for having me out to capture your amazing wedding. I truly had a wonderful time with all of you. I hope you have enjoyed your sneak peek. I will have the whole gallery done very soon. Friends & family if you would like access to the entire gallery when it is ready please leave a comment below and I will send it out as soon as possible. Again it was wonderful to meet you all!

xo em

Rachelle & Courtney are married!

emily — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:44:04 +0000

There is no doubt about it, I adore Rachelle & Courtney.

You might remember two from their super fun engagement session last year. Since then I have had a ton of fun getting to know these two. They are truly two beautiful ladies inside & out. They brought fun, joy, entertainment, and love to every inch of their wedding planning. When the big day finally came around a few weeks ago. and it was nothing short of magical. Being that these two met in the acapella music scene it was only fitting the day was extremely musical as well. I kind of felt like I scored a ticket to a really amazing show during the reception. So many talented people in one room, celebrating the best thing of all, love.

There was so much joy that day, from Courtney’s face when she saw Rachelle for the first time, to Rachelle’s sparkling smile matching the end of the night fireworks. I had so much fun at this one, I think I smiled the entire way home

Here are a few of my many favorites from the day…

Rachelle & Courtney it was truly my honor to capture your wedding day. I had such a great time meeting all of your friends and family as well. Great crew you got there! I hope you two enjoyed your sneak peek. I have SO many more for you when the whole gallery is up and ready. I wish you two nothing but the best in your lives together, and feel so lucky to have captured your wedding day.

Friends & family if you would like to see the whole gallery when it is ready please leave a comment below. It will all be ready soon!

xo em

just two…

emily — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:05:07 +0000

from last nights beautiful, moving & over the top fun wedding.

SO much more to show from this one. It was a good one.

xo em

Amber & Laurel: the wedding!

emily — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:02:01 +0000

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of capturing Amber & Laurels lovely afternoon wedding. It was a warm, but sweet day. The wedding & reception at one of my favorite places in the world Champoege State Park. Amber & Laurel are history lovers, and chose this historical site because of it important in Oregon history & and its beautiful green setting. Their friends & family did a wonderful job making the ceremony & reception site beautiful and personal. All the little woodland creature details were just adorable. The food, the flowers, everything was lovely. Even Merlin the doggy was on best behavior! The ceremony was also extremely moving, perfectly showcasing the love that these two ladies share. I had such a great time capturing this one.

Here are a few of my favorites from the day…

Amber & Laurel thanks again for trusting me to capture your wedding. The entire day was just lovely, and so fun to meet all of your friends & family. I hope you have enjoyed your sneak peek. I should have the whole gallery ready for you here shortly! Friends & family reading this, if you would like to see the whole gallery when it is ready please leave a comment below. I would be happy to share them with you when it is all complete.

xo emn

Marcy & Dylan can throw a wedding!

emily — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:45:14 +0000

It really was my pleasure to capture Marcy & Dylan’s amazing and joyous wedding last month. The whole day from beginning to end was full of upbeat music, many smiles and so much love. Their ceremony was one of the most moving, entertaining & poignant I have ever had the pleasure to witness. Marcy & Dylan came up from the Bay area of California for this fun, love filled wedding at McMenamins Edgefield over labor day weekend. The whole shindig started with our couple dancing down the isle to meet each-other, and ended (for me) with the adorable couple dancing the night away in Black Berry Hall. These are my kind of people. I had so much fun taking photos, chatting up guests and even watching lighting at one point. Oh yes lighting, we literally finished the last outdoor photo when the first raindrop fell! It was really perfect timing all day long.

I could gush more about how much I like these two, or I could get on to the photos. Lets just get onto the photos shall we

Marcy & Dylan thank you again for having me out to capture your beautiful wedding. I hope you enjoyed the the sneak peek! The full disc of images will be on it’s way to you soon.

If you would like to view the entire gallery online you can follow a few simple steps:

go to www.emilygshopping.com
you will need to set up a simple sign in, don’t worry I promise I will never spam you.
pick ” Marcy & Dylan : the wedding!”
the password is “BayArea”
From there enjoy a brief slideshow, and then you can view all of the images.

I hope you all enjoy the images as much as I did taking them.

xo em

Evan & Devin the big day!

emily — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:33:18 +0000

I just adore Evan & Devin.

From our first meeting over a glass of wine to the last photo of their big day they were nothing short of fabulous to work with. These two have that special, mixture of completely in love, and cheese ball antics that was so fun to capture. You might remember our fun rural engagement session not too long ago. Well just a few short weeks ago they made things official with a lovely intimate ceremony & reception at the always beautiful Portland Art Museum. We used downtown Portland as the backdrop for some fun photos, and celebrated this wonderful couple. It was such an amazing event! The Crumpacker ballroom was the perfect location for their Alice in Wonderland inspired reception too. I could go on and one really, lets get to the images shall we.

Hotel: The Nines

Venue: Crumpacker Ballroom, Portland Art Museum

Catering & Decor: Vibrant Table

Floral: Vibrant Flowers

Suits: Men’s Wearhouse

Rings: Kay and Dyke Vandenburgh

DJ: Media Jockeys

Evan & Devin thank you so much for having us out to be a part of your big day. I really enjoyed working with you two, and capturing your celebration. I wish you guys nothing but happiness in your lives together, and you know, I am always available for a glass of wine and chatting! I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek! I will have the whole gallery for you shortly.

xo em

Rachelle + Courtney = Love

emily — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:22:53 +0000

Rachelle emailed me a while back to inquire about engagement photos. You see her her girlfriend had just proposed and they were over the moon excited to celebrate. After chatting via email for a while I could tell I was going to like these two, they were sweet, funny and over the top in LOVE. I can not ask for more, so when they showed up on a blustery rainy morning with beautiful smiles on their faces, I could not help but smile too. You see we had planned on shooting outside while they were in Portland, but due to weather and time constraints we headed inside of my studio building. The local businesses on the main floor were awesome enough to let us crash their spaces as well. A HUGE thank you to Water Ave Coffee & Bunk Bar for being so awesome. It really turned out to be a great session despite the crappy weather! Courtney and Rachelle were wonderful and so adorable to put in front of the camera.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Rachelle & Courtney thanks for being so fun and making a rainy day rock! I just adored working with the two of you, and I am SO looking forward to your wedding next summer! I hope you love your sneak peek, I will have the whole gallery up shortly for you. As new clients I would love to throw down a blog challenge for you. If you can get 30 people to comment on this little post I will throw in a mounted 11×14 on the house for you.

So leave some love people!

xo em

Evan + Devin = Love

emily — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:56:28 +0000

Evan, Devin and I have been talking for quite a while not about their October commitment ceremony at the beautiful Portland Art Museum. I love my job, talking about flowers, food & reception details over wine and cheese with fabulous clients, it just does not get much better! I am so looking forward to their fall event, it is going to be amazing!

So in preparation for the big day we went out a few weeks ago and did some engagement photos. We wanted to get an outdoors feel as the ceremony portraits will be quite urban. We headed out to Champogne State Park on a beautiufl early summer evening. I even got to play with the furry family members.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:

Devin & Evan thanks again for trekking out to see me again. I am so looking forward to capturing your big day! As always I love to offer my new clients a blog challenge. If you can get 30 people to comment on this post I will throw in an 11×14 mounted print on the house. I hope you are having a great holiday weekend! I will have the entire gallery for you very soon.

xo em

getting married in June or July?

emily — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:57:39 +0000

Hey hey hey pretty ladies and dapper gentlemen! Are you getting married or celebrating your commitment in June or early July this year? If so call me up! I am still available for a few dates and would love to capture some beautiful couples celebrating their love.

xo em