Fritz Photography

Skamania Lodge holds a special place in my life.  Not only is it a beautiful lodge set in my native state of Washington, overlooking the awe-inspiring Columbia River Gorge.  But it is also the place my wife and I spent our wedding night, and it has been the site of several delightful family outings.  (Their restaurant serves exceptional fare.)

So photographing a wedding at Skamania Lodge is a real treat.  Their staff is attentive and friendly, the food is fantastic (you can’t always say this about wedding food…), and the site is stunning.

Megan and Alan had their destination wedding here, and we were privileged with telling their wedding story.  They are a delightful couple, who love to goof around.  Megan is also very organized (she’s a school teacher), and the day was well planned and smooth.  And the design of the reception ballroom was amazing.

You can view more photos from their wedding in their wedding photography slideshow, and you can also view more of our wedding photography on our website.  We love to tell love stories.

Most people don’t realize that when they hire me as their wedding photographer, I also throw in boutonierre attachment services for free.  I have many years’ experience, and have yet to draw blood.

I’m the oldest of 4 children, with three younger sisters.  I’ve always liked having sisters, and, of course, I also liked being the oldest.

For 7 years now, our family has had a sum total of one grandchild, my nephew Ryder.  Well, all of a sudden it’s raining babies.  My two youngest sisters, Beth and Evie, are both pregnant, and their due dates are just a month apart.

They asked me to take some maternity portraits this past week, and I couldn’t refuse.  We went to the beach, right here in Portland (there are several…), and spent some fun time together in the sun.

Here’s to my new nephew and niece!

I have to say, I’ve never photographed a family that had 4 grown daughters, and all of them absolutely beautiful.  But that was the case with Carla’s family.  Must be something in the California water.

She and Phil’s friends and family came together on Saturday to celebrate their marriage–and celebrate they did.  It was a beautiful day for a wedding.  And it was my birthday.  If you have to work on your birthday, you can’t beat taking beautiful photographs of beautiful people.  I came away happy.  And with two bottles of wine as a birthday present, compliments of the groom’s mother.

Phil and Carla and their wedding party and family stayed and prepped at Portland’s Hotel Lucia, and were married at the EcoTrust Building in the Pearl District.  Watch more of their wedding story in the slideshow!

Some people start their kids reading at a young age. Or counting. Or painting. But this little girl seems set on…gambling!

Photographed at Portland’s Uptown Billiards, which turns out to be a great location for an indoor wedding, this little lady was quite the ham.  She loved the camera.   (Check her out in our PhotoBooth photos from this wedding!)   In addition to the billiards table, the bride and groom had hired a casino games company to come in, and the craps table was in full swing.

I love how the shadows of the dice are falling on her face.   She had a great time.

So did everyone else.  This was taken at Michele and Jerry’s wedding, which was a beautiful occasion.  I love photographing couples who laugh easily and obviously have fun together.

You may also see more photos from this lucky wedding at their wedding photography slideshow! And, as always, there is more to see on our wedding website.

We’ve sure been having fun with our PhotoBooth setup at weddings this year, and our customers have too!  We shot a wedding this past weekend, and the Photo Booth was one of the main attractions.  People start out stiff, and loosen up as we fire away.  We even got the servers in on the action (and one of the girls spilled champagne on the other!).

You can see more PhotoBooth images at our wedding photography website, by clicking Weddings | PhotoBooth.  Consider bringing our PhotoBooth (photographer included!) to your wedding, party, or event….

Sometimes small and simple makes for beautiful results.  Rachael and Jonathan’s wedding, at the Marshall House in Vancouver, Washington, sure proved this to be true.  As a wedding photographer, the evening was ideal: beautiful location, beautiful light, and beautiful people.  The results: one of the most beautiful sets of portraits I’ve probably ever created at a wedding.  From the bride and groom, to children, to guests…a gorgeous set of portraits.  With hair and makeup work by AJ’s Hair and Makeup Design, people were ready for photos!

Here are a few, but to view even more, view their wedding slideshow.

This last image is of my dad telling a joke to the groom’s brother and fiance.  It’s actually pretty good.  The bride had just tossed her bouquet to the single ladies present.  My dad suggested that for the groom, instead of tossing the garter, he should be tossing his address book to all the single men present.