Portland Oregon Portrait and Wedding Photography Blog
A Great Environment To Celebrate Love We love Edgefield. The uniqueness, the variety of beautiful areas for photos, the staff, but most of all the people who have such a great time there (guests can book a hotel room and take advantage of their soaking pool). Something For Everyone Meaghan and Alex’s wedding was off-the-charts fun! They’re…
Let Us Introduce You… Over the years we’ve had the privilege of working with some of the finest Portland-area wedding vendors in the industry. We’d like to introduce you to a few that we regularly refer to our brides: Hair and Makeup The Prettiest You Wedding Florists Sophisticated Floral Design Floral Sunshine Old Town Florist Wedding DJs A Sound Choice John Ross…
Briana and Eric were married on June 9th, with a ceremony and reception at McMenamin’s Edgefield. It was such a joy to be the wedding photographers at their gorgeous Edgefield Wedding. Since we are considered preferred wedding photographers for McMenamin’s Edgefield, we’re thrilled when our couples choose it as their wedding venue! McMenamin’s Edgefield Wedding Photography When we arrived at…
Angela and Julian made such a cute couple at their wedding. Surrounded by friends and family, they were married at Blackberry Hall at McMenamin’s Edgefield, in Troutdale, Oregon, a popular and charming wedding venue at which we absolutely love to photograph! Congratulations, Angela and Julian! Thank you for letting us tell your love story! We’ve been wedding photographers at McMenamins Edgefield…
Once again, we’re so honored to receive Wedding Wire’s Couples’ Choice award as one of the top wedding photographers in Portland! We’ve been receiving their top awards since 2009, and are always so happy about it. The WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards recognize the top 5% of local wedding professionals on WeddingWire that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism.…
Jesse and Regina met us at a bridal show last fall, and right away we kind of hit it off. They are both smart and funny, a combination that I click with pretty quickly. So I was stoked when they booked us to be their wedding photographers. We got things started off on the right foot with our engagement portrait…
When twins Lana and Mirna contacted us wanting some modeling photos, we jumped at the chance to photograph these gorgeous twins! After our professional makeup artist prepped them in the studio, we set up at Edgefield, and made use of their wonderful artsy location. One is fun, but two is…amazing. Check out what we created together….When you’re ready for a…
The wedding photos in today’s blog post are the culmination of a love story long in the making, which began when Gabriela moved to New Mexico in the 5th grade and met Ben for the first time. Quickly smitten with Gabriela, Ben, along with his friends, used to follow Gabriela home from school and try to convince her to…
One of my favorites things about photographing weddings is seeing how every bride and groom decorates the ceremony and reception locations and how those decorations reflect the couple’s styles and personalities. While I’ve seen some very elaborate, grand designs, Jennifer and Dwayne decided to keep things simple, yet bold, using only red roses in all of their floral arrangements. The…
Photographing Caitlin and Colin’s wedding day was so much fun! This light-hearted couple made sure everyone had a smile on their face the whole day with those over-sized neon sunglasses. The sunny weather in Edgefield that day added to the already beautiful surroundings of the McMenamins Edgefield hotel near the Columbia River. We were so glad to be able to…
These guys were seriously fun to photograph. And they had some of the most photogenic kids at their wedding! The entire wedding was held in the Attic of the Power Station at McMenamins Edgefield, an awesome vintage venue which used to be the county poor house. No kidding. Check it out: Some beautiful image above was captured with the new…
A few months ago, Maria Piscopo, writer for Shutterbug Magazine, asked if she could interview me for an article she was writing. The article was aimed at would-be wedding photographers, and titled “The Business End of Wedding Photography”. I said I was happy to be interviewed, and we had some good conversations. She later asked if they could purchase the…